MGretz70

Thinking of painting my GS calipers and looking for pics of those that have. And yes I know about powder coating them, with Mike, but $40 is a lot cheaper than doing powder coat and if I don't like it then I will get them powder coated later since to get them powder coat them they have to be sandblasted anyway so rather spend $40 now to see how I like it first.

I did paint my 05 C6's Calipers and they turned out pretty good and only had 1 small chip after a year with G2 caliper paint.

Thanks!

Johnathon59

Here's mine ..Painted with Caliper Kit from AutoZone.

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MGretz70

dariodelconte

I did mine and they came out great ill send you some pix tomorrow, 210 g/s cyb gray did them in red changed the look of the vet

Bluewasp

I've been thinking about painting mine the ZR1 blue caliper color. Car is cyber gray....

Thoughts?


Would look like this...

Bluewasp

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This image is from mike.

LS1FRC

What paint color/code is the zr1 calipers? I have a set of c6 Z06 I need to powder coat.

Detroit1

You may have already considered this. While you have wheels off why not paint the rotor hats. I did mine a week ago and used high temp heat paint satin black. My GS Calipers are the silver color with red corvette decal logo's. Been thinking about changing color to match car which is CRM.

JB

Garry in AZ

This is G2 epoxy paint, new decals, and three coats of VHT clear. My only advice is to take all four wheels off the car first, and have all four calipers cleaned and ready to paint. Once you mix the catalyst into the paint, you don't want to waste time jacking the car and unmounting wheels.

Garry

Fastone27

I painted mine and have painted all of my cars calipers with VHT and then made my own caliper decals (I have them) then clear-coated over them, and they still look good as new!

redrckt97

what did you all use to paint the hub/discs where the pads don't keep it clean?? especially like the grey

pyrodav

G2 Orange.

Johnathon59

I used "Heat Resistance" black paint, something like engine paint works good.

WickdGS

Can anyone shed light on where they are getting the stencils or decals? Looking to get mine powder coated soon.

enventr

It looks very nice . I would also like to see a photo of it in light grey or silver

Sky High

Sorry for the dirty picture but to get a nice color grey on the hubs I used VHT Light Grey Primer SP148 and then shot it with VHT Gloss Clear SP145. Dirt comes right off if it even sticks at all.I did these two years ago and this is what they still look like today

pyrodav

I got mine on the big auction site. That was before I saw somebody here that makes them. Might wanna search "caliper stencils".

Lew Shaw

Mine on my 2010 GS were painted over 10,000 miles ago with plain old Krylon paint from Home Depot and decals from a vendor on eBay. The secret is to be sure the calipers are CLEAN and DRY before painting.

No idea why the photo keeps coming out upside down. Any advice on that???

Rick Humerickhouse

Lee,
Just saw your picture of your hubs. Wondering what you used to clean your hubs. I have a little rust, so need to clean and paint. On your paint color, did you use a flat or satin black? Someone said to use sliver or gray, but not sure. My car color is Supersonic Blue with chrome spoke wheels...

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank you,

Rick Humerickhouse

Lew Shaw

Well, Rick, all I did was clean with water and Dawn detergent (AZ car, no rust). If it's just surface rust, an abrasive pad (scotchbrite) should do the trick on the rust. I used satin black to match everything else on my car. You should use whatever color YOU think will look good!