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Thread: How do I paint my brake calipers?

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    oh god, its so easy fellas... Even a 4 year old with a paint brush and the G2 could do it.. once you have the wheels off and the car is on jack stands that is.

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    Heres a few pics of mine all done and some of the process, I ended up doing them gloss black with a silver/grey Mazda decal then clearcoat











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    Hey Mel looks really good, great work, a few questions - 1) Did you use the G2 paint that Wardski suggested? 2) Is the clearcoat heat resistant (I take it you sprayed that on by all the masking) 3) is there a central jacking point for the front and rear of the 6? or did you just raise it from the side points? and last one, was the cleaning process easy?
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    Hi Chris,

    I didnt use the G2 paint mainly because I had to buy it on ebay and as usual left it to the last minute to decide on colour so only had a few days to find the paint. I got it from supercheap 'Septone brake caliper paint' in a black matt and then gloss black (only really cause they didnt have . For the clear coat I got it from Repco, is was a VHT clear coat to stand up to 440 degree temp I think (there were two grades, on about 220 and one about 440).

    Painted a few layers of the matt black until the colour looked like a solid black then a few layers of the gloss black, decals on then a couple of coats of the clear.

    I got plastic drop sheets from Bunnings for $1.50 each and low tack (purple) masking tape, to leave no sticky surprises left on the car.

    The car was jacked up two wheels at a time using a big trolley jack, rear from the middle of the car under the diff then car stands holding the car up. Front was jacked up each side at a time at normal jack points.

    Cleaning was done using a drill with a wire brush type attachment, apparently its easier and wuicker than scrubbing them.

    I covered each side of the car witht he plastic drop sheet masked it all off and away we went, lucky for me I had lots of helpful guys doing most of the work, I did the fronts after watching them do the rears.

    Also lucky for me I found out my standard wheel brace doesnt fit my nuts on the new wheel, so I have to quickly buy myself a new wheel brace before I get a flat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PZEST-3 View Post
    if u want the colour to stand out make sure u put a coat of white on first helps to bring colour out and use high temp paint
    Thats exactly what i did. pics to come
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    I did mine a few weeks back - used Motospray from a local auto spares outlet.

    What I do is to spray some into the can's plastic cap & then use a paintbrush to apply a few coats.

    Looking at the picks I think I need to clean up the rest of the hub etc. with some Silver & black paint....
    Last edited by duglet; 23-10-2009 at 07:35 AM.

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    Finally got around to doing mine today, used the Septone spray from Super Cheap and clear coated in the UHT stuff after the decals went on. I'm slightly annoyed at myself for not masking off the pads properly, but this can easily be fixed (later - had enough painting now!). I'm most impressed at how much better they look now compared to what they were (absolutely filthy, you couldn't even recognise the stock silver - should've taken pics!)







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    Hi, ur calipers really look the part, gonna do mine soon with a G2 paint kit, just wondering where can i get some MPS decals for my calipers like uve got on urs???
    cheers

    Quote Originally Posted by shakespeare View Post
    Finally got around to doing mine today, used the Septone spray from Super Cheap and clear coated in the UHT stuff after the decals went on. I'm slightly annoyed at myself for not masking off the pads properly, but this can easily be fixed (later - had enough painting now!). I'm most impressed at how much better they look now compared to what they were (absolutely filthy, you couldn't even recognise the stock silver - should've taken pics!)








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    Hotcarstuff sells them PM him

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    Key to a good brake calipre respray i the preparation Good prep and the paint will look good and last. . .Poor prep will result in paint fadeding and flaking off

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    im gonna use the G2 kit which is a brush on application but ill def be cleanin up the calipers spotless for sure, thanks for the advice...
    Quote Originally Posted by LILZLR View Post
    Key to a good brake calipre respray i the preparation Good prep and the paint will look good and last. . .Poor prep will result in paint fadeding and flaking off

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    Update re Products.
    Permanent Painted Coatings. www.por15.com.au
    Specialist car,restorers products ,puchased Caliper paint kit. It has everything u need and is specificaly made for brakes . Brake dust will not adhere to ceramic finish. Very high temp resist.
    Wont chip/split/flake. Cost $68.00 U get Caliper cleaner/ Caliper Prep/POR 15 Rust preventative/Caliper paint/ Masking tape/Brushes/Gloves/Instructions.
    Easily did my 4 calipers. Time approx 6hrs.

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    ^ They are literally one block from my house.
    Where i used to work i did more restoration work than the current smash work i do now.
    We used to use some of the por15 products on certain things. Its good stuff!

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    I just bought g2 caliper paint in black, and metallic silver mps decals, if I apply the decals onto the caliper, I will need to apply a clear coat over the top to keep them on wont I... my question is, will the clear coat stuff up the look of the g2? anybody know? if it does I just wont worry aboot the decals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steviekfc View Post
    I just bought g2 caliper paint in black, and metallic silver mps decals, if I apply the decals onto the caliper, I will need to apply a clear coat over the top to keep them on wont I... my question is, will the clear coat stuff up the look of the g2? anybody know? if it does I just wont worry aboot the decals.
    PM Hotcarstuff if you got the decals off him, pretty sure he mentioned to me that they didn't need clearcoating, but worth checking
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    Just painted mine the other day and added the Mazdaspeed high temp decals to them!!!

    made a nice differance and pretty happy with the results!!!
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    where can you get the G2 caliper paint that will ship to aus?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KLEEMO View Post
    Just painted mine the other day and added the Mazdaspeed high temp decals to them!!!

    made a nice differance and pretty happy with the results!!!
    Looks great mate! Dark rims next...?

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    Quote Originally Posted by KLEEMO View Post
    Just painted mine the other day and added the Mazdaspeed high temp decals to them!!!

    made a nice differance and pretty happy with the results!!!


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