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G-Benz · #3 01-02-2002, 02:17 PM

There are companies that make brake caliper paint kits (around $50) in a variety of colors (mostly marketed to satisfy the "rice bunch").

The paint is designed to resist the extreme heat that calipers are exposed to, and the thickness of the paint fills in the granular cavities that are prevalent with caliper castings...also the reason why brake dust is well-harbored there.

I have applied the kit on a former vehicle and it held up perfectly for the three years I've owned the car. The rears stayed fairly clean, but fronts did hold a bit of brake dust on the caliper surface...most of which could be removed with wheel cleaner and hosed off.

I plan on doing the W124 calipers next...