Mine took 6 hours, 4 coats. I've have to do mine again. Guess I didn't clean them off good enough. I'm not happy about this. I can assure you that next time they will be squeaky clean before the paint goes on.

 

i think I'm going to sand them first like Devoid's

 

I saw where it mentioned sanding down the calipers but considering mine is only about 30 days old, I didn't see the real need.

I used a can and a half of caliper cleaner and a wire brush.

Putting tires on now and I'll post pics tomorrow when the sun is out.

 

not to sand down to clean...sand down for a smooth finish

like this (slow load sorry)

 

Yes, I got them from pollock here at http://www.polakgraphics.com/index2....selection.html.

He's a memeber here and he guarantees them for a year. You can either use them as a decal and replace after a year or so, or you can paint an undercoat on the calipur ( a different color), put on the decal, and then paint your calipurs over the decals. When thier dry you peel off the decal and the undercoat color is permanent. I went with the decals and will replace them when they look like their coming off, it's been 8 months and they still look good...

 

Beautiful work, guys. I really need to do my calipers and rotors when springtime rolls around. It's too cold now. Has anyone with a black car painted their calipers a color other than black? Have any pics?

 

I haven't seen anyone else with yellow on a black car...I think it really brings the calipurs out, if thats what your looking for...

 

looks nice rod! ive also seen red on black .... i bet the search button would do wonders

: ducks out before mugato finds i pimped his line :

 

I'm telling!


I painted the calipers red on my Black RX-8. Only problem is that when I put them back on, my hands were all dirty so I need to clean them up before I post pics.

Came out pretty nice looking, If I may say so myself...

 

Looks nice, rodrigo67. I'm starting to think that for my (subdued) tastes, I might be better sticking with black, after all. But the yellow looks great on your car.

 

i still need to paint my rusty oem rotors. anyone done that? just curious on how long it took..... and yes, i can search, but im too lazy !!!

 

Yes. Hours. Now go search.

 

I did mine in GOLD....looks real nice with the black cherry.....I'll post pics if anyone wants to see...just let me know

 

i do! i do!

 

you havent see it yet????



check this one!!

 

That is pretty close to the color I thought would be cool for my Velocity Red. What kind of paint did you use? Is it an actual high-heat brake caliper paint kit?

Looks good...

 

thanks...used the G2 kit and yes its made for brake calipers....high heat and all!!

 

Well, this definitely was not a fun mod to do but well worth the trouble!

Let me know what you guys think:

 

Looks sweet!

 

i think painting ur stock calipers make them look small... but is something i have to do eventually do to the amount of rust on them -____-

 

Looks real good in red Jedi...

 

Thanks Rod!

Hey, are those RB screens on your car??

 

hey jedi, ok ill be the one to say it ... next time you take pics of the calipers couldja roll the car forward about 6 inches so we can see em? me likey to view WHOLE thingy!

i know, im a PITA .... :D

 

You're killin' me smalls, you're killin' me!!

I'll try and take some new pictures for you guys when I get home.

 

awww tanky jeds!!!!