Did you not use high temp paint?Nothing wrong with powder coating, just not necessary to get a nice durable finish. Remove them, strip them and paint them. A quality automotive line will get you where you want to be. The color match will be better to.
For looks and longevity of looks there's no substitute for powder coating period. I get it that a lot of people either don't want to go trough the trouble or aren't knowledgeable enough mechanically but I've seen a lot of painted calipers and all of them looked like they'd been painted. My calipers.I think its lawyers talking telling people not to powder coat Brembo calipers. Aren't the R Model calipers powder coated red? I powder coated some 18Z Brembo's on my Z and have tracked them for 3 years without a problem and with no fade. It was a bitch getting the factory powder coating off.
For looks and longevity of looks there's no substitute for powder coating period. I get it that a lot of people either don't want to go trough the trouble or aren't knowledgeable enough mechanically but I've seen a lot of painted calipers and all of them looked like they'd been painted. My calipers.
If your asking why they say not to paint or powder the calipers that's a pretty easy and simple answer. I work with metal so maybe it's simple for me but not others but if you do some research you can find why brembos says what they say. They use a very thin annozided hard coat to prevent corrison and keep a nice look. Powder cost and paint is SIGNIFICANTLY thicker than what they use and it's also significantly less breathable and dispersing. By painting or powdercoating your calipers you are DECREASING how long it takes brake fluid to boil/calipers to fail and burn up. Paint and powder will trap heat and block airflow from effectively cooling the caliper and will cause the brakes, fluid even the piston seals to melt, burn and destroy themselves much much quicker than they should which can cause a accident or worse. Ford already has extreme issues with their rear brake calipers (which comes factory powdercoated) and they melt the dust boot seals and result in locked up calipers in anywhere from 15k to 65k. Mine had melted boots and it took 42k miles before it locked up and destroyed the calipers, brake cables, pistons, and the rotors. The only somewhat safe paint for calipers is g2 it allows the most airflow through the particles. And is more durable than powdercoat. But it's best to leave the brakes just the way they are.
Hello; Boiling brake fluid would be one of the concerns high on a list of potential reasons. Such is a reason I flush my brake fluid on any vehicle I own. Usually ever two to three years. I would do so more often on a tracked car.
Ehh powder is also debatable. Depends on the shop. I've seen powder anywhere from 0.010 thick to 1/4 in thick. But g2 is undebatably more breathable. Our job does custom vehicle parts and test products for new parts and we come in contact with brembo for some of it from making clips to more. I've asked the Brembo engineer himself what he recommends for my 2017 and I got an answer. Do with that as you will. I can't share his exact response due his him asking but you can probably guess which company/product he recommended based off what I said before. It's either nothing or that product if you have to use any product. But officially you should never ever coat them
This literally agrees with everything I said LMAO. Also primer base and clear isn't recommended again due to heat trapping. Brembo themselves say it. I'm not going to argue with you, I've talked to the engineers and I'll stick with what they say because they ya know, designed the actual part. The company selling it from my experience usually doesn't know much about how it works or how things affect it. Most companies I run into the engineers are the only ones who actually understand the part. The other people are just a bolt it in and it does what it does. If Brembo says not to paint them then I'm not going to paint them NOR recommend people paint them, you shouldn't be recommending it either because it's a huge safety issue. But if it has to be painted then g2 is the way to go.
