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Old 12-19-2006, 07:15 AM   #1
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Caliper Paint

I want to paint my calipers yellow, I've seen the yellow g2 kits and the yellow looks really light, compared to yellow porsche brakes. Is there any other solution, can I paint the calipers with speed yellow and then add a high temp clear coat? Upon to any suggestion. My car will be going to an auto show in P.R. and I want the calipers to look good not aftermarket pepboys look. After all its a porsche.
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The PCCB's yellow finish is a high temp paint which you can probably get from the dealer at a steep price no doubt. If you feel the aftermarket high temp yellow is too light try mixing it with the high temp red until you get the shade of yellow you think is right.
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When painting my calipers red I discovered I had not cleaned the calipers well... they were filthy and the red paint got very dark with brake dust before I realized what I was doing.

Yellow will be even more noticeable, so do yourself a favor and use the whole can of brake parts cleaner and set of clean shop towels on your calipers to insure you've removed every bit of dirt, grime and brake dust from them before you start.

Like any painting project, it's the typical issue of prepping for 80 percent of the time and doing the actual work for the remaining 20 percent of the time.

Mixing the red into the yellow may make it orange. If they have black, you may want to put drops of black into it instead of red. On the other hand, it may need some red in it too to warm it up and move it to the reddish side of speed yellow. That's a hard one to judge.

A spray over of high temp clear coat will really make it last a long time, and keep your stickers (if you put PORSCHE) stickers on the calipers intact far longer. I did not do the clear coat because I was unwilling to keep my car up on jacks for another 24 hours after the calipers were painted. It was freaky enough to have it perched up there as long as it was.

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Old 12-19-2006, 08:05 AM   #4
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here's a set of PCCB from an 05 Turbo Cab (buy it now on Ebay under $60K! 1500 miles) The cost of replacing the ceramic rotors is almost 20% of the cost of buying the car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-911-Turbo-S-2005-Porsche-911-Turbo-Carrera-S-Cabriolet-Hard-Top_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10156QQihZ003QQitem Z130060544129QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

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Old 12-19-2006, 08:29 AM   #5
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here's a set of PCCB from an 05 Turbo Cab (buy it now on Ebay under $60K! 1500 miles) The cost of replacing the ceramic rotors is almost 20% of the cost of buying the car.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-911-Turbo-S-2005-Porsche-911-Turbo-Carrera-S-Cabriolet-Hard-Top_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ10156QQihZ003QQitem Z130060544129QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW


PL, how much was that car new??

PCCB on a 911 is $8,840.
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I don't want to think about it or I will cry. Somebody is in a hurry to sell this car.
my only consolation is that its black. (never again)

The 3rd generation PCCB are almost $10K and 1000% better than the 1st gen.
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