Repainting Brembo Brake Calipers
Oct 13, 2006, 06:31 AM
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Repainting Brembo Brake Calipers
Has anyone had a problem with the red paint coming off the brake calipers? I may have ruined them with bringing it to car wash or something. I would like to repaint them myself. Has anyone tried this? If so what products did you use? I did some research about G2 paint, it seems alright. Anyone uses it before? All response are appreciated, thank you.
Oct 21, 2006, 10:01 AM
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this is very common problem. search around.
I had this problem too. I wet sanded the calipers, cleaned them really good, then re-cleared them with high temperature clear coat. I have only been driving the car a week so I cant tell you whether or not it will last. Some peps on here have done the same thing. They look brand new after I finished.
I had this problem too. I wet sanded the calipers, cleaned them really good, then re-cleared them with high temperature clear coat. I have only been driving the car a week so I cant tell you whether or not it will last. Some peps on here have done the same thing. They look brand new after I finished.
Oct 21, 2006, 10:20 AM
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I had this problem as well. I think in my case it was directly contributed to brake fluid coming in contact with the clear coat. I finally got sick of looking at my pink brakes and yanked them three months ago to repaint them. The entire process took me approx 3 days. I comletely stripped them with 800 grit sand paper, which was no easy task considering the back of the calipers has alot of fins sticking out creating alot of tight areas to sand between. think that perhaps if you had a variable speed dremel with sanding atachments you could speed up the process, but I would definelty be carefull going this route.
I then cleaned them thuroughly with Duplicolor paint prep, and hit them with three coats of primer ( I just used the basic duplicolor engine enamel white with ceramic ). When they had dried for an hour or so I applied my base coat. I used the same color I painted my Valve cover, a metallic blue from duplicolor. The blue was not rated for high heat but it has held up quite well, no fading, chipping, peeling etc. I finished it off with three coats of high heat clear, let it cure for 16 hours then reassembled my brakes.
I had intended to respray the Brembo logo in white but I just couldn't convince myself to fork over the 30 somthing dollars for a new stencil set, but it is available if you wanted to do so. I still plan on doing this but, I can never seem to find the time, money or motivation to get around to it.
I can post pics later if anyone would like, besides it will give me a reason to get off my rear and clean my rims.
I then cleaned them thuroughly with Duplicolor paint prep, and hit them with three coats of primer ( I just used the basic duplicolor engine enamel white with ceramic ). When they had dried for an hour or so I applied my base coat. I used the same color I painted my Valve cover, a metallic blue from duplicolor. The blue was not rated for high heat but it has held up quite well, no fading, chipping, peeling etc. I finished it off with three coats of high heat clear, let it cure for 16 hours then reassembled my brakes.
I had intended to respray the Brembo logo in white but I just couldn't convince myself to fork over the 30 somthing dollars for a new stencil set, but it is available if you wanted to do so. I still plan on doing this but, I can never seem to find the time, money or motivation to get around to it.
I can post pics later if anyone would like, besides it will give me a reason to get off my rear and clean my rims.
Oct 21, 2006, 10:22 AM
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you can get new ones if u fight with mitsubishi
there was a thread on here not to long ago about a few ppl who got there brake calipers replaced under warrenty because of peeling
there was a thread on here not to long ago about a few ppl who got there brake calipers replaced under warrenty because of peeling
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this is very common problem. search around.
I had this problem too. I wet sanded the calipers, cleaned them really good, then re-cleared them with high temperature clear coat. I have only been driving the car a week so I cant tell you whether or not it will last. Some peps on here have done the same thing. They look brand new after I finished.
I had this problem too. I wet sanded the calipers, cleaned them really good, then re-cleared them with high temperature clear coat. I have only been driving the car a week so I cant tell you whether or not it will last. Some peps on here have done the same thing. They look brand new after I finished.
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i can confirm that around Mitsubishi will fix this but usually only if you get regular service at a dealership. (otherwise the assumption is you messed them up bleeding your brakes or changing fluid or something).
Aug 4, 2007, 10:59 AM
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I had this problem as well. I think in my case it was directly contributed to brake fluid coming in contact with the clear coat. I finally got sick of looking at my pink brakes and yanked them three months ago to repaint them. The entire process took me approx 3 days. I comletely stripped them with 800 grit sand paper, which was no easy task considering the back of the calipers has alot of fins sticking out creating alot of tight areas to sand between. think that perhaps if you had a variable speed dremel with sanding atachments you could speed up the process, but I would definelty be carefull going this route.
I then cleaned them thuroughly with Duplicolor paint prep, and hit them with three coats of primer ( I just used the basic duplicolor engine enamel white with ceramic ). When they had dried for an hour or so I applied my base coat. I used the same color I painted my Valve cover, a metallic blue from duplicolor. The blue was not rated for high heat but it has held up quite well, no fading, chipping, peeling etc. I finished it off with three coats of high heat clear, let it cure for 16 hours then reassembled my brakes.
I had intended to respray the Brembo logo in white but I just couldn't convince myself to fork over the 30 somthing dollars for a new stencil set, but it is available if you wanted to do so. I still plan on doing this but, I can never seem to find the time, money or motivation to get around to it.
I can post pics later if anyone would like, besides it will give me a reason to get off my rear and clean my rims.
I then cleaned them thuroughly with Duplicolor paint prep, and hit them with three coats of primer ( I just used the basic duplicolor engine enamel white with ceramic ). When they had dried for an hour or so I applied my base coat. I used the same color I painted my Valve cover, a metallic blue from duplicolor. The blue was not rated for high heat but it has held up quite well, no fading, chipping, peeling etc. I finished it off with three coats of high heat clear, let it cure for 16 hours then reassembled my brakes.
I had intended to respray the Brembo logo in white but I just couldn't convince myself to fork over the 30 somthing dollars for a new stencil set, but it is available if you wanted to do so. I still plan on doing this but, I can never seem to find the time, money or motivation to get around to it.
I can post pics later if anyone would like, besides it will give me a reason to get off my rear and clean my rims.
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My calipers started peeling at 35k- dealership replaced them w/o a fight (thanks Don Herring!). You should PM KevinD - he has some nice powdercoated calipers, and can probably point you in the right direction.
