Will this void my warranty is any way?

Any one else do it.... did you disconnect the brake?

How did you think the paint held up?

Planning on using Duplicolor.

 

I had searched the forums about this a couple weeks back, as I've been considering doing the same thing. Sadly, all I remember right now is that you should sand them before painting, haha. I would like to hear the answers to these questions as well, especially the warranty one.

 

Do not paint calipers unless they are monoblock. Painted two-piece calipers look like crap.

 

When I paint calipers... I use my wire brush wheel on them and I paint the caliper bracket. Very easy to do this. I'm taking mine completely apart soon, I have a buddy who powder coats =] going to do mine like a candy blue.

 

Or if you completely remove them... Sand blasting is nice =]

 

1.) No it shouldn't have any efffect on the warranty.

2.) The duplicolor paint is crap. Get the G2 caliper paint. (G2 is a 2 part epoxy and is way more robust.)

 

Might want to use some of this (or similar) as a final prep prior to painting:



FWIW, I used the red Duplicolor on my old R50 and it seemed to hold up pretty well for the 4 years I had it on. I was very careful to do a good surface prep which might have helped. YMMV.

 

Really, the R56 brakes are what JCW used on the R50 series cars! They looked good in Red so no reason no to paint them.

Use a dedicated caliper paint as the brakes get hot and standard paint won't handle the heat so well. Clean the calipers as best as you can, the cleaner they are the better the paint will stick.

 

I did mine, no problems, look great, also have painted 2005 Pathfinder and 92 Grand Prix all around dics, all look good, the GP is done yellow (car is blue), the Cooper is red. Prep is king, wash everything and brush thoroughly, the GPs I did off the car, the Cooper, still mounted, not much diff between the two, a little overspray leakage, use plenty of masking and plastic dropsheet. You'll love the difference, and I beg to differ that the 2 piecers look like crap, Ive had many compliments.

 

Yes really. When I see painted two-piece calipers, they look ricey. If they are monoblock style, go ahead, that looks great. Just my opinion. I don't want to start seeing MINIs all riced out.

 

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Not if they are painted silver (the only color I would consider)

 

Yes. If they don't stand out like a sore thumb.

What I really meant was don't use a bright color such as red.