share teH paiNt!

 

my paint job

 

Painting stock brake systems is part of the definition of rice. Now that being said I will admit to painting mine also. I had engine enamel laying around so I hit them up. To avoid confusion and being associated with the rice crowd I used black. Minnesota is tough on cars and the drums and calipers were rusty looking through my wheels. Black makes it look clean (the most important factor IMO) and doesnt draw attention to a stock braking system. Any other color and your liable to get a rice ticket or someone looking at them and shaking their head.

 

alright, so what brands and types of paint are good?
also, are they spray paint? or a bucket that you paint on with a brush?
also, how hard is it to paint the front calipers, do you just unscrew the wheel, take it off and paint away?

 

SICKdimension: you can get caliper paint or engine paint. BTW its spray paint. If you want to do a good job you can take the caliper off, but you can also cover the disc with newspaper or whatever and paint it.

 

ok, i dont know anything about it so i'd just cover everything with newspaper. but you just take the wheel off, paint it, then screw the wheel back on? do you have to align it or something?

PS. i just realized you were the guy i was talkin to a while ago about paintin the calipers. the pics look nice!

 

yeahh man its me. hi....... make sure your disk is well covered. be patient while doing it paint it once let it dry out and repeat it two times more if u want it to look good. i suggest you to not use the car for the rest of the day so the paint dries out good. no man u dont have to aling it.

 

off topic...you're black headlights are killer! you should post in
https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/sh...0&pagenumber=1

 

yea, i'm going to paint both in a black color or some other color just need to find out which will look good, drums because they are showing some surface rust...so it'll clean them up a little bit....

 

you can kinda see mine behind my Tenzo R's. I personally think that it looks good to paint them...like I say, to each his own.

 

painting stuff is fun =X

 

but not to fun when u mess up

 

hah yeah good point.. make sure u know what ur paiting should be painted and can be painted and ur using the right type of paint...

also back to the calipers... you guys who are local to me who want to do calipers.. lets set up a day.. im gonna repaint mine a dif color.. yellow to match my car.. yes some of you will say its ricey or what not.. but do what u will to please yourself first before you please others so BLAh!

 

I would say paint them the color you want them.....if you don't likey....paint them black(could never go wrong with black) and your drums and calipers would in a way be protected like airline's. My friend has her drums rusting on her Lancer they are going to need some sanding and repainting

 

yah ill paint the front ones when i put the rotors on i might paint the rear ones black pends on my lazy ness factor