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i know it's been done with the brush + paint.... so I used spray paint...
stripped it, had to do multiple coats,wash and spray the paint remover every 30 mins (3-4 times) steel brush helps for corners. doesn't have to be bare metal. you can see the yellow + black primary coat then gold finish
primered + filler for deep scratches and such, tape your bleeder nipple and tighten it, also behind the caliper where the hardlines connect. so no break fluid leak that can mess up your project. took the bleed nipple for taping
after primer/filler is dry, scuff it with 3M scuff pad (red) or 360-400 grid sand paper, then apply alchohol on the microfiber cloth then wipe it down for dust or oily areas, spray the red caliper paint. light coats then mild...this red caliper paint isn't quite the brembo red. so i sprayed over it with dupli color cardinal red cc it matches my friends brembo GT red paint.
spray the clear coat when the paint is dry. i spray about 4-5 coats. as you can see there are still orange peel... so tomorrow i'll wet sand it with 1000-1200 grid
I will post pictures of wet sanded + buffed + polished tomorrow....finish touch, my brembo decal just arrive today in white gloss, exact size
more orange peel....BAD!
here's a sample of wet sanded, buffed, polished, waxed, finished
hate to say, but i really do not want to see what the effects of that aircraft paint stripper did to the rubber seals of the brake pistons. i am sure if it was strong enough to strip paint it damaged those pretty good. good luck
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hate to say, but i really do not want to see what the effects of that aircraft paint stripper did to the rubber seals of the brake pistons. i am sure if it was strong enough to strip paint it damaged those pretty good. good luck
+1 i was going to comment on the same thing.. cant be good for the rubber.
plus, i hope you scuffed up the gold part after some brake cleaner so the red paint will stick well and not flake off where the gold was left on there. I think you could of done a better tape job around the pistons like Z04 said.
the seals are actually tape "clear" and nothing went through... I check. I got it guys c relax.......and DELAYEDZ I agree with you, when I think of brembo i see red.... keep in mind im not painting a normal caliper....like civics. dont get me wrong i like civics, had a couple in the past but never painted my caliper haha because i have spoon calipers
i did this to my evo 9 (mr) last year, same red, still looks sharp,shiny,no flakes, no cracks, i'm actually looking at it right now. i didnt post this to get critics, i posted this to share it to the ones that might be interested in doing the same thing....
its looks good. If youre comfortable with what you then thats fine.
Im just under the impression that the non-high temp paint will eventually peel off. If not then great. It looks superb and I would love to custom paint my stoptechs.
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2004 350Z Track / Bride / JWT Popcharger 
