brake calliper painting

[mjanmohammad]

Originally Posted by tacos

this kinda makes me want to paint my brembos black


or highlighter yellow, to REALLY draw attention to them

I forget who it was, but someone got their PP Brembos painted acid green and it looks fantastic on his black car.

[Gunman]

A car/truck owner with attention to detail will always get approval from me.

[tacos]

Originally Posted by mjanmohammad

I forget who it was, but someone got their PP Brembos painted acid green and it looks fantastic on his black car.

i was kinda joking, but after i posted i thought about it, and matte black brembos with highlighter yellow logo would be pretty sweet

[Gunman]

Just get these, for a little extra you can customize them.

https://www.calipercovers.com/vehicl...58/submodel/15

[finch1750]

Originally Posted by trex510

I was wondering if I could just paint the calliper with it still on instead of taking the calliper off to paint it. I am just worried that there might be stuff happening if I accidentally get paint into some parts. Is that possible or do I really have to take the whole calliper off in order to paint it? I tried looking for videos on how to take the callipers off. The only thing about that is that I am just scared that I'm going to mess up while putting it back on.

Calipers are super easy to remove. There is a diy on the forum iirc

[mrg666]

Reviving this thread, why didn't anybody point out that Subaru also painted the calipers of BRZ Blue series. See the pictures below?

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66895

Am I wrong? They look like the stock calipers painted in red to me.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by mrg666

Am I wrong?

Nope. Great catch.

[wparsons]

Originally Posted by ToySub1946

Rear brake piston must be twisted clockwise to get it to retract.

Not true on these cars, the rear piston pushes straight in. The calipers with pistons that rotate as they extend/retract are on cars that use the main caliper for the e-brake. These cars have a drum inside the disc for the e-brake.

[venturaII]

Nothing wrong with painting the OEM sliding pin calipers; done right, it looks clean. On the other hand, if you then put a 'Brembo' sticker on it...

[SpartaEvolution]

I agree with the general consensus, nothing wrong with painting the OE sliding caliper, but the enthusiast community will probably frown upon 'exuberant' colors like red or yellow.

Do as The Rolling Stones advised and Paint it Black.

[Aluma007]

I've always liked black painted calipers. Helps the wheels and rotors stand out...instead of reminding you that you don't have a BBK :'(

[LotsaMiles]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Learning how to properly (remove, disassemble, reassemble, install, bleed) your calipers is way more important than painting them.

A clean set of OEM calipers is much classier than painting them in a vain attempt at disguising them. Everybody knows. At best it looks immature and cheap. It goes downhill from there.

Exactly right.

[LotsaMiles]

Originally Posted by mrg666

Reviving this thread, why didn't anybody point out that Subaru also painted the calipers of BRZ Blue series. See the pictures below?

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66895

Am I wrong? They look like the stock calipers painted in red to me.

That's pretty funny. They had one of these for sale used at my local dealership and, though the car looked pretty cool from a distance, I noticed it still had factory wheels and they had just painted the stock calipers red.

I assumed the owner did it because I didn't think the manufacturer would do anything that cheezy.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by LotsaMiles

That's pretty funny. They had one of these for sale used at my local dealership and, though the car looked pretty cool from a distance, I noticed it still had factory wheels and they had just painted the stock calipers red.

I assumed the owner did it because I didn't think the manufacturer would do anything that cheezy.

You can see I came around after seeing some good quality work. I think on its own, probably still no, but if applied to complement other tasteful visual mods, then yes. Some of these look really nice.

I have a hard enough time just getting around to my wheels when I wash my car. I honestly think, in my case, I would regret bringing attention to my calipers because then it becomes another thing to have to keep at with a toothbrush. I'm just not that dedicated.