Painted Brembo and other caliper pics....

by **Farugah** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 12:11 pm

That's not bad, but a little bit lighter blue would be the sweet spot. Do you dislike VW's Mark? Or just the Blue Calipers?

by **cruisn** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:39 pm

Its just that VW's calipers are blue on the perfromance models. Just reminds me of VW thats all.

by **Stu** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:53 pm

Yeah as if any decent car would have blue calipers......

......well except for the twin turbo V8 BMW F10 M5 :shock:

Hopefully mine one day too

by **Kody.B** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 8:56 pm

Stu wrote:Yeah as if any decent car would have blue calipers......

......well except for Kody's 2.5i

Better.

by **Stu** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:06 pm

Hey I like the blue, real nice color you just need more!
BTW what paint did you use?? gloss coat too?

by **Kody.B** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:17 pm

Yeah, it would look amazing on a set of Brembos.

One day, maybe

I used this stuff:

It's rated as caliper paint (500 degrees same as VHT caliper paint) but I don't think its brake fluid resistant...

I thought it was worth the risk with the result though.
This is with the base coat (grey) and 4 coats of blue. I did an extra blue coat to get a darker colour. The 3 coats came up light, very similar to Cusco blue.
With the base coat it's a metallic/anodized sort of finish.

by **Graphite** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:24 pm

Kody.B wrote:...It's rated as caliper paint (500 degrees same as VHT caliper paint) but I don't think its brake fluid resistant...
I thought it was worth the risk with the result though.
...

To be honest Kody - you shouldn't be getting brake fluid on the outside of your calipers anyway! :mrgreen:

Nice job bud

by **Kody.B** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:35 pm

That's exactly what I thought!

Thanks

by **seanmau5** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:56 pm

Graphite wrote:To be honest Kody - you shouldn't be getting brake fluid on the outside of your calipers anyway!

that and the fact that no paint is safe from brake fluid! Nasty stuff that is!

by **cruisn** » Thu Dec 13, 2012 11:00 pm

ALWAYS wash the caliper down after bleeding.

I just use car wash and a wheel brush. You'll always get some sitting around the base of the bleed nipple after bleeding.

by **bosc0** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 6:30 am

^ nipple.... :lol:

by **SH30RB** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 10:48 am

If your nipples are bleeding, i would probably get them checked out

by **AB501UT!0N** » Fri Dec 14, 2012 11:33 am

Graphite wrote:
Kody.B wrote:...It's rated as caliper paint (500 degrees same as VHT caliper paint) but I don't think its brake fluid resistant...
I thought it was worth the risk with the result though.
...

To be honest Kody - you shouldn't be getting brake fluid on the outside of your calipers anyway!

Nice job bud

Agreed

Nice going Kodi and is it just me or is that M logo upside on the brake caliper?