My Evo8 suffered the classic Brembo clearcoat issue and the calipers looked like crap. All of the clear was cracking off and the calipers were turning white. Well I needed to do Rotors and pads, and had a set of SS lines I was meaning to install, so I decided to repaint my rotors while they were off the car.

I did this entirely myself and the total cost was about $100 in materials tops
Material list:
2 cans of brake caliper paint
1 can of paint stripper
masking tape
scarper
wet sandpaper 320-600 grit
Some newspapers
a few brushes for the stripper
a container for the stripper
Gloves
Wire brush
Steel wool
Brembo stickers-set of 4 on ebay, $9.99


I made sure I completely stripped all of the old paint off down to the metal on all 4 calipers.This was time consuming and tedious, but the preperation is VERY iportant. Once the paint was off, I washed them in dish detergent to get all the grease or residue off. Once the surface is completely clean and dry. Then I applied a few light coats of caliper paint and let dry overnight. The next day i gave the caliper a mild wetsand with 600 grit, washed and dryed and resprayed 2 more coats..

once dry I applied the stickers..

Looks like brand new!!!

 

Looks AWESOME! I'm loving the black! That's what I was going to do this spring when it heats up!

 

i've read on here that you need to clearcoat after you put the decals on. otherwise, the just melt off.. either way, looks really good

 

Looks like you didnt wetsand it with the 600 good enough, I can still see scratches from the sand paper. But im sure nobody will notice that on the car.

 

Actually that was some smudges from the windex.

 

Ill try that, I got some rattle can clear.

 

good job sir!

 

Not bad.......I would have done a Yellow if I had to fix what you had going on but thats just me....

 

Are these mounted on your Evo...wanting to see if it holds up to the heat..let us know..thnxx

 

+1
Wil the issue repeat itself? These things do heat up big time. Have you ever seen road racing at night? The rotors glow like turbos.

 

The Black looks great. Be sure and keep us updated on how they hold up.

 

Put on car and snap more pics!

 

if you have an Oreilly's get you a can of VHT high temp clear it is the best clear to put on the calipers. if you want a lifetime covering put them in the oven for a few minutes to bake the clear and it will last forever

oven 175 deg. for about 10 minutes.


VHT PAINT - SPRAY PAINT (FLAMEPROOF CLEAR) Item No: SP115

 

Thats what I was thinking myself..FWIW all Brembo uses is PAINT on these suckers.There is no powdercoating from the factory.Its only high temp paint, same stuff as in the Rattle can I used..

 

looks really nice any pics on the car