Painting Calipers

kpeng · 08-06-2016, 04:24 PM

Decided to go ahead and paint the calipers on my car today.

Here's a little before-shot. These unpainted M-Sport brakes stop great, but look so plain.

Decided to go with a burnt copper color that'll look nice against the Estoril Blue paint. I have a can of VHT Engine Enamel Burnt Copper + some VHT Engine Enamel Gloss Clear.

Wire brush + 400 grit sandpaper + brake cleaner + lots of ghetto masking later...first 2 coats. Did 5 coats in total, 10 minutes between coats, then let it dry for 3 hours, 2 coats of clear.

The finished product...in no way is this a nod to the Florida Gators.......Go Gators...

Braumin · 08-06-2016, 06:14 PM

Looks great! Subtle color that goes well with the body.

MuffinMan910 · 08-06-2016, 06:44 PM

Great colour choice!

kpeng · 08-06-2016, 08:23 PM

Thanks!

Buckeyes · 08-06-2016, 09:54 PM

Looks great.👍 Florida should be good to go this year since they don't have Georgia Southern on the schedule. Kinda looks Tennessee orange

Vegetable · 08-06-2016, 10:06 PM

Looks great with the 403M wheels.. Subtle but athletically effective .

kpeng · 08-06-2016, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Trcb777

Looks great.👍 Florida should be good to go this year since they don't have Georgia Southern on the schedule. Kinda looks Tennessee orange

Haha. Sadly, you're right...but the Gator orange would have been way too bright.

Buckeyes · 08-06-2016, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kpeng

Haha. Sadly, you're right...but the Gator orange would have been way too bright.

Haha. Looks great and I'm ready for some College Football.

kevinjt · 08-06-2016, 10:57 PM

Looks great, I might do this before getting bigger brakes in a year!.

More pics please!

BimmerF32_430i · 08-06-2016, 11:12 PM

Did you do just the fronts?

Who? · 08-07-2016, 12:01 AM

are these paints strong enough to withstand brake heat?

.BMW. · 08-07-2016, 03:10 AM

Looks great!

kpeng · 08-07-2016, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by chaudhrysn

Did you do just the fronts?

For now, yes. I don't feel like the traditional calipers on the rear would look good in orange.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SJ00

are these paints strong enough to withstand brake heat?

Yes, I've done a lot of research on them. A lot of folks have used this paint on their brakes with good results.

kevinjt · 08-07-2016, 12:08 PM

Can you post more pics from farther away?

kpeng · 08-07-2016, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kevinjt

Can you post more pics from farther away?

I will when I finish a few things on the car this week and clean it.

Nebelhinten · 08-07-2016, 01:58 PM

Nice, but I prefer the Scarlet & Gray.

Buckeyes · 08-07-2016, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Nebelhinten

Nice, but I prefer the Scarlet & Gray.

The best color combo ever. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Go Bucks

Nebelhinten · 08-07-2016, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trcb777

The best color combo ever. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Go Bucks

Going to be interesting this year with all the youth. We'll find out how well Urban recruited past few years. O-H!

Bob@NC · 08-07-2016, 08:54 PM

Very nice. The paint looks great.

eluded · 08-07-2016, 11:12 PM

kpeng - looks sweet !

Buckeyes · 08-07-2016, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Nebelhinten

Going to be interesting this year with all the youth. We'll find out how well Urban recruited past few years. O-H!

Recruiting has been of the charts and the 2017 class could be the best recruiting class ever, for any school. Team is crazy talented and athletic, just needs experience. Kinda like 2014 but with a veteran QB. I-O!

Sayzar · 08-08-2016, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kpeng

Decided to go ahead and paint the calipers on my car today.

Here's a little before-shot. These unpainted M-Sport brakes stop great, but look so plain.

Decided to go with a burnt copper color that'll look nice against the Estoril Blue paint. I have a can of VHT Engine Enamel Burnt Copper + some VHT Engine Enamel Gloss Clear.

Wire brush + 400 grit sandpaper + brake cleaner + lots of ghetto masking later...first 2 coats. Did 5 coats in total, 10 minutes between coats, then let it dry for 3 hours, 2 coats of clear.

The finished product...in no way is this a nod to the Florida Gators.......Go Gators...

looks great

08-06-2016, 04:24 PM	#1
kpeng Banned 162 Rep 199 Posts Drives: F30 M-Sport + E30 Super ETA Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gainesville, FL iTrader: (0)	Painting Calipers Decided to go ahead and paint the calipers on my car today. Here's a little before-shot. These unpainted M-Sport brakes stop great, but look so plain. Decided to go with a burnt copper color that'll look nice against the Estoril Blue paint. I have a can of VHT Engine Enamel Burnt Copper + some VHT Engine Enamel Gloss Clear. Wire brush + 400 grit sandpaper + brake cleaner + lots of ghetto masking later...first 2 coats. Did 5 coats in total, 10 minutes between coats, then let it dry for 3 hours, 2 coats of clear. The finished product...in no way is this a nod to the Florida Gators.......Go Gators...
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