Before I just jump right in, I was hoping I could get some feedback from anyone who has painted their brake calipers by themselves. I know you have to use high temp paint, but which is the best? Best weather conditions? Primer? Clear coat? Any tips on the steps and prep are much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

'07 MCS

 

i just painted mine with regular paint to see if i would like the look. No discoloration or flaking yet. alot of break dust though

 

Yeah brake dust is a PITA, seems like I'm cleaning my rims every other day. I've never heard of anyone using regular paint on brake calipers because of the heat caused by friction. Do you have any pics?

 

This is the best paint, it's a 2 part epoxy, nice and shiny, nothing sticks to it. I used it on all my cars G2 BRAKE CALIPER PAINT EPOXY

 

Just looked it up on their site. Looks great and sounds like awesome quality, but its rather pricy don't you think? I'm broke as a joke

 

Cheapest I found is $36.95 on fleabay

 

That's not bad for quality paint. Thanks for the tip! I'll lurk around on there to see if I can find a non-sketchy seller lol

 

For a little extra pop paint the disc hats too.

 

plenty of options for 'special' paints to do the calipers ... but I WOULD use one. I used regular paint on my drums on the 79 and they discolored in about a year of easy driving. Went back with high temp paint.


a spray can of pretty good is $10
http://www.eastwood.com/red.html
and as mentioned the GOOD stuff is about $40
http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-s-u...er-paints.html note that you must by 'activator' separately


like any painting task, the more time you spend on prep, the better the outcome . .
follow the instructions on the product . . . don't improvise
these product typically do not call for clear over the top .. and I don't know that I've ever SEEN a high temp clear

For less dust the answer is easy .. change the pads. I went OE to EBC green on my 7 and there was an improvement ... later went EBC RED and more improvement yet.

 

Thanks for all the info! I'll have to decide whether or not I'm gonna go with the pretty good or good. Brake pads are definitely on my list of things to get next. I'll post some pics when I get it done this Friday!

 

That looks awesome! How did you paint the disc hats? Did you remove them or do the same as you did with the calipers? Is there any danger of that effecting braking ability?

 

Same time as the calipers. Get the wheels off and you'll see what to paint on the discs, no need to remove them. None of the paint gets on the brake working surface. Just use a small stiff bristle brush and make sure the metal is CLEAN...the same as with the calipers.

 

Do not use Duplicolor caliper paint, it sucks. Use the G2 caliper paint, (2 part epoxy)

Clean, clean, and more clean is key.

 

I've heard mix opinions on duplicolor. Probably gonna go with g2 though seeing that everyone says its great. Thanks for the reply!

 

Sounds good! Thanks!

 

Get the G2, it's great.

 

cOop3r on here did a great write up on how to paint calipers.

Here's his website: http://www.c0op3r.com/MINI/RearBrakes.html

 

Awesome, very useful.....I find it rather difficult sometimes to find the threads that I need on here.