im not sure if this is a repost, but i am getting ready to paint my brake calipers with the G2 paint. instead of doing alot of taping off before i paint, i found it easier to remove the bottom back bolt on the caliper (arrow), and swing up the caliper itself. you can then remove the front brake pad and it makes painting alot easier. when you swing down the caliper you can get those hard to reach places too without hitting anything else. has anyone else done it this way? any other tricks you could give me before i start would be appreciated. oh, are the stickers from jdm graphics just stick on and thats it?
Thanks!!

 

yes the bolt removal to swing the calipr center out has been mentioned & doesn make for easier coverage of paint. remember that time is the most critical thing when doing the caliper painting. the paint hardens fast making it unuseable after a short lenghth of time. yes the JVD graphica are just stick on decals, very easy to apply. best of luck!

-justin

 

fresno350

Let's see pics when you're done!!!!

 

I just finished painting mine. Waiting for them to dry now. Since I'm replacing the rotors I had to remove the bracket anyway (have fun loosening those bolts) so I decided to spray paint those pieces. For the front calipers I loosened the brake line on the strut mount to allow more freedom. I held it in my hand and did the back areas then slipped in on a 2x6 and finished the other areas. It was a little harder for the second coat as you couldn't touch it but had to move it around while on the wood support.

The backs I did almost tha same way but after painting the back areas I slipped it over the Traction bar (newspaper covering the bar) and finished the other areas. Interesting thing I noticed on the rear calipers is that the original silver paint was pealing off and more came off while cleaning it.

It's cool here this morning, which is good. I didn't have any problem with the paint in the can thickening up even after 2 hours. Must be the temperature.

Have fun!

 

you might want to get some hi-temp spray paint from pepboys, etc, in the same color of the calipers and paint the back of the outer pads.

 

i did one heavy coat and noticed that it covered the brake caliper very well. i tried to go back and do a second coat but the paint was already tacky and hard to paint over. anyone else noticed this? oh, i did my daytona blue with blue G2 paint. anyone notice if the blues look different or are close enough? i am going to put the silver JD graphics stickers on tonight.

 

progress pic. finished painting just now. any comments?

 

i just used that VHT paint and it worked great for me...no need for a long process or anything.

 

Looks great!!
You probably should have completely removed the calipers from the brake lines and replaced the lines with stainless braided and replaced the rotors with x-drilled slotted ones.
A bit more expensive but it looks fantastic.
I got a set of rotors from ebay for about $250 and it looks fantastic.

 

It's not a great match - almost looks like baby blue. I thought I had seen pictures of cars done with G2 blue and it looked a lot deeper than that.

 

It does look baby bluish. It could be the light.
The will darken up and get dirty real fast.

 

yeah, it seems a bit light compared to the daytona blue, but its the only blue that G2 had. it shouldnt get too much light being inside the wheelwell, plus like you said it will dirty up pretty fast.

 

here is the finished product with stickers

 

front

 

Sweet!
I did the caliper stickers also.
Its been about a year and they are starting to show their age.
It could be time for a re-do. I gotta change the pads anyway.

 

My calipers came out great, but when I'm under the car I notice alot on the backside that I missed. I'm considering taking off the entire assembly, bead blasting the calipers to give them a smoother appearance and spraying them with vht, I like the look of g2 , but several light coats of a spray would probably look better. My only fear is the g2 is very resistant to brake dust and degreaser, I could use vht and maybe it wouldn't hold up the same. The best would be a few light coats of vht for uniform coverage followed by g2 sprayed out of my paint gun.

 

Use use the vht then follow with a few coats of high temp clear for protection......

-justin

 

the stickers went on really easy too and i was impressed with the quality