I want to do my calipers in cyan colour. Sort of like the cyan found on g35s body paint.

The problem is that auto shops only sell the basics: Red, Black, Gold, Blue.

I don't want to use normal paint because I think it will melt off due to the high heat. What are my options for cyan caliper paint?

 

Powder coat?

 

Will that run? Temps are pretty serious down there. I have a can of black caliper paint, it says it's meant to withstand up to 965 F

 

Powdercoating is fine on brake parts. The guy that did my wheels posts pics all the time of calipers that he powdercoated.

 

If your powder coating specialist knows anything at all then yes they can custom mix any high temp color you want for the calipers. It is absolutely the way to go.

 

Exactly what calipers are you going to be painting? Brembo? OEM non-brembo?

 

G2 does custom colors and factory matched colors.

http://www.g2usa.com/

 

I'm going to guess the latter, but hope I'm wrong.

 

If you decide to paint, find an auto paint store and
they can mix any color you want.
Use a single stage urethane and it will hold up fine.
Auto paint stores are in the yellow pages under
"auto body shop supplies"

 

Okay, thanks for tips guys, powder coating looks a little too expensive for the net effect, especially with stock calipers. But that link kilogram gave me looks pretty decent bang for the buck.

@phenom and dcains: EOM non brembo

 

Just a word of advice, you really shouldn't paint those stock calipers unless you're just going to paint them black so that they're less noticeable. Painting them any other color just brings attention to them and the fact that they are the ugly stock calipers and is generally thought of as a ricey mod by the tuner community.

 

Ah okay, top tip. I will keep that in mind. I've been looking around to see who has painted stock calipers and what they look like. Maybe I'll just paint them black with the caliper paint I have left over from another project.

 

When I had my OEM non-Brembo calipers and they were starting to look a bit old after 25K miles or so, I scrubbed them really well and then lightly repainted them with Eastwood's "Clear Zinc" spray paint. It gives a semi-matte OEM look, and it made the calipers look factory-new. Maybe not for everyone, but for a new OEM look, it's the best I've seen, and I've used many of their products on my old Alfa's.

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-clear-zin...2&parent_id=53

They also make a "Spray Gray Detail" paint, which is also pretty nice for an OEM look, with more of a flat finish than the "Clear Zinc".

http://www.eastwood.com/ew-spray-gra...sol-12-oz.html

Nothing wrong with the non-Brembo's, but painting them a loud non-original color generally makes for a bad overall look to the whole car. Many times, less is more.

 

Ok great, thank you. Do you have close-ups of your calipers post-op?

 

No pics, sorry. Brembo's have been in place for a year or so. The Eastwood stuff doesn't really look like paint. It's a very thin finish, so it doesn't look thick and shiny like an enamel or epoxy paint. It looks like metal that's just been plated or bead blasted, which is why it looks like a new OEM finish. I've used their products to restore a few old Alfa Romeo's, on parts that were originally bare or plated metal, in order to keep an OEM look. Sometimes paint or powdercoat isn't appropriate for an original look. Just depends on what you're going for.

 

Get them powder coated. My brother spray painted his OE S2000 calipers silver with that caliper paint and it held up well.