Hi everyone,

I didn't get to paint my calipers today because I was stuck. ops: Any advice?

 

There is a write up in Randy's How-to's.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...pic=6934&0

Have fun, it's worth it.

 

Follow Randy's excellent tutorial for changing the brake pads:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...pic=6934&0

However, for painting the calipers you will need four jack stands to prop the car off the ground completely because you will need to work on all four wheels at the same time. By that I mean you will coat one wheel, move onto the second wheel, than the third and than the fourth. It will take a minimum of 4 to 6 hours for the paint to dry depending on how humid it is where you live, mine took overnight to dry completely. The only difficulty I had was 'propping' up the calipers as they were drying, I put two coats on each caliper.

Remember, the material you are using to 'paint' the calipers is not actually paint in the traditional sense, chemically speaking it is a coating that cures instead of drying like paint. You will need to complete the entire process in less than about four hours, after that, the material becomes too thick to paint on. You cannot do the job by propping one side up, painting that side, putting the wheels back on and propping up the other side, you will need to get the entire car up off the ground for at least six hours and doing all four wheels in one operation. Good luck!

 

You may also try doing one side or one 'axle' at a time if you don't have four jackstands or don't want the risk of having your up in the air that long. If you do that, you can mix half the paint and take your time making sure you got everything coated well. And to second the comment above, the G2 paint will sometimes dry in as little as 2 hours if it's hot/humid outside. I anyone needs some paint, here's one option:

http://outmotoring.com/brake_caliper_paint_.html