I have seen several pics of some modders TSXs with either blue or red colored calipers. Since I have ABP I was thinking that these blue calipers would look sweet, but what the hell are they, and how much do they cost ?

 

they are painted.

i believe tirerack.com sells the paint. also, do a search here on painted calipers.

 

my cals are painted red, i was one of the first few to do this mod....


you need paint that can handle 400-450 degrees.......

the kit i bought was $40 and had everything in it.

 

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that is well reviewed caliper paint. you can get high heat spray paint for $5 at an auto store, but that's a whole kit and is supposed to look great.

 

thats the paint i used....but, i paid 40 bucks for it.....damnit. 25?!?! THATS A GREAT DEAL!!!

 

$10 shipping

 

Gloss black engine paint. It's cheap and is a great alternative to the gold. Any other color though looks pretty ricey, IMO

 

No way...you have to go with the purple or green

 

my understanding is that people started painting their calipers to give the appearance that they have aftermarket calipers, i.e., Brembo calipers, which are colored black and red, or have a racing/high performance brake kit with Brembo calipers (which can be pricey and which you do if you're racing), fwiw.

 

i did it cause i hated the way the stock calys looked.

 

I'm planning to paint mine red or black. I can see some ricers doing it to pretend they're better calipers, but I think a lot of people agree, like 21_in_az said, it just looks good.

 

go black and get some small lettering that says acura, like the ones on the TL...looks good IMHO

 

hmm... a little too much like wannabe brembos. That'd be like painting them baby blue and writing spoon on them

 

Painted calipers is okay. They can give a car a sportier appearance, as long as the color is well chosen. However, what I can stand is when some ghetto ricer paints his brake drums. Now that's just stupid.

 

Like this.... It's high temp caliper paint for $7cdn or $5 USD

I am thinking about changing it to red this summer.

 

ANy color but red. Red means high performance. Without the brake upgrade, it just looks silly.
For Porsche Red brakes are called "Big Red" and Yellow brakes are ceramic.

Black or silver would be great on stock brakes.

 

I say charcol grey

 

I didn't check the link but one of the best caliper paints is the G2 kit. Very well received on the M3 forums.

Vandy

 

That looks great . Where'd you purchase the paint?

 

did the $5 can of spray paint work well for you? I was hoping for the kind of shine that the G2 enamel looks like, but would like to save $$ if possible.

 

The colored calipers on the high performance cars or brake upgrade kits have a high gloss finish, almost looking like a rubber polymer of some sort (like powdercoating) whereas the hand-painted versions that I've seen have more of a flat look to it. Kinda cheesy looking up close, but from a distance, they look decent. I'm sure you can use a higher gloss paint, but it still lacks the "thick" appearance of powdercoating.

 

I'd rather get gold performance rotors (forget which company makes them) to complete the straight gold look.

 

Got it from Lordco, but it's available in Canadian Tires too.
Just find a car accessory shop and they should have it.

Well, I have red caliper on my Mazda6 and it looks nice still. Sure if I can afford another $2k for high performance caliper would be nice, but painted caliper doesn't look bad either for under $10.

I found spray caliper paint very easy to apply. It took me and my friend about 4 hours to do all 4 calipers.

 

ya, about 4 hours for 2 people......about the same time here also.

 

i used 500 deg engine enamel on my calipers. i sprayed it into a plastic container and thern brushed it on to avoid overspray. i managed to find a bottle of high gloss red paint for $4. i put 2 coats on before it got too cold and dark out. looks great. i plan on putting another coat or 2 on later.

 

Gold colored rotors aren't going to stay gold for long. The surface will wear off after a couple stops.