Brake caliper paint... (yes I'm serious)
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Brake caliper paint... (yes I'm serious)
My car is pretty much down for the winter. While it's down, I want to paint the calipers. Why you ask? Because they're currently red. I don't like it. Any thoughts on this? The Epoxy stuff is supposed to hold up to nearly 1000°. The red paint that's on them now is the epoxy stuff and it still looks brand new after 6 years. Here's the catch, I want to do some recreational track events next year.
Feel free to throw some recommendations at me too, even though that's not technical. The G2 stuff is what I've been looking at. I can't decide if I should go gold or black. My car is black on bronze wheels, so silver won't work. I thought about blue because my minor trim pieces are blue, but I don't want it to fade to baby blue.
(I'm assuming the high quality paint is the only real option other than buy new stock calipers.)
I probably should have just PMed Fabrik8 huh?
Feel free to throw some recommendations at me too, even though that's not technical. The G2 stuff is what I've been looking at. I can't decide if I should go gold or black. My car is black on bronze wheels, so silver won't work. I thought about blue because my minor trim pieces are blue, but I don't want it to fade to baby blue.
(I'm assuming the high quality paint is the only real option other than buy new stock calipers.)
I probably should have just PMed Fabrik8 huh?
Last edited by Flite; 12-06-2010 at 04:15 PM.
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Re: Brake caliper paint... (yes I'm serious)
I can't recommend a brand, but am I wrong in thinking for a track car you should do them in black (because black is the best heat radiant)?
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Re: Brake caliper paint... (yes I'm serious)
black with TONS of glitter/metal flake
remember the "black ice" window tint? yeah, kinda like that
edit: or was it tire shine?
remember the "black ice" window tint? yeah, kinda like that
edit: or was it tire shine?
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Re: Brake caliper paint... (yes I'm serious)
This thread should be more about removing the sueprcharger, installing a cage/hardtop, and stripping the calipers of any coating so they can radiate heat more effectively.