Painted Stock Calipers

[maxpayne]

I hate the look of the stock calipers but I can't afford brembos at the moment......so I painted them black. I was hoping this would 1) make them less noticeable and 2) make them look a tad better. I think it turned out as best it could - and special thanks to my wife as she did all the taping and painting!

I used the black G2 caliper paint from LM. I didn't use red because that would have highlighted the calipers, which is the exact opposite of what I wanted. I followed the instruction pretty close. 1) Put car on jacks and removed wheels. 2) Masked off the rubber/plastic components and part of the rotors. 3) Cleaned calipers with brake cleaner and a wire brush. 4) Put a light first coat on. 5) Waited 20-30 minutes and put second coat. 6) Waited again and put another coat on just the main part that is visible. 7) Let sit over night. 8) Re-installed the wheels this morning. 9) Finally, have to wait 24 hours before driving.

Also, I bought better paint brushes than was supplied in the G2 kit. The one supplied sucked balls. And, I used a wire brush to clean even though my car is fairly new and there wasn't much dust on the calipers.

Overall, I think this was a good, cheap mod for me in particular because my car is black and so are my wheels. And thus, my calipers do not stick out like a sore thumb.

Sorry for the shitty embedding of pictures. I am a newb.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d094a07c1a00000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154927291.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d099b03c9400000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154931253.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d04e017cd600000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154931141.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d1db891cc000000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154935412.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d004087cfa00000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154936863.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d1b3271c5a00000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154939917.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d1098e1cae00000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154940384.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d0207ffdaf00000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154944754.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3cf23b3127ccef4d14a2edd8700000030O00AaNGjVi2Ys2 4Pbz4U/cC/f%3D0/ls%3D00703161544420131102154942570.JPG/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

[Kadeng]

I like it! Believe it or not, within the next few days i will hopefully be doing mine blue seeing as im attemping to run a Sterling Gray, Matte Black, and Blue theme to my Pony! Let me know how it all holds up!

[Dan12GT]

Looks good! I am on the fence if I want to do mine in red or black, or just leave them till I get big brakes but the big brakes won't be any time soon at all.

[Midnight11]

nice! i wanna do mine gloss black too

[03MachMe]

nice! i wanna do mine gloss black too

Should have traded me. I just sanded the gloss off mine lol

[Midnight11]

Should have traded me. I just sanded the gloss off mine lol

damnit!

[maxpayne]

Looks good! I am on the fence if I want to do mine in red or black, or just leave them till I get big brakes but the big brakes won't be any time soon at all.

I was going to leave them but I figured a bunch of other mods had priority over big brakes so this is the best I could do while I wait.

[03MachMe]

Looks much better than the silver. I can't wait to paint mine

[DirtyD]

Looks great!

I still want to get mine powder coated red.

[Dominic Toretto]

I still want to get mine powder coated red.

I like how you think.

-Alex

[StormTrooper]

looks good, I'm trying to figure out what I should paint mine, was thinking red.

[Dan12GT]

I think I am just going to go ahead and paint my red and I don't like It i'll go to black.

[maxpayne]

That will good my man. I definitely recommend the G2 kit. Not sure about the dupli color kit though.

[Dan12GT]

That will good my man. I definitely recommend the G2 kit. Not sure about the dupli color kit though.

I've used the duplicolor kit on a previous car. Held up perfectly and kept a good shine. Its all in the prep work!

[2012mustang76123]

Got my gt500 brake kit for $600 otherwise I woulda painted them they look good!