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Old 05-02-2008, 09:15 AM
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Painting brake calipers

What kind of paint should be used for brake calipers? Do you need high heat paint for this? or will regular paint hold up okay. I've heard people mentioning doing this before, but don't recall hearing what they used.

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Old 05-02-2008, 09:27 AM
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I used the "special" caliper paint and just regular enamel -Can't see a difference both last a couple years. Here is a link from the BMW world with some pics.
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Old 05-02-2008, 09:27 AM
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If I end up doing mine, I will use this:
http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=CK&dept=11
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Old 05-02-2008, 10:08 AM
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Thanks for the sugestions. I'll check those out.
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Old 05-02-2008, 11:08 AM
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If I end up doing mine, I will use this:
http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=CK&dept=11
Oh, that's cool. Their directions say you don't even have to remove the calipers from your car to paint them. That sounds a lot less involved. I may get some of that and do mine.
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In my case. I used high heat paint.
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Old 05-06-2008, 08:13 AM
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Here's another one:

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=559&itemType=PRODUCT
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Old 05-07-2008, 12:53 AM
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This stuff works great:

http://wheelskin.com/g2_brake_caliper_paint.html

Free shipping right now. Ive done black and silver. I just did silver last weekend. I did black four years ago, and held up great. Be sure to really clean the surfaces to be painted.
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Old 05-07-2008, 07:48 AM
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Is one of those kits sufficient for one set of calipers or could you do a couple with one of them?
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one kit, it has about 2 hours of work time, they say 4-6 but I live in 10% humidity, maybe thats why.

Make a really good coat, it is brush on.
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Old 05-07-2008, 12:23 PM
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One kit does one car?
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One kit does one car?

ONE KIT does 4 calipers no problem.
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Old 05-07-2008, 01:55 PM
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I was wondering if it would stretch far enough to do the calipers on two cars.
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I was wondering if it would stretch far enough to do the calipers on two cars.
it hardens too fast, I barely had time to do 2 coats on 1 set of 4 calipers.
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Old 05-07-2008, 02:19 PM
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Oh, it's not that there's not enough. It's because it doesn't last long enough. Can you mix it a little at a time or something?

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