To those with painted calipers...

Since most seem to go with red, I went with burnt copper engine block paint, taped it all off, and sprayed away. Very happy with the results. Bought the matching primer and clear coat and made an afternoon of it.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/...c-burnt-copper-11-oz-aerosol-sp402/99984842-P

^^Pics?

CSL said:

^^Pics?

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Pouring rain outside, but I snapped these 2 for ya.

EDIT: Sorry, just realized this was the Shelby corner, I hope you don't mind me stepping in.

Cool, looks great....thanks!

BTW, the VHT paint has 6K miles on it. So far they somehow stay clean on their own really. The VHT is I think a complete equal to the G2 paint. Only difference is having to spray, which may be good or bad, dunno. I bought 4 large pieces of thin plastic at walmart, and spent a long time taping stuff off.

Anyone with triple yellow painted theirs TY?

Was at Chevy dealership yesterday getting company truck worked on so I went and checked out some vets, they had a zo6 with yellow calipers...got me thinking about painting mine.

done 3 cars with G2 stuff is awesome...just did my shelby a few weeks ago....the brembo stickers are the way to go i get mine off amazon and they matched exactly the 6' for the front 4' for the rears! take your time mask everything off..i used 2 kits for my shelby one kit would prob be enough for a GT

JJones said:

done 3 cars with G2 stuff is awesome...just did my shelby a few weeks ago....the brembo stickers are the way to go i get mine off amazon and they matched exactly the 6' for the front 4' for the rears! take your time mask everything off..i used 2 kits for my shelby one kit would prob be enough for a GT

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Which color did you go with?

Used red all 3 times looks glossy and clean never used a clear over it

Any of you tried powder coating? its a bigger pita but I think the result is better. I did it on my old gt, have to take them off of course, sand them down and then powder coat them, then of course bleed lines when you reinstall. Came out pretty nice, ill try to find a pic.

arodr260 said:

Any of you tried powder coating? its a bigger pita but I think the result is better. I did it on my old gt, have to take them off of course, sand them down and then powder coat them, then of course bleed lines when you reinstall. Came out pretty nice, ill try to find a pic.

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Had mine powdered coated locally and glad I did it.
Wasn't cheap but they turned out way better than G2 paint.
G2 worked fine on the rears as they are smaller and textured.
The Brembos had brush marks but wasn't too noticeable until you got close. Even used a quality brush, not the garbage that came with the kit.
They are done in ink black.

Several HPDE events on my DIB painted calipers (epoxy primed, base and clear)and they are holding up great. I do use titanium heat shields but mostly to protect the piston seals. I run race pads so they get quite hot so much so I have seen the rotors blue.

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cjgt350 said:

Several HPDE events on my DIB painted calipers (epoxy primed, base and clear)and they are holding up great. I do use titanium heat shields but mostly to protect the piston seals. I run race pads so they get quite hot so much so I have seen the rotors blue.

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That is absolutely gorgeous. How much did that run you?

Shift said:

That is absolutely gorgeous. How much did that run you?

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Thanks. As I recall $400. I also bought a set of takeoff calipers so the car didn't have to sit for a week while being painted. Swapping them out quickly makes bleeding the system pretty simple as well. I considered powder coating but they would not match the exact color and they have to be completely disassembled/reassembled since of course the seals won't do well in the baking process.