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

Attachment 16625I did mine today. I also used the G2 to do my emblems

Meh..... IMHO. I would rather keep the ugly little brakes hidden than try to make them stand out.

It reminds me of kids with Honda Civics painting their drum brakes red.

Then why are you reading this thread? Just wondering

More pics of your painter?

It's a free country and I can read it if I want to.

Wow! You didn't have to be a ****! You talk down a topic that you have to go out of your way to read. Not just a general thread. I thought it was kinda funny at first until you sparkling personality came out. Good for you! It is a free country! Keep on being a ****! It's a free country right? So I guess I can be a **** too then! So there lol

Girl > paint calipers.

girl PAINT emblems :)

Girl is a keeper, period ;)

I don't scan forums. I use the "new posts" button. Chill out though man. It's just my opinion.

Members that are here to flame threads will eventually dilapidate the population of valid contributing members. It is a free country and members like me served so you can have that freedom to troll, so enjoy it. Those freedoms have been paid for by others even before I.

Did the same! Definitely a cheap but time consuming mod

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hahaha this is classic, especially with that avatar.

I thought about painting my calipers too, but for some reason they look extra small after the paint job.

Time consuming for sure. Not too bad though. Half day job

Yea, I enjoy the small accents that change the cars look pretty dramatically!
I'll have to do this mod soon =D

Me like. I have a silver brz. Will like to see pics of some other before i do mine. (Maybe do blue)

Silver/blue = awesome!!!

Idk what to do one my WRB yet :/

My WRB STI with red calipers looked great. Especially with Subaru stenciled on them.

Where'd you get those 86 center caps?! very nice.

I don't plan on getting BBKs until early next year, so I may have the shop do this for me... Just to have some damned Contrast!

Another option... Caliper covers

http://www.carid.com/2013-scion-fr-s-caliper-covers/

WTF, SRSLY?

Let's be honest, we would do fake calipers on our cars if we could get away with it... Problem is we can easily spot something like that and label it "cheap" or "cheesy" and disapprove. If I can tell, so can everyone else... sucks, but that's life.