Show me your Painted Calipers!

[jhmurphy]

Here you go.

[SnoopyAce7]

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149984

[camaroitalia]

for those of u who painted them on your own, what all do you have to cover on the brake caliper?
i am looking into the G2 paint

[3CamarosOnHand]

Here are my ABM done in my garage, 500* engine primer, Dupli color metal flake blue, and ABM airbrushed over that , 5 coats of clear

[Blacc Mamba]

Originally Posted by 3CamarosOnHand

Here are my ABM done in my garage, 500* engine primer, Dupli color metal flake blue, and ABM airbrushed over that , 5 coats of clear

You can use the engine primer for it? I seen the color I wanted but for the engine. Would it be better to just buy the g2 kit. Or buy the engine pait like you did. Yours came out real good.

[brantley847]

Originally Posted by jhmurphy

Here you go.

the black looks incredible, how did you have them done?

[jhmurphy]

Did it myself with G2 paint and some High Temp Decals. Here is the thread where i showed the work.
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=93880

[IROCanSS]

RED







Painted them myself.

[IROCanSS]

And this is 3 coats hi heat engine enamel and 3 coats hi heat engine clear.

G2 is the cheap way. Do it right. Takes about a week with the cure on the paint.

Powdercoating lasts better and is more durable but is costly. I did mine for $30 or less.

[firestone_ss]

i went down to parts store and bought a couple cans of chevy orange 1607 high temp with cermaic and a can of high temp clear coat and emblams from ebay,removed calipers from car and did it in the garage

[IROCanSS]

Biggest thing is the prep. The calipers must be 110% free of dirt, grease, fluid, oil, etc.

I spent over an hour on each caliper just cleaning them.

[Blacc Mamba]

Originally Posted by jrhaus76

And this is 3 coats hi heat engine enamel and 3 coats hi heat engine clear.

G2 is the cheap way. Do it right. Takes about a week with the cure on the paint.

Powdercoating lasts better and is more durable but is costly. I did mine for $30 or less.

Could you tell me the steps you did to apply, and what you taped off, I have my brembos sitting in the garage, still deciding on color.

[IROCanSS]

Ok... Since they are off...

Remove the pins, pads, bleeder valve and the small rigid line that carries the fluid to the front of the caliper from the rear. It's on the buttom.

Once you have the pads broken down, put bolts in all the holes to keep water from cleaning and paint from going in the holes.

Once you have the holes plugged, clean the holy living daylights out of them. You ca have ZERO dirt on them. It takes a while but it's very important.

Once they are perfectly clean, scuff them up with some like 400 grit. Mainly to remove the embossed brembo and Chevrolet. I did not get too carried away with this.

Wash them to get all the dust off, let dry overnight.

MASKING: all I masked off was the 4 pistons and rubber seals on the inside of the calipers. I taped it off them cut it to fit so the only thing that wasn't painted were the seals and pistons.

PAINTING: follow the directions on the can. Mine said coat evenly, recoat less than 1 hour, let cure 7 days.

So, I held them up by the bolts you are going to remove, painted the caliper, set it out of the way and did the next one. By the time I finished all 4, I went back to #1 for coat 2... and so on.

Once I got the 3 coats of red, I waited about 30 minutes and put on the decals I got from eBay. 4" front, 3.25" rear.

After I stuck the stickers, I repeated the process above with 3 coats of clear.

I let them sit for 7 days to cure and then reinstalled the pads, spring plate and pins. Then I installed everything back on the car and bled the system. Been great since.

I have some more pics I can post when I get to my laptop.

[Blacc Mamba]

Thanks, I just don't want to make any mistakes that i'll regret.