So yesterday I wanted to paint the inside of my brake rotors because they looked ugly and rusty and paint the brake calipers. All I did was use a wire brush to scrub the rust to smooth the rotors and the calipers. Then I masked most of the area off. Unfortunately I got a little bit of the brake paint on some of the rubber parts like a little on the brake hose and the little squishy rubber attached to the caliper that compressed when the brakes are applied and a tiny bit on the pad (which later just burnt off with a quick drive around the block when it was done drying). I only used a wire brush and the paint so no no wax and grease removers or anything like that. I've read somewhere that it's not good to get anything on the rubbers but is the brake paint ok? My dad told me to stop b!tching over it and it will be fine but i'm still a little worried about the rubber and the hose getting screwed up later. Wouldn't the paint just eventually crack up and flake off over time or just stay on the rubber and hose permanently without causing any premature damage to the rubbers and hoses? Here's how the job looked before and after.

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here is that little rubber at the top of the caliper further back that I got a little paint on.
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Also I painted my plenum the other day
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You will be just fine, it will flake off as time goes by.

 

WOW Jah70 you've doe really good job their, it looks really smart, I don't mean to be a bit mean but you're really going to have to on top of it due to the brake dust and the plenum looks damn hot too. A good job well done.

 

Put what on on top of it for brake dust?

 

I don't think I explained myself very well, What I meant was you're going to have to keep washing the brake dust off with a stiff brush or regularly keep attacking with a brush to prevent the brake dust from sticking to the callipers and rotors. As there is no longer a lot of asbestos in brake pads these days, there's a lot more metal in the pads and this combined with heat and rain water has a habit of creating rust. I hope that makes a bit more sense than what I wrote earlier.

 

I originally wanted to get brake caliper covers since some of them reduce brake dust build up but I didn't want to be a ricer and have fake brembo caliper covers lol. I always wash down my rims and brakes pretty good everytime I wash my car as there wasn't much brake dust that came off when I was scrubbing the calipers off. Using a wheel cleaner worked great before but should I take precautions now that the calipers are painted? I don't want it stripping away.