dabiggun

Has anyone seen any red calipers for a 2012 TL, or has done mods to it?

search the net and have yet to find anything, was thinking about buying an oem set and getting it power coated locally.

any ideas?

thanks

justnspace

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EWWWWWWWWWW.

Dont do it.

any color but red.
please.

potmilkz

come on.. really..

let me give you an example if you think this really looks good to you or not..




let me know what you think.. but before you answer.. ask yourself.. "am i a ricer??"

Strippers4Me

Unless they have a big BREMBO on the side, they should never be red.

Paint them black

justnspace

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^my brembo's are BLACK.

I would never paint them red. lol

potmilkz

^red tells thieves "HEY, im an attention whore, please jack me and strip me down"

justnspace

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not to mention, it will look like RICE on a luxury sedan.

Zelaya

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What's wrong with red ?

Here's an example I've on my RL

potmilkz

Zelaya,

he was referring to stock calipers.. dont do red on stock.. unless its bbk

i64X

That RL is teh fire.

Zelaya

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Oh!!! my bad

ucf_bronco

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You know you just wanted to show off the whip!

djtanveer

HAHA i was thinking the same thing

justnspace

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Steven Bell

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I was reading this, thinking, "hey, I like red brakes". But yea, they need to be Brembos.

Zelaya

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Hmmm not really, it was more as a reference to give OP a sample between OEM red vs red BBK.

justnspace

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^4th gen TL brakes are

OP joined in July and this is his first post.
I assume its all stock.
red 2 pot calipers just look

Pseudomaniac

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Red doesn't have to look bad, but on tiny stock calipers inside a big 18" wheel, don't think you're fooling anyone either.

Last time I took them off to paint them was on my Anthracite CL. I found a hammerite product that gave a wrinkle/hammered metal finish in a gunmetal/anthracite color.

I did four coats of this over the course of a day, and then did four coats of high-temp clear the next day. They turned out fantastic. They were subtle, but refined in appearance.

TinyRK

^

jspagna1

Just don't think the 4G TL is a car that looks right with painted calipers.

alienstudio

black will be the only colour if i were to paint my calipers.

BEAR-AvHistory

Nah, black would look better - caliper is too small for a look at me color.

stars_fan

Brian Ichi

Those calipers look amazing. Any idea where I can get a set for my 2009 WDP TL Tech? I'm been thinking red, but black also looks studly. I have 20" matte black wheels on mine, so the black might get drawn out. Thoughts/Ideas/Comments?

I'd like to buy a new set of brakes and coil overs/shocks. I'm new to this, so please send help.

justnspace

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^research man!!!

rotora, stoptech, and wilwood are all BBK manufactures.
look them up, and see if they have any applications for your 4G.

SexyTL

I painted one of my caliper red last week just to see how it look. Thinking about stripping it off now. will post up pic if anyone is interested.

manutd

Like everyone said unless its a BBK then its a no go, i painted mine silver because they were rusted and i think they turned out well imo

Before


After

KarKraze

^^^ night and day difference,good job.

Treblig

How did you paint them, spray on or brush on?

LawnPro

Holy rusted metal Batman!
manutd - your paint job looks great! As KK said - night and day, I need to do this,.............. or get Rotora.

manutd

Thanks man!!!
Hey, its sprayed. I prepped it by rigorously brushing off all the rusted metal and air spraying it, then i cleaned it with steel wool, and sprayed with break cleaner. Then sanded it with fine grit wax. Applied 3 even coats and 2 clear coats. lots of work but its clean and doesn't look too shabby!
Thanks! Wanted something clean and temporary till i find my BBK that i like

Limelight

I have a 2012 TL Elite with 10,000km and my calipers look all rusted like this. Is this normal for TL's or can I get these replaced under warranty? I've never had a car this new do this....

If I'm SOL with warranty, then I'll be getting mine painted black ASAP...

weather

I wish Acura came out with Silver painted Caliper as in the pics above.....What a difference it makes!! Great job 'manutd'!! If you lived closer I'd have a project for you

Acc-Rite

very well done!

py0413

I prefer silver/black for stock/oem brake. Even BBK, I don't like red as much, but it's just me.

Limelight

I just called my local dealer to see if they would replace the rusted calipers on my 2012 TL and they said no (which I figured) - but more interesting is that they told me painting them would void the warranty for the caliper itself.

I was of the impression from other posters that painting would NOT void the warranty.... That said, not sure how common replacing a caliper under warranty is, so it's probably a moot point anyway.

If I do paint them, I'll be doing them in black with no decal for my Graphite Luster TL.

justnspace

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^as long as you dont get paint on the piston it self.
the piston is the part that moves.
if paint were to get on it, it could seize resulting in a malfunction and the dealer could blame the paint for it.

I like to take off the mounting bracket.
and spray that.

the caliper itself can be "hung" from the control arms.
then cleaned with brake cleaner and a wire brush.
then you can take some high heat paint, and spray paint it.

Duna

Well, I painted mine red on a 2009 tl. I think it depends on the rims you have...I thought mine look good. Nevertheless, I traded in my car for the 2012 TL Tech. Surely, I will not paint my calipers again! It was painfully hard to do!