Getting ready to do mine this week or next. You can either pay $419 plus $150+ dollars labor for the powder coated ones or buy the high-temp paint made for calipers. I researched this and found the two major brands are FoliTech and G2. Cost was $34 delivered to the door, just do a search on the web, retail is $59 and they offer several colors. I went went red for my LMB Coupe. I went with G2 because it had a higher temp rating. The only drawback is that the car (per directions) cannot be used for 3-4 days while the special paint cures. If you have a daily driver it could be a problem. I only drive mine one or two days a week so it isn't an issue. Anyone else on the Forum have additional input?
I am going to paint my on the C6 also. I am going to paint the caliper bracket silver and the caliper red. I painted them on my 02 SS camaro. See pics. High temp caliper paint can be gotten at most auto supply places.
G2 is a two-stage paint that you have to mix like epoxy and brush it on. It is made for very high-temp operations like heavy braking on a track and is also used on aircraft parts. Your Camaro calipers look good. Did you mask them off or remove them for painting?
* Jack up a corner.
* Remove wheel.
* Spray the assembly with Brake Cleaner.
* Mask off what you don't want painted using masking tape and newspaper.
* For the fronts, apply a light coat of lipstick (or Chapstick) to the raised letters.
* Apply spray primer. I used the GM stuff from Fitchner Chevy.
* Apply several coats of color paint. I used GM Torch Red on my '02 however I will be using Victory Red or Black on my '05.
* Let each coat dry about 30 minutes.
* Scrap the paint off the letters. It should come right off due to the lipstick.
* Give the caliper a couple coats of GM Clearcoat.
* Move on to the next caliper.
I painted the calipers (by hand using the Folia-Tec kit) and they looked great even after a few auto-X events. I used a fine metal file to clean off the paint on the COVETTE. I bought a 2003 Z a few months ago which come with the OEM powder-coated calipers.
Can you tell the difference?
1999 hand painted using Folia-Tec caliper paint kit
2003 Z06 with OEM powder-coated calipers
BTW, I paid $45 for the Folia-Tec caliper paint kit and we had enough to do two cars, so my cost was less than $30. Took about 4 hours start to finish.
I painted my own on my 98... had to do it every 6 mos.. and they never looked good enough for me... but then again, Im not a painter..decided it wasnt worth it to me... the $400 is worth getting them powder coated for me.. got them from WCC... but thats just me...
I painted my calipers, rotor edges, hubs and the holes in the rotors with chrome aluminum paint which is high temp. I have used this paint on several cars of mine and it works well. I apply two coats. I also use it to paint the suspension components. For the exhaust pipes, which get even hotter, I use Griots's high temp aluminum paint. I have silver cars, so the silve color works well incombination.
used this over 6 months on my sons car (MR2 Spyder) and even through the NY winter no problems. I did not even need to remove them and just painted all visable areas staying away from the bolts. you can also do the raised letters by using a stamping block (avail in craft stores) and since the letters are raised when your press the block against them with a contrasting color, it only paints the letters
G2 is a two-stage paint that you have to mix like epoxy and brush it on. It is made for very high-temp operations like heavy braking on a track and is also used on aircraft parts. Your Camaro calipers look good. Did you mask them off or remove them for painting?
I removed the caliper bracket to spray paint it. I left the caliper hang and brush painted it. I used high temp caliper paint. I think they turned out great for $15.00 in paint.
I always use paints from www.por15.com to do my rotor hubs and calipers, I did my calipers on my black Silverado and black 96 Impala SS with the silver POR 20 which is high temp. I have decided to rework the calipers on my Machine Silver coupe, if I do it will be either a high gloss black or some type of silver close to the color of the car.....
Just did my rear caliper using the Plasikote 900degree caliper paint (Wal-Mart $3.79). I have used it on an SLK230 and a Lexus GS400 three years ago, and their calipers still look good without discoloration or chips, so I stayed with it for the C6.
Steps:
Removed the wheel,
cleaned with brake cleaner,
masked with tape/newpaper,
five thin coats of spray,
hand touch-ups with a foam brush/q-tips,
minor overspray cleanup on rotor with lacquer thinner and clean q-tips,
and letting everything dry about 45 minutes before removing the paper,
then remounted the wheel.
Overall time, about 1.5 hours.
I might end up doing both fronts at the same time, and have the car up on jack stands for that, as it would be more time efficient than one caliper at a time.
(Notice brake cooling duct in first photo... flush intake is on bottom of car)
I will post more pics for the fronts probably next weekend.
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