Caliper painting
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Racer
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From: The Great Northwest
St. Jude Donor '13
Caliper painting
Hello all, for those of you that have done it, is it better/easier to leave the calipers on when you paint them or take them off? From the looks of it, I could get them nice and clean and paint them while they are on the car. Thanks, Glenn
Racer
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From: woodville ohio
i painted mine of the car with rattle can caliper paint...cleaned them up with brake clean wrapped the brake lines in aluminum foil put a big trash bag over the hub and newspaper elsewhere. worked great and still looks great
Melting Slicks
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From: Puyallup Washington
I did mine this way. I did not remove the brake lines. I cleaned the calipers with wax and grease remover, scuffed them with ScotchBrite pads, cleaned with wax and grease remover and sprayed them with regular car paint I had the paint shop put in a spray can. This was a few years ago. They still look great.
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Melting Slicks
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All of the above suggestions work. However, if you want the most resistant coating possible, you need to remove them and have them professionally powder coated. It can be expensive. In my case, I was thinking of doing just that until I found a vendor selling brand new sets (all 4) of Z06 calipers for 400 bucks. These are the red OEM powdercoated ones. Obviously, it was cheaper for me to buy the brand new calipers and as a bonus, I got to keep my original set as backup.
That's the route I took and I am extremely happy with the results.
That's the route I took and I am extremely happy with the results.
Melting Slicks
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From: Silver Spring MD
Removed pads left hoses attached Duplicolor brush on
When changing pads removed caliper mounting bolts and cleaned calipers with wire brush and brake cleaner. Need to brush on 4 or 5 coats about a half hour apart. Still look great 5 or 6 years later.
Pro
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From: Van Buren Arkansas
A buddy of mine has a car lift so we put my car in the air and let the calipers hang and sprayed them red. After it dried we came back later and grabbed brake cleaner and rubbed the red off of "Corvette" worked perfect and still looks great!
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Drifting
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From: Hopatcong New Jersey
That's the way I did mine with the Duplicolor brush on kit. A big tip is to throw away the brush that comes with the kit and get a REAL brush from a craft store.
After a year and a half I've only had to touch up a couple small chips, but the kit comes with enough paint to do 30 cars
Burning Brakes
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From: Denver CO
All of the above suggestions work. However, if you want the most resistant coating possible, you need to remove them and have them professionally powder coated. It can be expensive. In my case, I was thinking of doing just that until I found a vendor selling brand new sets (all 4) of Z06 calipers for 400 bucks. These are the red OEM powdercoated ones. Obviously, it was cheaper for me to buy the brand new calipers and as a bonus, I got to keep my original set as backup.
That's the route I took and I am extremely happy with the results.
That's the route I took and I am extremely happy with the results.
I spent about $300 for rebuilt and powder coated calipers/brackets with a CF vendor, TPS I think.
2nd Gear
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From: Miami Florida
hi temp red engine paint worked for me and I did it while they where on the car but unbolted from the spindle. I also shaved off with a razor the paint off the extruded vette lettering and wet sanded and buffed the vette logo.