Painted my calipers

[Boxtaboy]

With the help of my pal, Maurice in Long Island (who also has a 986), I used the G2 Caliper Paint Kit to paint my calipers red last weekend. We did the whole job in one day, including slapping on the Porsche decals and putting on 2 coats of clear coat over them. Took a total of 8 hours to prep and clean off the calipers in preparation to paint, paint, and then allow it to cure long enough to put on the decals and clearcoat.

Props to djolmas who gave me the tip of cutting a hole through a trash bag to pull over the caliper, in order to mask off areas that you don't want to paint. It allowed us to paint each caliper without having to take them off the rotors.

Now to the pics:

Car on jacks with the grungy old looking calipers:


Using djolmas' trash bag tip:


G2 paint brushed on:


Decals on:


The finished product. The G2 kit was easy to work with, and results were great!

[redman12]

That looks amazing!

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by redman12

That looks amazing!

Thanks man. We were quite surprised when we saw just how good it turned out. I was shocked that a $36 dollar paint kit could do such an amazing job. They actually look shinier than the factory red calipers.

[chaudanova]

looks good! Do you have any close up shots? I'm curious how the up-close finish looks like with the kit...

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by chaudanova

looks good! Do you have any close up shots? I'm curious how the up-close finish looks like with the kit...

Sure, this is the closest shot I have. The epoxy paint dries to a smooth, glossy finish, sorta like how women's nail polish does, so even if you see brush marks when you apply the paint, it ends up curing to a smooth finish.

Very nice!