Brake Painting
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From: Myrtle Beach South Carolina
Brake Painting
Guys,
Interested in painting the brake calipers red on a 5 spoke chrome rimmed 96' CE. Will this look good, or be tacky? Any suggestions on how to go about it? Thanks
Interested in painting the brake calipers red on a 5 spoke chrome rimmed 96' CE. Will this look good, or be tacky? Any suggestions on how to go about it? Thanks
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From: Laurel MS
Mom always said, "Red brakes are happy brakes!"
Cheers
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Last edited by jim_hewett; Jul 23, 2008 at 06:06 PM.
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Mine were painted by the PO, and I love it red! If I were you, I'd go ahead and remove them just to get full coverage. You'll have to bleed the air out of the brakes afterwards, but I'm a proponent of "do it right the first time." Clean it vigorously with steel wool and some cleaning agent (Simple Green?), then give it LOTS of light coats of paint, allowing 10-15 minutes or so between coats. I'm talking like 10 coats of paint. The more the merrier, and longer you'll be able to go before having to repaint them.
EDIT: Also, if you have stock brake rotors, the centers are probably rusty. While you have the brakes apart, use that same caliper paint in either black or silver and paint the rotors. They will look
Paint right over the swept surface; the brake pads will rub it right off.
EDIT: Also, if you have stock brake rotors, the centers are probably rusty. While you have the brakes apart, use that same caliper paint in either black or silver and paint the rotors. They will look
Paint right over the swept surface; the brake pads will rub it right off.
Last edited by StealthLT4; Jul 23, 2008 at 12:51 PM.
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I used the Duplicolor brake caliper paint kit, red of course. It worked really well. You may want to pick up some extra brushes though. The one they send with the kit doesn't last a long time. 
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Definitely remove them before painting - I didn't and while the appearance was fine while mounted, the missed spots bugged me when I went in to do work later on.
Take the pads out for painting. A lot of people (no offense, anyone...) leave them in and paint over the visible parts, and they look bad. I masked over them, and in retrospect, that was half-arsed as well.
Either leave the brackets natural or paint them black. IMO.
Rustoleum lasted just fine on mine. I'll use it again on the rears when I match them to the GS fronts I installed a while ago.
Take the pads out for painting. A lot of people (no offense, anyone...) leave them in and paint over the visible parts, and they look bad. I masked over them, and in retrospect, that was half-arsed as well.
Either leave the brackets natural or paint them black. IMO.
Rustoleum lasted just fine on mine. I'll use it again on the rears when I match them to the GS fronts I installed a while ago.
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