Sound74

I want a nice porsche red brake caliper set. What's the best way to go about this? How hard/easy is it to paint these things? Do you need to disassemble the brake unit or can you do it on-wheel? What paint do you use? Any over coat? Wanna make it last as long as the car and look OEM quality. Thanks

John Stahmann

1) You could mask off just the parts you want to paint, use Hi-Temp engine paint from your local auto parts store, and it will look great.

2) You can buy a 'brake paint kit' and use that. (more $$)

3) You can pull your brakes off, take them to your body shop for them to prep the parts and then bake on a finish. (even more $$)

#1 has worked for me several times. Make sure you use a lot of brake cleaner before painting and the paint will stick well and last.

Flath12

I did mine this weekend, and they look awesome

i just jacked each wheel up, took the wheel off, taped of areas i didn't want to paint, then carefully painted where i wanted it.

i used a G2 paint kit, it worked well

LBW

Just wondering, will the result difference will be noticeable? Also, will the paint fade away by time? I am thinking to paint mine black. I don't want it to become gray overtime

John Stahmann

I've used heat paint a few times and it's lasted for years.

CSadler

How long with the paint last with regular wheel cleaning using certain wheel cleaners?

John Stahmann

Your mileage may vary. For me I never had to re-paint, but then I don't know what wheel cleaner you're using. If it's strong enough to eat through paint I wouldn't use it on my wheels...