OEM (Non-Brembo) Painted Caliper Thread
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OEM (Non-Brembo) Painted Caliper Thread
Ive searched for a thread like this...cant find anything...so maybe this could be a valuable thread for people thinking about painting their stock calipers.
I painted my calipers black last year with some kind of high temp brush on paint...but now its starting to chip off (due to poor prep im sure), so i'm going to be getting them powdercoated here soon. Just trying to decide if I want to keep them black or possibly go with another color...
Heres what they looked like originally
SOOOO...everyone post pics of their stock (non-brembo) painted calipers!
I painted my calipers black last year with some kind of high temp brush on paint...but now its starting to chip off (due to poor prep im sure), so i'm going to be getting them powdercoated here soon. Just trying to decide if I want to keep them black or possibly go with another color...
Heres what they looked like originally
SOOOO...everyone post pics of their stock (non-brembo) painted calipers!
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OOOooo!! I'm sooo excited you made this thread. I painted mine red. I'll post photos later today. I cleaned mine very thoroughly using Sunburst degreaser/all purpose cleaner. It's expensive but it'll clean anything. I then taped off everything and painted using high temp, outdoor red spray paint. I waited until the paint was still a bit sticky and then applied a second coat... and then a third. They look great and have lasted about 6 months so far, without chipping at all. I will post pictures later.
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OOOooo!! I'm sooo excited you made this thread. I painted mine red. I'll post photos later today. I cleaned mine very thoroughly using Sunburst degreaser/all purpose cleaner. It's expensive but it'll clean anything. I then taped off everything and painted using high temp, outdoor red spray paint. I waited until the paint was still a bit sticky and then applied a second coat... and then a third. They look great and have lasted about 6 months so far, without chipping at all. I will post pictures later.
Here's my car...do you think red would be a good choice?
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Ok, sorry. I am unable to upload pics today. I had to stay out of town on business for an extra night. But yeah, I will get pics up ASAP. I think red is great. The stocks aren't that small and your car is enchanting. Please tell me... is your roof painted or is that a decal? I'm considering having my roof painted black. My Z is white.
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Ok, sorry. I am unable to upload pics today. I had to stay out of town on business for an extra night. But yeah, I will get pics up ASAP. I think red is great. The stocks aren't that small and your car is enchanting. Please tell me... is your roof painted or is that a decal? I'm considering having my roof painted black. My Z is white.
thanks for the compliment by the way
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Here's mine. I do 'em every summer. To the OP, I think black works for you car. Clean lookin' Z BTW.
I also had my roof painted for $250 here in the Ohio area. $300 wasn't too bad IMO.
I also had my roof painted for $250 here in the Ohio area. $300 wasn't too bad IMO.
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There was atleast 1 other pretty big thread exactly like this before. The general consensus was black or silver if you're gonna paint the stock non-brembo for the reason you stated -calling attn to the small calipers. But then again, things have changed a lot since then, in the Honda direction (eg. General acceptance of rotas, ppo vinyling the **** out of their cars and calling it a "mod," Idiots ruining for sale threads quoting eBay replica prices, etc).
I think what u have is nice... Keep it black.
I think what u have is nice... Keep it black.
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Oh and thanks to both of you on the roof painting information. My Z will be in the shop this Thursday. I baught a nismo spoiler and a new hood that I'm having painted. I talked my boys at the shop into painting the roof and the front bumper lip under the grill black. I'm saving up for some wheels next I think. This thread has inspired me a lot.
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OP, you have a very nice-looking car; don't cheapen it with gaudily-painted stock calipers. Red, blue, yellow, purple, whatever have you, stock calipers look horrible. They scream, "Look at me! I don't have money for real BBKs so I am pretending I have them in case I drive by at 50 mph from a distance and you can't really tell what I have."
Black is most I'd do, which you already have. Leave the colorful tiny calipers to Integra, Civic, and Neon crowd...
Black is most I'd do, which you already have. Leave the colorful tiny calipers to Integra, Civic, and Neon crowd...
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Yeah, I don't care what brand they are. It's not like I'm ever going to drive fast and hard enough to need super brakes. 99.9 percent of people aren't going to know anything about the brakes. I just thought it looked cool.
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I'm going to be painting mine soon, most likely black. I thought about red, but I didn't want it to look like I was trying to have Brembo's without having them. I need to do my rotors too, since I didn't opt for the zinc plating (live and learn). Rotors will be as closely matched to my OEM rims as possible, or black.
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I'm going to be painting mine soon, most likely black. I thought about red, but I didn't want it to look like I was trying to have Brembo's without having them. I need to do my rotors too, since I didn't opt for the zinc plating (live and learn). Rotors will be as closely matched to my OEM rims as possible, or black.
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thinking about doing mine gold or black. Leaning more towards the black because I havent seen the gold done on a ppw. Then again I dont want black because my rh pro r5 rims are black with polished lip.
Op do you have that 350z decal on both the front and rear calipers. Do you possible have a distanced picture that shows both the front and rears. Thanks
Op do you have that 350z decal on both the front and rear calipers. Do you possible have a distanced picture that shows both the front and rears. Thanks