brembo red.

But seriously, if your repainting them with either the G2 kit or duplicolor or perhaps engine enamel it will just be a bright red and nobody will notice the difference.

 

OK, Thank you!

 

LMAO, how many of these threads are there?


Powder coating is the only way to go. While the down time is a killer, it's worth it in the long run.






Prior to sending out your calipers, (for powder coat) remove the pistons, and the seals and dust boots. Call Girodisc and buy new rebuild kits.

 

so i painted mine today and i used TALSTRIP paint remover and remover all the paint in about 20 min and lightly sanded it and sprayed with black caliper paint and for some reason it has lots of little pin holes in it and looks terrible haha anyone know why this would happen and how i can fix it im not a paint expert???

 

It seems like after you applied the chemicals, you didn't properly prep it before painting it. If any chemical residue is still on the caliper, the paint will not stick to the caliper.

 

you probably didn't prep them enough before painting I sanded, cleaned, sanded, cleaned, sanded and did a final clean for 2-3hrs PER caliper and they came out nearly perfect

 

Ive thought about dipping mine in muratic acid and doing it that way. Seems like it would save alot of time.

 

I was told it may be the casting from the metal causing the pin holes but I dont know, the other side I wont take all the paint off also do you sand all the clear off or just rough it up???

 

(couldn't find the origional post, but someone recomended getting stencils from Eagle Day for $11.95 per pair, $24+shipping for all 4)

I have the correct sized Brembo Stencils for repainting the calipers all 4 for $20 shipped.

here's a pic:


shoot me an E-mail at austin_tracy1976@yahoo.com if you are interested.

 

gonna paint mine the same time i paint my wheels! thanks for the write up!

 

I painted mine this weekend, for those who keep asking questions i found in this tread or others. I thought i might share my experience. I am by no means a expert in any of these areas this is just my experience.

1) Leaving calipers on or taking off? I guess this is a matter of personal preference. I found it easier to take them off to prep and paint. The con of this is of course you will need to bleed your breaks afterwords, and if any brake fluid touches you new paint and it hasnt properly cured you will be doing them again.
2) I only needed one can of caliper paint and one can of clear coat.
3) with pulling of calipers its took around 8 hours to do properly which included
a)decreasing calipers a number of times
b)power washing a number of times
c)i used 400grit sand paper and it seems to work find, i should have used something a bit more coarse, like 320 or even 240 since i was going to paint base coat over completely.
d)ALLOW TO CURE PROPERLY. I used a heat gun around 150 degree F to help cure, and allow to dry in sun on a 75 degree day for 3 hours, this wasn't enough.

Also if I had to do again I would have went with the stencil and not high temp decal, the decal was simple enough to apply and clear coat over, but i think my confidence would be more with using stencil and 900 degree caliper paint.

I have attached a photo for your viewing pleasure.

 

wonder what Brembo's take on this would be? I was going to use a commercial paint stripper and got warned by a few people to stay away from chance of getting in break line and causing damage to seals and boots.

 

Thank you this was very useful, because my brembos colour is pretty bad

 

Im going to paint mine this winter.. Im thinking black with white logos to go with my silver evo.

 

going to do this next weekend