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Originally Posted by JIMMYC
How much paint & clear coat did you go through for 4 calipers ?
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I'd recommend two just to be sure. I bought two spray cans of the caliper paint and used almost all of one of them, and less of the clear-coat. The self-leveling brush on paint may be better and cleaner to work with. I saw some good reviews.
If you are removing the calipers, make sure that you are prepared to bleed the brake system when you reinstall.
Here are two good write ups:
Porsche Boxster Brake Bleeding - 986 / 987 (1997-08) - Pelican Parts Technical Article
Boxster Projects | Brakes | Bleed and Flush
I bought a "Motive Power Bleeder" like the one that Pelican Parts sells. It really made flushing and bleeding brakes a lot easier.
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For those of you who paint your calipers off the car, what are you using to cap your brake lines?
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I cheated and have a spare set of calipers. I was able to paint them all, then swap them in one at a time. To plug the calipers when I painted them , I had a small piece of plastic rod that fit (scrap from something else). Screwing in an old brake hose works well too to make sure that any fluid that seeps out is away from the caliper.