Topic: Painting the brake calipers

[oHIobellboy]

Ok, I know many members here have painted their calipers and with these Denali wheels of mine I need to something about it. It's either paint them or get a set of dust covers which really look 

For those of you who have done this before, what paint did you use and why?
Also, what color should I go with?
Here's a pix of what I've got now.

[bluedevil]

Dupli-Color Calliper Paint.



They're under $15 at your local auto parts store.   I think they have  Red,Yellow,Silver and Black. ...maybe Blue too but not sure.


I use RED,simply because it gives that sport look to my AV.

[WB]

UM...you painted the caliper and spring red???

How did you do the spring....is this a spray or brush on...

[oHIobellboy]

UM...you painted the caliper and spring red???

How did you do the spring....is this a spray or brush on...

He's got a drop kit in it. I'd bet the springs were red when he got them.

[bluedevil]

He's got a drop kit in it. I'd bet the springs were red when he got them.

Yep.  That's a 3" drop red springs

[mEYEscndfvrtluv]

UM...you painted the caliper and spring red???

How did you do the spring....is this a spray or brush on...

mine was a brush on,got the paint thru stylintrucks.com   

[oHIobellboy]

mine was a brush on,got the paint thru stylintrucks.com  

stylin is right up the road from where I'm going to training next week. May have to make that a lunch trip.

[TexasAVY]

Stylin trucks charges right at $40 for the caliper paint kit.  I was looking at getting one of them, but maybe I'll look at the local parts stores and see if I can find one of them $15 kits that Blue was talking about.   

[bluedevil]

stylin is right up the road from where I'm going to training next week. May have to make that a lunch trip.

Im setting up a GTG in their lot this summer   Yes,,...im going to Ohio.

 

[bluedevil]

Stylin trucks charges right at $40 for the caliper paint kit.  I was looking at getting one of them, but maybe I'll look at the local parts stores and see if I can find one of them $15 kits that Blue was talking about.   

I bought mine at O'Reileys.  Im pretty sure i paid $14 and change.   Cool thing is,....you can do 10 other trucks too. I still have enuff do paint 9 other trucks.

[farmguy]

How much prep is necessary to hold the paint? I am going to do this, just a matter of when. I'm thinking of hitting the caliper with a healthy amount of brake parts cleaner then the paint when they are dry.

Will this work or is there more?

[bluedevil]

How much prep is necessary to hold the paint? I am going to do this, just a matter of when. I'm thinking of hitting the caliper with a healthy amount of brake parts cleaner then the paint when they are dry.

Will this work or is there more?

I didnt go that far.....

I only washed them with car soap. Let dry and apply paint.   3 coats.  That was 3 yrs ago,...today they still look good.

If i remember right,i think it came with a cleaner,brush and paint.

[WarWagon]

If i remember right,i think it came with a cleaner,brush and paint.

that's what I remember as well.  I still have the box around here somewhere...

[Main One]

I wiped mine down with acetone when I did mine about 4 or 5 years ago.  Paint has chipped off in a few places, but they still look fairly good over 100,000 miles later.

[ChevyGuyNC]

moosc gave me a box of the Duplicolor Blue... gotta get to this mod at some point...

[mhough]

moosc gave me a box of the Duplicolor Blue... gotta get to this mod at some point...

Ditto!  I bought a kit last summer and still haven't gotten it done... 

[WarWagon]

Ditto!  I bought a kit last summer and still haven't gotten it done... 

The kit that I bought is at least that old now 

[mhough]

sounds like there needs to be a brake caliper painting GTG... 

[bluedevil]

Very easy to apply after masking everything.   What sucks is,the need to remove each wheel to do such mod

[mhough]

Very easy to apply after masking everything.   What sucks is,the need to remove each wheel to do such mod

The wheels I don't mind, but do you have to remove the calipers or just slip them off of the disks? (Where's that :dur: smiley?)

[Donnie1]

I would say remove the caliper from the rotor. Only because it would be a pain in the arse to mask off the rotor area.

I tried to remove mine the other day to change the brakes and couldn't get the dang torx bolt out. Any pointers on that one?

[farmguy]

I tried to remove mine the other day to change the brakes and couldn't get the dang torx bolt out. Any pointers on that one?

I used a 36 inch long piece of pipe as a cheater bar. 

[Donnie1]

I used a 36 inch long piece of pipe as a cheater bar. 

I was looking around for one but couldn't find. Ended up not needing to change them after all. But I would like to paint them before long so I guess I need to get me a cheater bar.

[mEYEscndfvrtluv]

Stylin trucks charges right at $40 for the caliper paint kit.  I was looking at getting one of them, but maybe I'll look at the local parts stores and see if I can find one of them $15 kits that Blue was talking about.   

would have liked to pay closer to what mick paid,but it's hard to find purple brake paint!

[WarWagon]

I would say remove the caliper from the rotor. Only because it would be a pain in the arse to mask off the rotor area.

I tried to remove mine the other day to change the brakes and couldn't get the dang torx bolt out. Any pointers on that one?

When I did mine, it was easier to remove the bolts for the bracket that held on the calliper than to remove the calliper from the bracket.  Oh, and those aren't Torx bolts either, standard hex head 

[oHIobellboy]

When I did mine, it was easier to remove the bolts for the bracket that held on the calliper than to remove the calliper from the bracket.  Oh, and those aren't Torx bolts either, standard hex head 

My 04 uses a t55 for the front calipers, what year is yours?

[WarWagon]

My 04 uses a t55 for the front calipers, what year is yours?

04 Z71

[WarWagon]

would have liked to pay closer to what mick paid,but it's hard to find purple brake paint!

The cheapest I found purple was at Amazon for $35

http://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Leveling-Purple-G2-Caliper/dp/B000G24TK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1242767038&sr=1-1

[oHIobellboy]

04 Z71

mine also, Are you talking about the caliper bolts or the bolts for the brackets?

[Donnie1]

When I did mine, it was easier to remove the bolts for the bracket that held on the calliper than to remove the calliper from the bracket.  Oh, and those aren't Torx bolts either, standard hex head 

That's how I realized I didn't need to change the brakes, I removed those bolts but you can't get the pad out then can you?

[mEYEscndfvrtluv]

The cheapest I found purple was at Amazon for $35

http://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Leveling-Purple-G2-Caliper/dp/B000G24TK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1242767038&sr=1-1

that looks like the kit i bought!

[Fowlhunter]

The cheapest I found purple was at Amazon for $35

http://www.amazon.com/Temperature-Leveling-Purple-G2-Caliper/dp/B000G24TK4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1242767038&sr=1-1

Is the color actually purple?

[bluedevil]

Cleaning my garage found this:

[Donnie1]

Cleaning my garage found this:

Well that doesn't do ME any good in YOUR garage.   

[oHIobellboy]

Well that doesn't do ME any good in YOUR garage.   

You better get on that Donnie or Gina will  you.