Painted my calipers
 

Finally got enough good weather to paint my brakes... more pics to follow.

Before:

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After:

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/...ps935e46f1.jpg


http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/...psa5d57bc1.jpg

Here's a full car shot...wish it was a bit better photo but it looks better with color to me.

http://i1169.photobucket.com/albums/...psb4860091.jpg

Nice job! :thumbs:

Looking good.....it's even better because you did it vs someone else:thumbs:

Good job! What paint did you use? What did you use to remove the paint from the letters? When I did mine I used a wire wheel on a drimmel tool.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...psac0652de.jpg

very nice!

I used Dupi-Color paint and a razor blade to remove the paint from the letters after a day of curing time. Came out better than I expected. I also left the calipers on the car and used several different size brushes so that i could get into the smaller areas. One caliper at a time...finished within one hour for each caliper.

Looks great! I sprayed mine with high temp engine paint, but next time I think I will do the same with the caliper paint.

Thanks for sharing!

Thx for the feedback...

I did my C5 with rustoleum professional paint....lasted 13 years til I traded it.....cheap way to get a great result. Heck I even painted the back of the brake pads blue.

Much better :thumbs:

:thumbs: Nice job, they look good.

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Looks terrific and a nice mod especially since you did it yourself. A real sense of accomplishment.....!!

Looks very nice. Paint your rotors too and it will look even better.

Mrc100,

Looks great!! How many coats of paint did you apply to each caliper, and how long between coats.

Thanks,

Bob

Nice finish, looks very professional. I used rattle can brake paint I got from Pep Boys. I only painted the calapers, when I change the rotors I will paint the brackets.

You did a really great job! :thumbs:

Lisa

Bob, I basically took my time painting from the top of each brake to the bottom and then when back to the top and started a second coat. So I have about 4 coats on each rotor. The instructions state to either finish the painting in one hour or wait 5 days. I'm not kidding so I just kept working a single rotor until i had uniform coverage which took about an hour. The humidity was pretty low for rochester and i think that helped.

Mike

Very well done!

Looks great! :cool:

Proves that you don't have to send it to a powdercoater or pay core charge. :thumbs: