Has anyone painted their brake calipers?

[EAZYBRZY]

Has anyone tried to paint their brake calipers in the world rally blue color. I feel like it would look nice but wanted to see if anyone has done it already themselves. (provide pictures if you have ....)

[pwells]

I've painted mine blue, not WRB though. They are behind the wheels so the colour difference isn't noticeable.

[EAZYBRZY]

Originally Posted by pwells

I've painted mine blue, not WRB though. They are behind the wheels so the colour difference isn't noticeable.

Looks good just need to fix that bumper now haha

[BlueThunder]

Originally Posted by pwells

I've painted mine blue, not WRB though. They are behind the wheels so the colour difference isn't noticeable.

good match. mine are painted but they are a bit lighter than wrb. what brand paint did you use? and what is the color called?

[Brinks]

Go to any auto body paint store and have them match the color to your spesific paint code. After applying a couple coats for the base, allow a good amount of drying time. The next step would to use a gloss clear coat. I usually use the high temp stuff you can find at any auto part store. Gives it a nice finished look and makes it a whole lot easyer to clean.

[Brinks]

Just because it comes out of a can doesn't mean it has to look like doo doo. Take the time , spend the cash and do it right

[Sgtfluffy16]

I did mine with G2 epoxy resin. And I couldn't be happier. I have done VHT and duplicolor neither went on as nice as this G2 kit and they truly mean you can wipe it off which seems to be holding up amazingly!
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[arvidj]

Originally Posted by Sgtfluffy16

I did mine with G2 epoxy resin. And I couldn't be happier.

Was one kit enough to do all 4 calipers? Just barely enough ... wish I had a little more? More than enough ... could have done another caliper?

Thanks,
Arvid

[Ornelas66]

G2 Epoxy Kit looks amazing. Where could I purchase it and how much did the G2 Kit cost. Finally, did you have to disassemble the brake calipers?

[Plastic Robot]

Originally Posted by arvidj

Was one kit enough to do all 4 calipers? Just barely enough ... wish I had a little more? More than enough ... could have done another caliper?

Thanks,
Arvid

I used the G2 kit in red and it was more than enough. I did two coats on each of the four calipers and then went over it again for touch ups. I still had almost half of the can of paint left.

The method I used was to jack up the car and remove all four wheels. I then removed all the brake calipers, but I left the brake lines attached. Then I just went around the car and painted them. By the time I finished all four calipers they were dry enough to start the second coat.

I did this about six months ago and its still holding up great.

[arvidj]

Originally Posted by Plastic Robot

I used the G2 kit in red and it was more than enough. I did two coats on each of the four calipers and then went over it again for touch ups. I still had almost half of the can of paint left.

The method I used was to jack up the car and remove all four wheels. I then removed all the brake calipers, but I left the brake lines attached. Then I just went around the car and painted them. By the time I finished all four calipers they were dry enough to start the second coat.

I did this about six months ago and its still holding up great.

I am assuming you left the caliper brackets unpainted whereas BlueThunder appears to have painted the brackets also.

Do you think you could have done the brackets with what was left in the can? At $100 for the color matched kit I'd like to either find that their standard red is a very close match to the Scion red and I can then get two $50 standard kits to be sure or hear that the single kit will go the distance.

Thanks for the info,
Arvid

[Plastic Robot]

Originally Posted by arvidj

I am assuming you left the caliper brackets unpainted whereas BlueThunder appears to have painted the brackets also.

Do you think you could have done the brackets with what was left in the can? At $100 for the color matched kit I'd like to either find that their standard red is a very close match to the Scion red and I can then get two $50 standard kits to be sure or hear that the single kit will go the distance.

Thanks for the info,
Arvid

I painted the caliper brackets as well. They detach completely from the actual caliper, so it's easy to paint them. There's more than enough paint for all four calipers and caliper brackets, believe me.
I attached a picture of my brakes.
You can get the G2 paint kit in red for $38 on Amazon.

[Sgtfluffy16]

Originally Posted by arvidj

Was one kit enough to do all 4 calipers? Just barely enough ... wish I had a little more? More than enough ... could have done another caliper?

Thanks,
Arvid

Yes 1 kit was enough I had about a quarter of the can left. Did 1 coat and went all the way around the car. by the time I was done I waited 10 Mins and started the 2nd coat around.. Waited 15 mins after I was done and did last minute touch ups I bought my kit off amazon for $33

[Sgtfluffy16]

Originally Posted by Ornelas66

G2 Epoxy Kit looks amazing. Where could I purchase it and how much did the G2 Kit cost. Finally, did you have to disassemble the brake calipers?

It is amazing. I left the calipers and brackets bolted to the car. I loosed the upper and lower caliper mounting bolts. The completely removed the lower caliper bolt and hinged it upward giving me full access to all of it. Removed the brake pads, Cleaned and scrubbed them up with brake clean and a tooth brush. Then I used either a wire to hold caliper up or wedged a small block of wood between rotor and bottom of caliper. And went to town painting