Post pics of you Painted/Powder Coated Calipers....

stevemilz

stevemilz

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Post pics of you Painted/Powder Coated Calipers....

I'm thinking of doing the calipers on my 300ZX since I'm tossing a set 350Z Track rotors 12.75" vs 11" and a bracket to move the caliper to accept the larger rotor. The last time I painted calipers, I used Dupli-color Caliper Paint...I was very unhappy.

I love the way Porsche Calipers look...glossy.
 
This is from an old car of mine. Daily drove it like this for almost 2 years and they held up perfectly. Did these with Duplicolor engine enamel, applied the vinyl decals, then cleared over it with Duplicolor high-temp clear. Rice or not, the red did look good on the silver car.

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Just did these with the Duplicolor Caliper Paint, yes in red, this time only to match the Z06 brakes I have in the front (come from GM powdercoated red). Hopefully they hold up.

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They have good gloss although it's hard to see it in the pics. The only way you're going to get them super glossy like on a Porsche is to smooth the caliper down a lot since it's a rough casting.
 
You can achieve the smooth gloss if you use the brush on ceramic coating,let it dry for a day, sand it back down with 240, then use a small spray gun and spray the brush on coating nice and thick
 
Duplicolor red caliper. Duplicolor grey metallic bracket.
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Black Duplicolor....simple, easy, goes with any car, any color, and wheel.
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Current project...Duplicolor red and Plasti-Kote silver.
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Redid a set of EVO Brembos with the duplicolor black high temp engine enamel then with their clearcoat and they came out looking smooth as a babys ass. Just scuffed em up real good before hand and set them infront of the torpedo heater for a while to get em nice and hot. sprayed it on nice and thick
 
cjmatt said:
Redid a set of EVO Brembos with the duplicolor black high temp engine enamel then with their clearcoat and they came out looking smooth as a babys ass. Just scuffed em up real good before hand and set them infront of the torpedo heater for a while to get em nice and hot. sprayed it on nice and thick
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shoot me some pics
 
sorry, I upgraded to ones that come in color. I had the pic so I posted it! the GS calipers are silver. they give you a brush in the duplicolor box, I got my kit from meijer-on sale, was going to paint my stockers but I got these first.
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OnyxSSS - What size brake kit?

I got the spray at Meijer on sale .45 a can...maybe it was old paint? I bought 4 cans....
 
Anyone use any other products or kits? Duplicolors stuff is usually generic as hell. I need to do all four on my black Camaro in red and want it to last so I only have to do it once
 
theres a place in clawson that will rebuild and powdercoat calipers for 50-75 per caliper
 

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Little pricier than $30 worth of rattle can paint but I guess you get what you pay for. Thanx for the info Im goin with the powdercoating
 
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