Hey guys, I painted my calipers blue with duplicolor engine paint. needless to say even though it was high temp paint, it still got messed up. I want to repaint them, but wanted to see if anyone painted their calipers to match their ABP TL. I want to stay away from red.

The engine paint I bought was close, yet so far away. . I want a paint that will look 99/100 close. I saw the duplicolor kit blue for like $20, or e-tech blue but not sure how well either will match and then there is the g2 blue pearl ($100 that's a lot of ) which looks spot on, but don't really want to spend that much as it's my everyday car not a show car

but anyways, in the end looking to see who w ABP did their calipers to match their car.

 

You've made 12 threads since September 10. Stop it

In all seriousness I've never seen an ABP with color matched calipers. Do you have Brembos? If so, color matched would look great. If not, just paint them black or get the 2G RDX caliper covers.

 

lol sorry, once I redid the front end I just got mod crazy and can't stop I cant control it lol. . . unfortunately not brembos and not about to dish out 1G+ for them.

 

I'm just giving you a hard time

I don't think the stock brakes are pretty by any means so I wouldn't want to draw attention to them. Then again ABP is a dark color so you might be able to pull it off.

 

Agreed, stock brakes are not the nicest looking. I would say stick to RDX covers and call it a day.

 

I don't think it looks bad on ABP with stock calipers. . .heres what they look like







Here's the issue

 

 

if that doesn't look bad i don't know what does.

 

for you guys who don't like it!! lol, j/k. . .those RDX covers, once I install them, would I be able to take them off after if anything happens w my breaks or once they're glued they're glued. thinking about maybe getting those and painting them!

 

they might brake if you try and remove them from the breaks after they're glued.

why would you want to remove them afterwards anyway? just leave them on!

 

idk just incase anything happens to the caliper or anything yaaa knowww

 

If I painted base calipers anything it'd be black. Plenty of black caliper paint.

 

are you still able to get to the pads if need be if you glue these on?

 

If you are going to repaint them use G2 caliper paint. I don't know why it's $100 though? When I painted mine black the kit was like $38 on eBay.

 

OP, your calipers turned out badly, because it looks like poor prep work.

it doesnt look like heat got to them.
it looks like the paint didnt stick to the surface and or you didnt let them dry long enough.


P.S. that blue DOES NOT match ABP.
and it looks like poop


The ONLY advice I can give is to STOP MODDING.
have a plan or end goal for your car, Dont just do dumb stuff for the sake of doing dumb stuff

 

^^^lol crabman being harsh now.

 

I'm crabby.

but its also the truth.

 

 

Actually it was prepped correctly. It's not chipped or peeling. There are white spots from either the heat or from the eagle one all in one cleaner I use. Prep work has nothing to do with what happened. And I obviously see the paint isn't close to ABP which is why I asked. Thanks for ur advice tho bud. I'll stop doing things cuz I painted the calipers. Lol sorry not everyone has brembos or wants to dish out a ton of money for a BBK

 

I have an ABP - I painted first with black caliper paint - looks good, no worries about matching, etc. I then put on the 2013 RDX caliper covers...

 

^ i like this I may get them Pennstater. But using the RTV would be able to get to the pads if you need too? I want to do this but gluing them on makes me a little weary

 

yeah, thats why you should save your money and dont do dumb mods!

but seriously tho.
its prep work and not heat.

 

8$ worth of spray paint isn't much. just spent the money i saved on converting my front end 04 to tls and signal mirrors . . .also have AEMv2 on the way and will be doing rotors shortly, but not sure to get brakemotive or excellerate stop tech's

 

front end looks GREAT!!!!!!!!!

 

The front end looks sick.

Stop spending money on mods and get a better camera

 

lol i'm not big into taking pics i just use the iphone