finally decided i was tried of getting asked why my brembos always looked faded and s****y so i decided to take advantage of a free day and paint them. let me start by saying dont judge me on my stock ride height and rims theyll be gone soon haha

1) removed rims and went to work with some degreaser and a brush

2) then its time to bust out the sand paper i used 400 wet/dry. couple dry sands then a finishing wet sand, washing the caliper in between each

3) to allow the area to dry fully i would start on the next rim

4) a very light coat of duple color engine enamel, once dry look for imperfection and sand out

5) a few more coats, occasionally a light sand here and there to ensure a smooth finish

6) then allow to drive forEVER... let one dry for like 2 hours, placed brembo sticker on and it peeled the paint right up

7) once fuly dry place brembo sticker on, ordered mine from ebay

8) time to clear, clear until youre happy with the finish













i no im siting 4x4

sorry for the poor quality iphone pics

 

looks good lets see how dirty they get.

 

yeahhhhhh thats not gonna be fun but oo well

 

Looks good but it's gonna get super dirty.

 

nice job. looks heaps better. constant cleaning though.


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This. Looks good though!

 

What's the total turn around time? Can you get this all done in a day?

 

Looks good. Any plans for other wheels?

 

nice

 

White looks really good, but like they've already said, have fun keeping them clean

 

they actually will not get as dirty as you guys all think mine are painted white as well and its not that bad unless you have some pads that dust like a ****.

 

Agreed on the dirty.. but with the WW i bet looks great get us a full pic... (cleaned of course )

 

Wow those look great! What kind of paint did you use exactly? All mine are faded as fawk.

Thanks!

 

They turned out sick man. My brembos are in good shape even with 85k miles on them, but I was thinking about taking a day and painting them.

 

so far they are holding up very nicely, and ive tried to heat up the brakes with some hard breaking but no fading so far... as far as turn around time i had it done in one full day and allowed to dry over night then wheels back on the next morning... massive rain storm here last couple days so the brakes are uber dirty now, but washes right off