Painting Calipers and bits and pieces.

[Guest SKYLNE]

I need some help as to what sort of paint I should use for painting brake calipers, I would like to paint the caliper red and the Nissan logo white, does anyone know what the best paint is for doing this? Also, I would like to detail a few things in the engine bay (like the intake and possibly the rocker cover) once again what is the best paint to use? This is for an R33 GTS-T Skyline. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks. :uh-huh:

[XrSiSt]

I shouldnt be refering to SDU but here's the link for some idea.

http://www.skylinesdownunder.co.nz/tech/mo...s/calipers.html

[Guest SKYLNE]

thanks mate!

[macka]

I used high temp engine enamal for the calipers and glued sandpaper to a flat block of wood and run that across the nissan symbal it stands out really bright

Sanded rocker covers back to 1200 sandpaper then croacus cloth and then buffer wheel for mirror polish

Hopefully pics up by tonight

[PranK]

macka - wanna post some pics of your calipers?

i'll be looking at doing mine soon..

[Grim]

I've put an article about painting brake calipers on my website:

www.performance-mod.com

[Pva_Glue]

Originally posted by macka

I used high temp engine enamal for the calipers and glued sandpaper to a flat block of wood and run that across the nissan symbal it stands out really bright  

Sanded rocker covers back to 1200 sandpaper then croacus cloth and then buffer wheel for mirror polish  

Hopefully pics up by tonight

Hi macka do you have any left over paints? I am thinkin doing my brake calipers too...

can you recomment any hight temperature paints?

cheers

Joe

[JiMb0]

What are the calipers made of ? Wouldn't sanding them back make a happy rust breeding ground ?

[macka]

Sorry Forgot to mention i sprayed clear over the caliper as well so hopefully the shiny nissan emblem wont rust.

Paint is normal engine enamal rated at about 280degC i bought it from marlows.

PVA I thought you were selling your car

[Guest SKYLNE]

one thing i would like to know is, how tha f*** u get the bag in between the rotor and caliper????:confused:

and what brand paint do u use? VHT?

[Grim]

SKYLINE, you can squeeze the bag down between the brake pad and the rotor quite easily. And yes I used VHT Caliper paint.

Here's a full description with photos:

Painting your brake calipers

[Guest SKYLNE]

do u spray the end of the caliper u dont see, like on the other side? or do u just spray the thing to cover the whole caliper?

**** i must be annoying with these questions but if i screw anything up when my brother comes back from overseas he will murder me.:confused:

[Grim]

nah why bother spraying the side you cant see? I only did the side pointing out plus the top and bottom...basically all sides you can see.

[Guest SKYLNE]

sweet thanks alot dude

[XrSiSt]

If you rush the job with heavy coats the paint will just run so DON'T do what I did and rush it…hahaha:(

i know for sure your not the only person who does this.....

[Grim]

hahaha yeah it's hard to sit there and watch each coat of paint dry. no-one has that much patience.

[ex-static]

ahaha, I agree, I have had a can of VHT sitting in my room for about 3 weeks, im edging to paint them, butit means Iwont be able to drive the car for a good couple of hours.. and I cant have that!

[Guest | hype^ |]

how many coats?

and do u spray them with clear after?

quote from SDU

"Once wheel has been removed and car is jacked up safely"

must be hard to get the wheel off b4 jacking the car up..:lol:

[EVL R33]

Fellas,

I painted my calipers as per the SDU instructions a while ago.. turned out ok, will have to redo pretty soon as they get pretty dirty with brake dust and stuff. I'd recommend while you have the wheel off to spray the wheel well black with some sound deadener. I think it makes a difference to the noise you get inside the car...

[MrSnrub]

I also painted mine a while ago. Sanded them back and then used special brake caliper paint - but its just high temp paint.

Then sanded back the Nissan bit looks pretty good.

Ben