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05-16-2007, 11:46 PM | #1 |
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DIY: Painting Factory Brake Calipers
This totally easy, non-mechanical DIY is for painting your Toyota factory disc brake calipers. If you are cheap like me you don't want to splurge on fancy new calipers.
I purchased a very inexpensive kit made by Duplicolor at AutoZone for $15. The kit includes a can of caliper cleaner, a small paintbrush, masking tape, a paint stirring stick, and a can of high temperature (500%F) tolerant caliper paint. I chose red but I did see that yellow is available also. Duplicolor also makes caliper spray paint if you like that option. I didn't want to take the time to mask off everything in my wheel well so I chose the paint by brush kit. The paint coated very well. I used 3 coats for coverage and still have 3/4 of the paint can unused. What a difference!!! Now if I only had 4 wheel disc! First, jack up your front end and remove your front wheels. Spray the caliper cleaner all over the area to be painted. Use a toothbrush to scrub the brake dust and dirt off the area to be painted. Wipe remaining residue off with a microfiber cloth. Second, open the paint can and use the enclosed stirrer stick to mix the paint for about 2 minutes. Using the enclosed brush start painting. You really only need to paint the outside of the caliper but I chose to paint a little more. Let the first paint coat dry for an hour. Then repaint a second coat. After 30 minutes repaint a third coat. Leave wheels off the car for the next 24 hours for paint to fully cure. You are done. Bolt the wheels on and pull up next to a Z06 and stick your tongue out at them!
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05-17-2007, 12:44 AM | #2 |
It looks clean, but I think it would have looked better if you painted the whole thing....IMO
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05-17-2007, 12:51 AM | #3 |
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I kinda like the two-tone look
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05-17-2007, 01:54 AM | #4 |
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looks good. i think i'll do this once i get rims.
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05-17-2007, 06:11 AM | #5 |
Step one: put on latex gloves.
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05-17-2007, 07:05 AM | #6 |
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Dude, you should start a new thread for your DIY proctology exam...
But yeah, good idea, it's a real pain to remove paint off your hands, and I presume high-temp paint is even worse...
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05-17-2007, 10:00 AM | #7 |
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to bad the colours available are limited.
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05-17-2007, 10:52 AM | #8 |
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does anyone paint their drums?????
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05-17-2007, 11:40 AM | #9 |
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Yeah, i'm lazy like that! It is also recommended to use the enclosed masking tape to tape off certain brake parts. I didn't.
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05-17-2007, 11:41 AM | #10 |
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Ill bet you can find blue somewhere....and I guess you can use any high-temp paint in any color???
Update: I located this paint kit in a variety of colors including http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp Red Yellow Blue Silver Gold Black Purple Green White So who will be the first here with purple calipers? Bad news: this kit is $38 + shipping.
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05-17-2007, 03:19 PM | #11 |
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Ive been noticing a lot of painted calipers lately...it seems like there is no standard. Either just the top part painted without the lower lip painted or the entire thing painted. I thought it would be too much with the whole thing done but when has 'too much' ever stopped me???
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05-17-2007, 05:53 PM | #12 |
Look mum no stars!!
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cooooolllll........looks way better now
great job :)
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05-17-2007, 07:31 PM | #13 |
The G2 paint is what I used. It handles like twice the temp - not like that is an issue with the Yaris though.
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05-17-2007, 07:34 PM | #14 |
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lol, could be if you add a blitz or something like it!
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05-17-2007, 07:43 PM | #15 |
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Update: after further viewing I am painting the entire caliper...Violin you painted yours?? How did you do the TRD logo or are those TRD calipers?
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05-18-2007, 10:10 AM | #16 |
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Here is the entire caliper painted. I am also painting the rear drums red also...and while I have the wheels off I am painting the wheel wells black.
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05-18-2007, 11:05 AM | #17 |
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ever since my honda days i haven't been a big fan of painting a caliper and then in back having ugly ass painted drums.....
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05-18-2007, 11:32 AM | #18 |
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hahaha.... IMO....i hate when people paint their drums bright colors. ...on the highway looks like theres a dinner plate behind ur wheels....i suggest leave the the way it is or paint them black.... something not noticeable....who shows off that they got drums in the back....really..
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