Painted Brake Calipers
 

Decided to paint my brake calipers today with some G2 paint I had sitting around. Didn't like the calipers being so plain.:popcorn:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/pictu...pictureid=1586

nice!

hmmm... for some reason it makes the calipers looks smaller

nice color choice :-), love it!

nice

red calipers would look awesome on my whiteout... but after painting my last 2 cars calipers... ive dealt with chipping paint or dealer service people scratching them or chipping them as well.

i bet powder coating them is ultra expensive

The G2 paint is suppose to chemically bond with the calipers of something of that sort so it is NOT suppose to chip or crack. Have friends who have used it without ever having it chip. We will see how it holds up for me.

Did you do anything to prep them before painting them?

Actually quite cheap if you don't mind removing the calipers from the car.

Reminds me I have some G2 paint laying around... I need to get on this!

How does the red match with Firestorm? That was my only concern is that it would be an off-red compared to the car itself.

Nice! Did you have to remove the caliper to paint it?

The kit comes with caliper cleaner. I first scrubbed them with water, then I used the caliper cleaner. Make sure the cleaner doesn't get on any of the rubber parts of the caliper. I taped off the rubber parts. The cool thing about this kit is you can paint them on the car which I did. However, I bought a couple extra really small paint brushes to get the small areas without getting paint on the brake pad. The red actually matches really well.

That was my first impression. Haha. But loving the look