Painting calipers

[Vlad02coupe]

Looks great!

Thanks! I took my time taking of the calipers, brackets, and brake pads. Also used VHT paint FTW!!

Also big thanks to the guys who posted pics/input!

 

[RedRyder]

How much wire brushing/sanding did you have to do? I was also impressed with the VHT.

 

[Vlad02coupe]

Not much at all just took a wire brush to get the loose dirt/rust off and then cleaned them with a painters brush and gasoline.

 

[RedRyder]

Gasoline huh? lol I used brakleen, that stuff takes the stripes off a bengal tiger.

I was going to take mine off the car to paint, but one of the mounting bolts wouldn't budge, so after 40 gallons of wd-40 and trying about 6 different ways of applying leverage I gave up and did an extensive masking job, and it worked out well.

 

[Vlad02coupe]

Yeah gasoline lol I know what you mean, one of my bolts wouldn't budge either. Ended up stripping the thing and filing it back into shape till a smaller tool thing fit and used a pipe for leverage and finally got it off. My father works at a machine and tool shop so he resized the original bolt to a smaller size so now it comes off no prob and i still got the original. He also took my rotors to work and leveled them down smoothly (looks brand new).

 

[xX_AccordLx_Xx]

Wire brushed the calipers and sanded drums to get a cleaner look, then coated with High Heat Black paint.

 

[BlackestCoupe]

I painted mine using a duplicolor paint kit, it was the brush on kind which i found much easier and more precise than spraypaint.

 

[gmaine561]

i bought a spray paint at Lowes and painted with clear coat

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z416/gmaine561/Picture021.jpg

 

[LX_F23A1]

looks good Wally
but uhhh clean them regularly

mine seem like they are rusted all over again haha

 

[imaricer:)]

I dont know what the exact part names of the caliper is but what would yall think of blue on the inner part and black on the outter part?