DIY: Painting Factory Brake Calipers

[redyaris]

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!