painted my calipers

[The Bullet]

had some free time this weekend so i decided to paint my calipers and brackets this weekend.

Subtle yet nice.

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[The Bullet]

http://i496.photobucket.com/albums/rr326/captainhorsepower/d769c8f0.jpg

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[TheBlackBeast]

Nice! Black is a good choice for stock calipers.

What brand/type of paint did you end up using?

Any specific prep you did?

Have you gotten your brakes good and hot to see if it holds up to the heat?

[The Bullet]

i used the duplicolr kit. i was surprised when i opened it up and it was a paint brush style kit. overall it's good. i do think a spray would have looked a little better. some areas looked like they had the brush strokes, but you have to look close.

no recheck yet, i do at least 50 miles a day an that has a lot of braking so by tonight i should be able to see what they look like.

i will try to get some pics up tonight or maybe i will wait a week and then we can really see.

my car only has 2000 miles on it right now so the brakes aren't nasty. I used the cleaner that was provided with the kit. worked out well, no fisheyes or weird spotting.

[BravoZero]

Looks good, I agree with Beast the black looks better with the OEM (small) calipers, helps to hide the fact of how small the brakes are on this car.

[The Bullet]

after day one i'd liek to say i got them fairly hot quite a few times .... looked and they have no bubbles, loss of gloss or imperfections at this time

[xwxspawnxwx]

I have the same paint in red. It's been over a month and they looked like I just painted them :) Great paint imo

[NFSLancerRA]

Looks good, I agree with Beast the black looks better with the OEM (small) calipers, helps to hide the fact of how small the brakes are on this car.

I can fix this.

[WickedWhiteRA]

Sorry this is a little off topic but are those stock wheels and are they painted or powdercoated ? I like them a lot.

[wwralliart77]

Sorry this is a little off topic but are those stock wheels and are they painted or powdercoated ? I like them a lot.

^ They are the oem wheels and they look to be painted. And what's with the user name?! JK :D

[WickedWhiteRA]

^ They are the oem wheels and they look to be painted. And what's with the user name?! JK :D

Hahahaha what ? I just picked a few random words.... :D

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[DjRukus]

Has anyone had to re-do a crappy paint job on their calipers? Mine were painted red by the original owner and I like the way it looks, the problem is the paint is BADLY chipped and looks not so great.
I would like to re do them but I'm not sure if I have to get the old paint off first, or if I can paint over it. Or maybe I should just touch up the spots that have chipped off? What do you guys think?

[wwralliart77]

Has anyone had to re-do a crappy paint job on their calipers? Mine were painted red by the original owner and I like the way it looks, the problem is the paint is BADLY chipped and looks not so great.
I would like to re do them but I'm not sure if I have to get the old paint off first, or if I can paint over it. Or maybe I should just touch up the spots that have chipped off? What do you guys think?

^ I would remove the old paint and start fresh. A lot of times when you paint over existing paint flaws the same flaws will still remain present. I would suggest using professional grade Goof Off that is available at most hardware stores such as Home Depot to remove the old paint.