caliper paint? Do or Don't? [Merged 8-8] painting calipers brake brakes

[quiksilver38]

Yeah i would paint the car black first then go with red, . Yeah go with red anyways

 

[DarkTalon2GNT]

Red all the way....unless your car is yelllow, blue, or purple(these are the only colors I can think of offhand), then red is THE way to go.

 

[92awddsm]

I would go red but the ricers tell me yellow is good for an extra 20hp. But I think that only applies to school bus yellow. Something like canary yellow might only be good for about 10hp.

 

[AdoreGSX]

what do you guys think would look good a stock 2gb gsx with the stock 17's on it?

 

[92awddsm]

what do you guys think would look good a stock 2gb gsx with the stock 17's on it?

Either black or red on your black 2g.

 

[sential]

red....never ever ever ever ever paint them yellow. With break dust, they'd look brown in a day. RED! Besides your car is red, so it makes sense. Make sure you get the right kind of paint too. Or just save up and get some brembo's or rutora's.

 

[rebuilt65]

I would go red but the ricers tell me yellow is good for an extra 20hp. But I think that only applies to school bus yellow. Something like canary yellow might only be good for about 10hp.

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That was good.


RED

As stated, yellow becomes discolored with dust too quickly.

 

[tazraz01]

anyone have any preference in what type of paint to use? imma paint mine red aswell, but i wanted to get an idea on what type of paint to buy first...

 

[GSX23GST]

Wow I think only one person picked yellow. Thanks for helping me out. I think I will go with red. Traditional, sporty and matches my red car. I don't think I am rich enough to buy Brembos. Does anyone know which brand of paint to use to paint the calipers?

ChrisFlo: I have no idea what brand my exhaust is. It came installed when I bought the car 1 and a half month ago. I will find out someday though, kinda lazy getting down on my knees in the snow right now.

 

[talontsiawd]

I think color matched calipers always look good so red...

 

[rebuilt65]

anyone have any preference in what type of paint to use? imma paint mine red aswell, but i wanted to get an idea on what type of paint to buy first...

VHT caliper paint is a good one. Summit Racing sells it. Pretty much any good caliper paint from like NAPA or somewhere.

 

[housegsx]

I have to agree with everyone else...RED definitely. I used engine paint from pepboys. It said something like 1200 degree w/ ceramic. Then I cured the calipers in the oven. My dad wasn't to happy with me, it stinks a bit. I've had them on my car for like 6 months. No chipping, peeling, fading.

 

[Simps95GST]

Go with RED

 

[truwarrior]

ya red or black...I don't know where you got yellow from ,

 

[RedTurboEclipse]

i cant belive u had yellow as a choice..

yellow and red is like sponsoring hot dog on a stick.. its just so off.. i havnt seen any red/yellow car scheme that looked good

go with red..

 

[Module Unknown]

...yellow and red is like sponsoring hot dog on a stick.. its just so off..

:laugh:

 

[GSX23GST]

Black will be too dark to see. But yeah I was thinking of yellow because I saw yellow calipers on a red Ferrari once. I thought it might look good on my Clipse. But then I realized it is a bit tacky. Red it is. Now I'm just waiting for warm and dry weather to come so I can paint them. Damn is it easy to take them out? Is there a tutorial on here that tells you how to take them out?

 

[Module Unknown]

It's cake. Getting your wheel off is probably the hardest part. .

Here, check this out. I don't know of any tutorial out there on how to remove your calipers, but look at the first two pictures/steps at this link. http://www.vfaq.com/mods/BigBrakesInstall.html

done.

What would probably be even more help to you would be a haynes or chiltons manual for your car. They've got steps for all kinds of little things like this listed out, and it's just good to have around.

 

[Liquidus]

The snow is gone, now we just have 5 days straight of rain. Typical Vancouver weather. Go with the Chiltons manual, I heard it is much better then the Haynes. I have the Haynes manual, and it isn't very good. Taking the wheels off and the calipers off is pretty easy, just time consuming, I don't think you'll need a book.

 

[Jehu]

You don't even need to take the calipers off. Just mask everything off and paint carefully.

But red with yellow???? You'd get beat up just driving through Surrey!

 

[Module Unknown]

...I don't think you'll need a book.

No, you don't. But it's always good to have around. That's what I was getting at.

 

[Nautica985]

Red and yellow only looks good on Ferrari's.

 

[mavisky]

red or silver, only two allowed options.

 

[JiveMasterT]

ill just throw another vote for red onto the already monsterous pile. i used engine paint on mine, but i totally fubard the paint when i was changing the brake pads the other day. i think next time im going to resand them carefully and then use the kind with a brush. its supposed to look better that way.

 

[Enki]

Red definitely.

I hate yellow on cars :thumbdown