I have used the search feature and did not find what I was looking for, I would like to paint the calipers and drums. I would rather take the cailpers off and also the rotors. I would appreciate any assistance or a link to this procedure.



Thanks so much




John

 

i love people like you

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=51601

 

XBman,

I am not really sure of your answer but the link to the procedure you sent me is really a poopie way to do this procedure IMO. I saw one here on this site that you actually took of the caliper and drum off and it was a more clean look and it did not look like Helen Keller did it, IMO.



John

 

Look at this article:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=55431

This is the method looks a lot cleaner in my opinion.

 

I *hate* the painted drum look. It's like saying "Hey look at
my econo box!!"

I'm really hoping for a reliable caliper conversion kit for the
drums, I really want to paint, just not a drum.

Good luck with your paint job though. In the past I've
preferred the spray to the brush.

 

Thanks Shanecrow99,

Thats the one I was looking for!





John

 

I brushed mine on and it does look good, but I believe I got something in there (rock?) and it has chipped the paint. No, it's not just flaking off, it's only on one drum, and the chips aren't growing. If the xB weren't my only transportation, they'd already be powdercoated.

 

I don't know, I painted mine black this past weekend using the brush method and it looks good to me.

 

No prob jallamas. I like the spray method better. You can find the VHT spraypaint all over the place. I will be doing my calipers this weekend. I agree with the guy saying that red rear drums look silly. I will be painting my drums the same color as the front shield behind the rotor. I think the rears will look really nice in a gloss black.

 

keep the paint thin on brake drums, to help preserve brake power under adverse conditions.

black is the least harmful color, but -any paint film acts like a heat blanket-

True fact: OEM does not paint brake drums nor radiators. This is one key reason why (aside that they are not much seen)

 

1. In that writeup the rotors are on the wrong side.
2. He didn't take the calipers off - off, just unbolted them to get to the rotors. Otherwise he would have mentioned the need to bleed the brakes when reconnecting the brake line.
3. You can think that it is easy, but you will soon wish you were Helen Keller. It is a messy, no fun, everything in your way job. That is my opinion because I am meticulous and since it didn't come out perfect, I complain.

BTW, I used the same G2 kit. Nice kit. Comes with everything you'll need. I think spray paint would have yielded a better experience.

 

Well that makes sense really. I have a pair of cross drilled rotors I am installing at the same time as my caliper painting. Hopefully the modified rotor will offset any extra heating that might occur.

 

eggie,

I am not sure what you mean by the rotors on the wrong side, the link that shancrow99 sent me seems to be very easy and a better way to do this procedure than the one who hand painted them.





jallamas

 

The person that painted the calipers used a hand brush kit.

The rotors need to be installed with the cross drilled and slots pointing like this " / " not " \ ". Does that make sense? Basically the drilled and slotted areas on the rotors should contact the pad at the top of the rotor first and ending at the bottom.

See this picture, notice how the drilled holes are entering the caliper at the top of the rotor:

 

eggie, So he put it on the wrong side? It should look like the photo?





John

 

I spray VHT'd my calipers and drums and just happen to love the painted drum look.

Quite frankly I don't worry about having drums on the back. Since 90% or better of the braking is on the front anyways . I highly doubt most guys on the street could really notice the difference between rotors and drums on the rear anyways.

Also, in case you guys haven't noticed, the scion calipers and drums come painted from the factory. That is not raw iron you're loking at back there. Besides, Porche and Ferrari and Mercedez for sure paint their calipers from the factory and so does Suzuki on the Hayabusa I ride. BTW, the 'busa has to be able to stop from about double the top speed of the x'S and the factory painted calipers haven't killed me yet.

If you like painted caliper, GO FOR IT.

JC

 

Yes, if that is the left front rotor.