When painting your break calipers, is it necessary to use primer first? Also, approx. how many coats are needed on each caliper for it to look its best?

thanks

 

its brake not break and you can get specific caliper paint at walmart, pepboys a&a....etc..

 

I was wondering the same thing, but also, any recommendations on the type of paint to use? To get a nice gloss do you need the primer or just a certain kind of paint?



EDIT: I guess that was answered

 

My buddy painted his Subaru 2.5RS calipers. It looks really good. He used the kit from dupli-color and just follow the instruction on it. If I remember correctly, he used a wire brush to get all the loose metal off the calipers and painted 2 coats. No primer or anything. I have pics at home if you guys want to see it.

 

That's pretty much what my kit said to do. It's a ceramic paint kit I got from Canadian Tire here in town. Clean calipers with wire brush, clean calipers with kit's cleaning solution, apply paint as many coats until satisfied.

 

I did the duplicolor, black. I did 2 coats before winter and it saved my calipers drom rust. I did an other coat this summer and their great. WHen the brakes get hot the ceramic paint bakes on. Great bang for the buck

 

Heh, I did mine ghetto style, While I was rotating tires, I masked the rotor off with newspaper and hit it with thee coats of gloss red krylon. They look great though. I've only gotten a little paint flake. So my advice, dont think to much about it. If they have high temperature brake paint, I'd probably use that.

 

i used the duplicolor kit as well... basically that kit can cover like 5 cars lol
so surprising.... since my friend bought it and painted like 3 coats each then gave it to another guy 3 coats each and then to me and again 3 coats.... and the thing is still like half full

so its best to just get a group of ppl and chip in for that 1 kit

 

Exactly true - any small imperfections that come up with my paint, hell, I still have 3/4 the can left...

 

Is it a spray or brush? I presume for best results you should take the caliper off. But its not required right?

 

the kit is just brushed on... i just left the calipers on and brushed in the correct areas... the paint doesn't drip ne ways so its perfect in my opinion

 

I used the Caliper kit paint from duplicolor too... its the best way to go..... and it does drip if you arent careful... thing to keep in mind are take your time to do it right.. let the paint dry a bit between coats, and when you put your wheels back on. I havent had any chips in the paint whatsoever... its perfect.

 

I cant wait to do this.

Just gotta decide on a color.

Hmmmm.

 

I used the black Duplicolor kit, and I'm pretty happy with the results. I put three coats on the front calipers, haven't done the back ones yet. Maybe tomorrow.

 

This is on one of my next to do's......can I see a picture of one done?