I personally like the way it turned out. It took more time than I thought it would.

sweet, what kind of paint did you use?

looks good. :)

bought at Autozone for about 14 dollars. Real easy to use.

they look great.....I just did mine last weekend (one side)...hope to do the other this weekend...and yep, took more time than I thought..

looks good.

very nice...very clean

lol congrats! i painted my rotors/ calipers... well only finished 2 rotors ahhahahahaha now thats g unit

Nice! I was thinking about doing my Ti calipers with black paint...wonder how that would look.

ignorant question here -- never done this before. I want to paint mine too - how long does it take to dry completely before you can put them back on (can it easily be done on weekend and have back together to drive on MON)

also I want to paint the rusted edge of rotors and because of my mileage (21k) I just KNOW the dealer won't do it like they have some of the newer ones. Do you paint it with the same type of paint as the caliper and do you just mask over the smooth surface to keep paint off it?

very nice...

nice work

nice work
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Nice job billy. I'm still undecided as to what color I'm going to go with.
Does anyone know how well the AutoZone caliper paint holds up?

I was considering doing this as well but I'm afraid that blue calipers might look trashy. I may go silver.

ignorant question here -- never done this before. I want to paint mine too - how long does it take to dry completely before you can put them back on (can it easily be done on weekend and have back together to drive on MON)

also I want to paint the rusted edge of rotors and because of my mileage (21k) I just KNOW the dealer won't do it like they have some of the newer ones. Do you paint it with the same type of paint as the caliper and do you just mask over the smooth surface to keep paint off it?I spent 6 hours on mine. Painted red and one of the rotors had to be painted as well. I used the brush on type for the calipers and spray on the rotor. Make sure you clean the breaks off throughly with break cleaner before masking. Painted three coats and applied a 4th afte putting the break assembly back on the car. 15 to 20 minutes in between. Mask off everything or it will look non professional (that was being polite). Be patient as there is NO WAY to rush this. Mask the rotars off carefully as paint on the surface that touches the pads will cause damage. Don't disconnect the hoses and don't use spray paint unless you are comfortable masking your car off.

I personally like the way it turned out. It took more time than I thought it would.I like em! :D Good choice of color.

i had red on mine..but a kack ass on post (when i was inteh army down in Ga)..cleaned them with a pressure washer and blew the paint off :(...haha good thing he started with the caliper adn not the car..that would've been bad...so now mines farded and chiped...didn't really dig the red after a while on my silver..so i got some black fromautozone.

someone asked i forgot who..but it's a ceramic paint. It can hold 500 deg. cel.

maybe i'll just clean the red off with a wire brush and kkeep the original dingy coler...who knows :p

Takes about 3 hrs a side. You lift one side...put on jack stands.....mask..clean brake dust....paint....then 2nd coat 15 min later....let dry for 2 hours....put wheels back on.....drive back into garage....let dry for 24 hours....so paint sets and can handle the heat.......I have driven 1 day and paint feeeels strong....paint left over in can....can spot paint them thru wheels later if need be

Put whole car on stands.
By the time you make one circuit of the car, you're ready for second coat.
Use two part paint only (G2 for example). The best bond to the metal is made when the two parts chemically react.
Don't figure on touch-ups later.
Two coats will do it.

what color calipers would look good on a red 8?
and what paint will make them look really good,
like the srt4s come with red calipers and they look all dull and crappy

I did mine the easy way. I told the dealer I wouldn't buy the car unless they painted the calipers red. And a few other things.

what color calipers would look good on a red 8?
and what paint will make them look really good,
like the srt4s come with red calipers and they look all dull and crappy

i would definitely do red.....and i used duplicolor...it brushes on real nice...

i use to have red. then i move to black. lol

Should have chose another color.

Check out Silver 8 now that looks great!

red ''duplicolour'' 4 me 2. works brilliantly, good brand. dont really like any other colour except possibly chrome...

Hmm.. I need to remove my wheel to paint uh? Looks tough..

red car....... silver calipers!!

i have red 8.. but i painted my calipers black. didnt want them to stand out much.. i rather my rims stand out heaps!

Nice work.

-Cody
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Nice job billy. I'm still undecided as to what color I'm going to go with.
Does anyone know how well the AutoZone caliper paint holds up?
:rofl:

red car....... silver calipers!!

i have red 8.. but i painted my calipers black. didnt want them to stand out much.. i rather my rims stand out heaps!

Nah MissyK, you should have painted them red!

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/u2pro/IMG_5732a.jpg

Who asked "What color goes on red?"


http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j192/7andan8/100_3293.jpg

Holy, nice. I need to paint my red too..

I'm going with black for my BB. Black on black on black on black...haha

Nah MissyK, you should have painted them red!

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p54/u2pro/IMG_5732a.jpg

Can I ask how you got RX-8 on the caliper? :)

http://www.polakgraphics.com/index2.php?page=cart/caliperstencils.html . try getting in contact with polak first tho because i think his shop burned down

im going with blue on my WB this week actually.. pulled the tires lastnight. being its in storage, no BIG rush. looks good.

Can I ask how you got RX-8 on the caliper? :)

It's a stencil

beware the drive-thru carwash if you have painted calipers

Hey gambit,

I kinda figured it's a stencil but that font ...did copy it off of the rear RX-8 emblem I suppose...:)

Looks great man, I got my paint at autozone as well for the same price.

Hey gambit,

I kinda figured it's a stencil but that font ...did copy it off of the rear RX-8 emblem I suppose...:)

A guy on here SN PoLaK sells/used to sell them. Check the vendor forum for polak graphics

For someone who said blue might look trashy....I don't think so, it depends on the color of the car.
Here's mine....and I would also recommend painting the dust shields black.
I just don't like the red with the Ti-gray, I just preffered blue.


http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=107089&d=1189263276

http://www.rx8club.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=107091&d=1189263276

sweet.

That looks really awesome

looks good, now you need to drop it!