has anyone ever painted there calipers with engine paint ? i was thinking bout doing this because i want to paint them orange to match my ksports and my valve cover. how well will the paint stick up ? i know its heat resistant for the most part. it seems durable i guess ill try it and post up some pictures.

 

Not sure about using engine paint. Have you thought about actual caliper paint? The eastwood company should have some. Here is there orange:


http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...emType=PRODUCT

 

i used engine enamel for mine, came out great

 

i went to autozone and they had a box caliper paint kit. pain. spray cleaner. stir stick. instructions and brush. beautiful.

 

yea i thought about it but it seems like it would be near to the same. cause ive used it on motors before and it came out good and always has the shine look. i can also get closer to the orange of my ksports if i use the engine paint. im in the process of doing this right now so ill post some pics here in the next few hours.

 

engine paint and caliper paint is pretty much the same thing.

 

As long as it's High-Temp paint, you should be alright.

 

If you do good prep work before the painting...sand calipers a little bit and clean the really good, it'll be fine for a while. But I've used engine paint on calipers before and it just starts to flake off after a while and then it looks really ____ty. If you could get a high temp clear then you should be set.

Last time I painted brakes I used G2 caliper paint...it was AWESOME...it put on a nice thick coating and over 3 years it NEVER flaked.

 

i put a high heat silver under the orange to get it closer to the ksports but it still came out too dark. but o well itll look good. ill post pics in the morning.

 

Sounds good...waiting on pics

 

pics? im planning on doing this soon... maybe a next wee job for me

 

No pics yet

 

I'm considering doing this in a couple weeks while my stockies are getting powder coated

I have a SW tc and am getting the wheels coated white, and I wanted some nice contrast that popped out, I want orange, but the g2 paint itnt bright enough for me, I want something that will really catch the eye

I know some people use engine enamel, but my big question about it is how does it hold up to brake dust? can it be easily cleaned or am i better off going with a duller orange and it being made for calipers or should I go with the enamel and have it pop more

 

dont do it take them apart and powdercoat them too. caliper paint flakes

 

i used the same engine paint on both my calipers and my valve cover..
still looks good almost a year later

 

i did the calipers on my 08 tc, as long as you prep properly it holds up great.

 

Engine enamel is great on calipers. Prep em well, mask the rotors well and you're done in a few minutes. The caliper paint kit is expensive and time consuming.

 

I'll go with the enamel then, one question though would I be able to find it pretty easily at an auto parts store (Orange or something else that stands out) or should I just go online and get it?

 

I just ordered the duplicolor caliper paint kit in blue. i should get it tomorrow. I wanna try and get them done before i get my new wheels one. I will let you know how it turns out.