just got done yesterday painting my calipers and drums. thanks to Stylis and Opr8r for telling me how to get it done right.

 

can't see the pics imagestation must be on fritz...
So what is the correct way of painting... I have brakes coming in on Tuesday, I wanna paint em too !

 

looks nice...what is the correct way of painting?

 

clean looking...how'd u do it?

 

Looks pretty good.

 

yeah what kind of paint?

 

Stylis suggested that i used Dupli-Color METALCAST paint, but i couldn't find it. I went to PepBoys and got Plastikote Sandable Primer and Plastikote Brake Caliper Paint.
Supplies: Plastikote Sandable Primer, Plastikote Brake Caliper Paint (900* High Heat Paint), Roll of Masking Tape, 9'x12' Plastic Drop Cloth, Roll of Paper Drop Cloth (for Masking off)
Drums: Removed wheel, cleaned drum, masked off from slit in drum with masking tape then masked off entire wheel well, (masking off takes the longest), put plastic drop cloth on ground to make sure no paint got on my driveway and wrapped around back end of car to stop the misting from getting on my car. applied 4-5 coats of primer waiting about 2 minutes in between coats (the primer drys quick). after 10 minutes of the final primer coat i started applying the main coat in 5 minute intervals for about 6-7 coats (this paint is made for the abuse from the brakes, but i just doubled up on it to make sure i wouldn't have to be applying more again later on). after the last coat i waited an hour before i removed all the masking off and put the wheels back on. dropped the car back down and prepped for the front.
Calipers: Removed wheels, cleaned calipers, masked off calipers (i didn't remove them because it was getting late and i wanted the sun to work with me on the drying), the calipers take a long time to mask off cause theres all these little cracks in it and black rubber ?bushings?, anyways after getting it all masked off i did the same as with the drums. the plastic drop cloth works good to wrap under and over the front of the car to protect the body from the paint the cut a hole for the disc and tuck it behind the disc and that'll save you some time on the masking. i only really had masking tape on the caliper to mask it off, the plastic covered the rest. after everything was done i let the car sit for another hour and then drove it around to let the paint bond from the heat (or so it says on the can).

i had really bad luck with painting things before (i.e. my engine cover (thats why i had a wanted ad for one :D ) just never really took the time to prep and apply the coats in a certain way... i used to just spray the ____ till it was colored or get in a hurry and screw up on it... just the prepping part makes it work and the right kind of paint. the paint that stylis suggested are offered in annodized looking colors (DupliColor METALCAST) and withstand heat up to 500* i think, if you can find it it'll get you that metal look if you want that, this paint that i used was made for brake calipers and drums so i guess it's probably better that it is. if i would've found some of that metalcast i would've used it.

 

looks great. I want to do that to mine too when I get it.

 

wasn't there some brush on paint you could use I'm looking for the link to thatweb site...??

 

never heard of it... maybe there is. brush on paint would be much easier to do. the spray isn't too bad to do though, just make sure you cover everything with a drop cloth.

 

The G2 Caliper paint kit:

http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/november01/g2.shtml

I think i'm gonna have to try this stuff. Now that I got my wheels on, you can see way too much drum and caliper and stuff. I just hope the Yellow is closer to the Gold-Line springs yellow than it looks online...

 

I just got my done too. They did them with the powered coating

 

Does that add more power? j/k

Seriously tho, I was wanting to do that first but it seemed awful pricey and also might have to deal with auto downtime... What did it cost you and how long did it take? Any pics?

 

yeah..i'm thinking of buying the G2 Brake Caliper System...it's alot cleaner to work with cuz u just have to brush it on...no need to mask off everything...and u don't need to pull off ur brake caliper either. Only thing recommended is taking ur rims off...






it retails for $42 ... not bad for a high quality paint system

 

They've got a bunch listed on eBay:

http://search.ebay.com/g2-caliper-pa...ectZ1QQfromZR8

maybe save a few bucks...

The bad part is it says there's enough paint for 4 calipers or 2 drums. So we'll probably need two kits...?... Anyone on scionlife actually tried this kit?

 

damn, wish i had that when i did mine. lol, always got to do stuff the hard way, dammit.

 

That's the price of being on the cutting edge ...

 

k guys... i went ahead and did it.

I went to Super Autobacs and bought myself Dupli-color Caliper Paint Kit...

this kit is similar to the G2 kit..but alot cheaper and equal quality. It comes with
everything u need...Grease Cleaner Spray, Ceramic Paint, Brush, Stir Stick, and even masking tape.

here's the pic... i didn't get to paint the rear drums...cuz i got tired. But i was able to complete the front 2 calipers in about 2 hours. The paint dries pretty quick..but it took about 3 coats to make it solid. I have about 3/4 can of paint still left...and plan on painting more coats just to make it smoother.

The Kit


Before I painted the calipers...with wheels off.


After I've put my wheels back on



overall..i am very pleased with the result.[/img]

 

walmarts here in vegas area stock that same kit it is alot easier than masking, go check wallyworld. Bill

 

man that looks nice i wanna paint my calipers and back drums but i have no skill at painting if someone here wants to make some $$ painting mine name your price. :D