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Old 01-13-2013, 04:56 PM
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painting brake calipers

got a 97 camaro, the car is white with orange strips, got whit hubs and want to paint the calipers orange, does anyone see a problem with this? also going to change brake pads all the way around, is the pistons on the calipers the press in or screw? thanks all
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Old 01-13-2013, 06:31 PM
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Re: painting brake calipers

It will look nice if done right .. use brake cleaner and a wire brush and scrub let them dry scrub again
wipe clean ....they make spray paint for brake calipers ...but the ceramic brake caliper paint kit that is applied with a brush looks like it would work the best and last the longest ?
have you thought about replacing the oem rotors with Eline cross drilled and sloted rotors $189.00 from ebay??
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Old 01-15-2013, 03:18 PM
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Re: painting brake calipers

i used a good amount of brake parts cleaner and one of those composite hard sponge drill attatchments from auto zone to zip off grime etc then again with braken parts cleaner. i applied several coats and let a few minutes in between coats to dry. make sure you let it CURE FOR 24 HOURS!!! or paint will heat back up and melt off. good luck.
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Re: painting brake calipers

This topic gets covered a lot on the Appearance forum.
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