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I am interested in painting my brake calipers to make them look sick as well as stop the rusting. As you can tell they are not looking so hot and I would love to more spice to my mini! So I would love your guy's input on what color I should do. I am thinking red, a satin black or maybe try to match the pepper white. I am also going to put decals on them saying mini. Lastly, I am also going to do the rotors in black ( the rusted parts that is) I have been thinking this may be a waste of time and that I should just wait till I have to replace the rotors and pads.
P.s any advice on painting the grill black/ most of the Chrome on the car to satin black?
I have used G2 caliper paint on all my cars. It is a 2 part epoxy paint. Enough in the kit to do 2 coats on all 4 calipers. Brushes on nice and thick. Glossy and smooth when it dries.
... I am also going to do the rotors in black ( the rusted parts that is) I have been thinking this may be a waste of time and that I should just wait till I have to replace the rotors and pads...
I was hoping there would be some conversation around the comment about painting the rotors. A lot of people paint the calipers but I have never seen the rotors painted. I would think that it would be devastating to the functioning of the brakes, potentially destroy the braking system and at its best be scraped off after the first few stops. That said, I would like to hear the opinions of those with more technical knowledge then myself.
I was hoping there would be some conversation around the comment about painting the rotors. A lot of people paint the calipers but I have never seen the rotors painted. I would think that it would be devastating to the functioning of the brakes, potentially destroy the braking system and at its best be scraped off after the first few stops. That said, I would like to hear the opinions of those with more technical knowledge then myself.
You certainly wouldn't paint the contact area of the rotor for just the reason you state. However, the rotor hat adds a nice pop to the finished product and our OP might like the looks of it. Here's what I did 8 or 10 years ago and they still look great.
I just ordered custom MGP caliper covers in red with the Cooper S logo. They should arrive next week. I have them on my Ford and they look great and never get dirty. Keeps the wheels clean too!
On the calipers I have used both types of spray can stuff you can buy at the local autoparts store, that which must be "baked" and then the stuff that you just spray on. Have also used the Rustoleum brush stuff. All work and IMO of the three the Rustoleum is the best. On rotors, I will mask off the pad surface and spray both the hub and the top with the high temp spray on stuff I noted above. It keeps the rotors from showing rust longer. See below
