Is there anything wrong with painting them? I have a CG 05 with a "hyper dark" 18" wheel. What color do you suggest?

 

I have seen the calipers painted red on a CG TSX actually, they look very nice. I would go with red or Black, either would look nice. I think it was on cardomian.com. Look there and I think you'll see a CG TSX with painted calipers...

 

Back when I was younger, I'd say red. Now I prefer black to be a bit more incog and less tacky...

 

i like the black with "ACURA" stickers like the RL

 

I have a CG TSX and I am going to be painting mine silver soon

 

Haha, I'm on the way out the door to go paint mine black and I have the caliper decals. I'll post pictures tonight.

 

give us some tips and what you used....I might be doing mine soon also...


What would look good on SSM?

 

One down... three to go. Need this one to dry though so I'm useless for an hr or two...

 

def don't under take this is you don't have patience... I will post tips and pics and all when I'm done.

 

how good does the paint stay on ?

 

i'm my experience I usually liked to repaint my calipers every year. But I live in a place where there's snow, so it might be different for you. Its a pretty quick job, so I always liked to do it in spring, just for something to do.

 

Where do you get caliper decals?

 

Brake cleaner... sand caliper... wash with detergent and warm water.. rinse thoroughly...primer caliper (2-4 coats)... paint primered caliper with 2-4 coats. Paint sticks to primer.

Make sure you get some high temp paint 1200 degrees preferred...

 

Yeah, I was contemplating, whether I wanted silver or black calipers from StopTech. I opted for the black though...

 

Ok... all done. It was pretty easy, takes a some time if you are like me and don't have a lift. I had to jack up each side clean the caliper, apply the paint, wait for the paint to dry, apply the decal, and move to the next wheel so it took me about the whole day.

Here are some tips/pointers
1. Make sure you do a rear wheel first, it's a smaller caliper and so it won't be as obvious if you mess up. It also has less detail and is therefore easier to do.
2. Make sure you do a really good job cleaning the caliper otherwise you will have to put on more coats.
3. Put on a really detailed coat first and then a really think coat after that.
4. Important one- I used Dupli-Color which was great paint, however, the brush wasn't the best. I wish I had bought another brush before I started so do that before you start.
5. I got the decals from a guy on ebay, www.jdecals.com, great guy cause he gives you three for the front and three for the back. Good thing cause its easy to put them on a little crooked and screw it up.

Here are some pics.

Before:

After Paint:

After Paint and Decal


Front Caliper



Finished Product:

 

Oh, another side note: I didn't remove the caliper, it really isnt necessary. I just taped around it but I never even hit the tape, I was just really really careful.

 

I've never removed the caliper either. Like you said, if you tape and are reasonable careful its not much of a problem...

 

sounds "ghetto" to me if you just paint them in-place...skipping the cleaning etc outlined in post#13

 

Wow.......the black doesn't look too bad.,........

i was thinkin of doing red or blue, becuase i saw someone with a CG did red, and it really stands out....looks hawt~!!!

 

I brush painted mine, and while I think it does a better job of coating them w/ a thick layer, it was waaaay too much time. Mine are chipped up after a year, this time I'm just going to remove them from the car. If you know how to take off your calipers, and combine it w/ a brake bleed, it can be faster.

 

some pics

Mine:



Others:

 

black looks good on CG, especially with the white lettering. glad my TL came in black... my lazy ass would've never gotten around to painting it.

i think red looks the best with SSM, savio... my brother has Rotora BBK in red and it looks bad ass on his SSM.

 

Well acutally, Dupli-Color gives you a caliper cleaner with a really high pressure and I then used a toothbrush to get in all the nooks and crannys. I'm sure I could have cleaned them more throughly by taking off the caliper but my car is two months old so I'm assuming it didn't really need it.

Also, watching the way that caliper cleaner dissolved ANYthing on the caliper I'm guessing its a little more powerful and def less time consuming then the method described in post #13

 

Yeah, I heard they chip easily but it looks alot better now and I figure I will just take them off later. If I could have done all four wheels at the same time I would have taken off the calipers, but since I was just working with my jack it would have taken me like two solid days and I didn't have the time for that.

 

Has anybody tried The G-2 Manufacturing Brake Caliper PaintSystem Set.

Just wondering how durable the paint was from this set.

 

yeah...that's probably what I'll do on mine...


Where did you get your paint and brushes? What kind?

Cost?