need opinion-caliper paint

[casterqc]

Originally Posted by TRD_Yaris

well, then you shouldn't spend a dime since it actually hurts your Caliper's ability to dissipate heat by painting with Old Fashion Paint.

Well...I say if your car is a daily driver, not a track car, there is no need to put that much money on brakes and calipers. My brother uses "Old Fashion Paint" for his brakes and never had any problem with it. I've decided to go with High Temp Paint just to be sure the paint doesn't melt...it cost me 10$!

I think the the money you spend on a car all depends on how you are using it.

If you're a daily driver and you are looking for something that will maintain your car look good...I say go for High Temp Paint.

If you're looking for performance because you're planning on driving your car harder than how you normaly should...then I say go with powdercoat or even better...high performance brakes.

[Rich Norman]

Satin black or cast iron.

The blue Civic with red drums OH YEAH BABY !!!

Originally Posted by casterqc

I have a blazing blue metallic yaris liftback with 16" wheels.

I'm thinking about painting the drums and calipers so it keeps looking good with time ( rust, dirt, etc). The thing is that with the wheels I have you can clearly see the drums and calipers...I want it to have a good clean look!

Wich color would you pick: Blue? Red? or clear? (clear gloss made by vht for brakes and calipers).

I saw a black yaris with red drums and calipers and I think it looks good...but I'm not sure how it would look on a blazing blue one...

need your opinions

[weeze-dog]

You could powder coat it yourself. A friend of mine does it using his oven, he does whole wheels too.
Takes a powder coating gun and the powder, then bake it at 400 degrees for X minutes. There are some DIY guides online.

[hhcchen]

well...
you can always paint a portion of the drum in the same color as your caliber...
and leave the rest of the drum black...
that way, it can look as if there are caliber at the rear...

[Chris07LB]

Originally Posted by weeze-dog

You could powder coat it yourself. A friend of mine does it using his oven, he does whole wheels too.
Takes a powder coating gun and the powder, then bake it at 400 degrees for X minutes. There are some DIY guides online.

Lets all pray he uses this oven ONLY for powdercoating!!

[TRD_Yaris]

it does look pretty good on your drums. After about a year, those drums would've looked pretty nasty. What type of wheels are you gonna rock? open faced rims definitely look better with painted calipers/drums.

oh, and powdercoating also requires "electromagnetizing" the metal so that the powdercoat bonds much better. I have a full write up on Powdercoating if anyone is interested. Cerametallic coating is basically the same but uses a blend of Ceramic and other heat insulating chemicals to "heat treat" certain metal parts like Exhaust manifolds, turbo outlets, etc.
or insulate heat out of stuff like a exhaust manifold heat shield, fuel rails, or intake pipes you want to keep from absorbing engine heat.
There are also heat dissipating powdercoats, which are usually "wrinkle" paints which helps metal dissipate heat off better. This works great for brake calipers, rotor hats, etc.

[casterqc]

Originally Posted by TRD_Yaris

What type of wheels are you gonna rock? open faced rims definitely look better with painted calipers/drums.

here they are...16 inch 10 spokes wheels

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[TRD_Yaris]

very nice wheels!!

[Violin]

I got some of this stuff in red to do my calipers: http://g2usa.com/brake_caliper_paint.shtml

Any tips?

[Violin]

Tada!