so i have my calipers at the powder coaters and they are up in the air of whether or not they want to do them. their concern is the inner seals on the pistons, because after they coat them they bake em at about 400-425 degrees for about an hour. do you think theyll be safe or should i not take my chances? thanks

adam

 

ive heard of people leaving seals in. im going to leave mine in. how hot you think the pad is at its hottest when heavy breaking? id say they are fine. now on a side note, im going to replace my seals after i coat mine....

 

I replaced everything when i did mine.

 

yea see i dont want to have to replace everything. the only part of the caliper i will be replacing are the outer dust boots.

 

Most powdercoaters with chemically dip the part to clean them up and sandblast the part to clean them off. The chemicals are very strong and could possibly destroy the rubber seals. Better safe them sorry here boys.

 

Well, it only takes 2 minutes to pull those sqaure cut seals out so those COULD be saved but i replaced them all in mine. So i would do it properly and replace them all. Those chemicals that chu mentions WOULD DEF eat the rubber away. Hell, the stuff we are going to play around with can eat the aluminum away in about an hour. So yea, they have to be taken out either way.

 

ok thanks a lot guys

 

How much does powder coating cost for all four calipers???