G2 Caliper Paint: Done *** Pic Heavy!!! ***

[KickToTheJunk]

2011 LS
G2 Caliper Paint kit (Black) from Amazon for $40

Jacking Points:



I bought the little black 1" brush at Walmart for $1. I'm a painter by trade for 22 years, but didn't wanna trash my brushes for this. It does help when cutting in against the brake pads and around corners the included foam brush won't easily get to.



Stock calipers on an LS

Calipers taped off to my needs (I'm a professional painter, I can use a brush) Some may require further taping.





Front Caliper done, wheels back on:



Rear done, wheels back on.

• Temp in my Garage was about 60-ish with propane heater going
• took about 30 minutes dry-to-touch
• 3 coats applied with enough to do 2 more left over
• mind your brush strokes. don't leave it heavy. lay it down evenly!
• didn't wait 2 hours (as directed) to put wheels back on
• still haven't driven it, done Friday night at 10:45pm
• got huge buzz and dizziness from Propane heater fumes

I put on a coat of Adam's Brilliant Glaze and Americana Paste Wax while I waited between coats of paint on the calipers.


Clean wheels while off, apply a coat of Adam's Americana while you wait - protect your wheels the best you can. 99% of wheels out there aren't Chrome even if they look like chrome. My 2002 Corvette wheels were chrome - with CLEAR COAT over them. Most people don't know this. Treat them like paint. Wash, seal, wax. No chrome polish.



I'm glad I went this route vs. the caliper covers that say "Fake Fake Fake". I'm aware I bought the base model and I'm not trying to display it as something it's not.


Just take your time, don't be in a hurry.

[angie7]

I painted mine w thd G2 paint kit as well. Twice actually. I painted my '11 LT and now my SS. Works great and looks great too!! Job well done.

[SSTG]

Originally Posted by KickToTheJunk

2011 LS

Clean wheels while off, apply a coat of Adam's Americana while you wait - protect your wheels the best you can. 99% of wheels out there aren't Chrome even if they look like chrome. My 2002 Corvette wheels were chrome - with CLEAR COAT over them. Most people don't know this. Treat them like paint. Wash, seal, wax. No chrome polish.

First off nice job, car looks great!
Secondly, just to be clear wheels with clear cote are polished aluminum. Chrome does not have Clear and can be polished with Chrome polish.

[KickToTheJunk]

Originally Posted by SSTG

First off nice job, car looks great!
Secondly, just to be clear wheels with clear cote are polished aluminum. Chrome does not have Clear and can be polished with Chrome polish.

My Corvette wheels were clear coated Chrome finish.

Wasn't speaking on the Camaro wheels. Guess I shouldn't have spoken about something before knowing oops.

I see alot of people trying to polish clear-coated wheels with chrome polish - not gonna help it.

Thanks for the props. I'm happy with the results. Hides the ugly stock calipers until you get close to the car, then you're like 'oh, there's the brakes' - even then, you have to look for them.

I don't understand why people want to highlight cheap looking calipers with red, green, purple, yellow, etc... HIDE EM!

This black kit is great for this. Hope they hold up to my Adam's Power Stick.

[camaro_RS]

Nice job man!!

[Grimlock]

I found painting my calipers to be really fun. If I could do it again, I'd have them colormatched with the Synergy Green or Jetstream Blue. I went with the stock green.