I have been wanting to do this mod for months. My near-stock 30th Anniversary Edition's front calipers have looked pretty crappy since I got the car. Even with 3500 miles, the calipers looked like someone had hit them with a brush of coal-tar paint, over the factory silver.

Since my car has the orange stripes, I went with matching VHT hi-temp orange paint. They look super now, if I do say so myself. I washed the car to take some pics, but it got dark before I could take them. I'll try to post a follow-up, tomorrow.

I also, installed Wagner Thermo-Quiet pads in a attempt to reduce the dusting of my OEM pads. They smoked like heck when I burned them in. We'll see how it goes. I still have to replace the rear pads. My OEM rears are even worse then the fronts for dusting. I'll post my results of them in a few weeks.

Finally, for those wanting to paint the calipers, taking them off the car is the only way to get a good looking job. I had to put on about four coats to get them looking their best. I would have hated trying to do that on the car. I am certain I would have botched the job and gotten paint where I didn't want it. I did touch up a couple of nicked areas after I put the calipers back on the car. That was no problem.

Bleeding the brakes down was a snap with a Lisle Brake Bleed Kit that I found at my auto parts shop. The kit consisted of a plastic canister with fittings for plastic tubing (included) and an assortment of rubber fittings to attach the tubing to the bleed screw. No fluid was spilled and it a snap to see when all the air was gone. Recommended!

I am now wondering if I should paint the rear calipers when I replace the pads -- or leave them as-is. They are machined metal, that looks nice in the factory state. Anyone have any thoughts?

 

They'll smoke like heck and fade pretty bad when you brake hard too.

 

Please post pix when you can!

This auto parts shop a AutoZone or PepBoys store perhaps?

Thanks.

Ruben F.

 

Here are some pix of the factory LT1 calipers, painted orange.







I got the bleed kit from a local parts store called Jimmie's Auto Parts. I'm sure you can find the kit at many stores. If you have trouble, I can post a part number. LMK.

MB

P.S. My first pix to the board