shmiddy Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 since i cant offord big flash new brakes i decided to dress up my crappy old calipers, i went and bought some dupli-color, metalcast anodized paint, i selected blue took it to the counter and the guy told me i needed the proper primer for it, i thought he was just tryin to scam me, but you do actuly need it to create the shinny reflective anodized look, i painted them and they turned out really good since my rim's have already got anodized blue in them they matched really trick, it is heat proof specificly for calipers and rocker covers ect ect, im gona do my valve cover also so ill let yas know how it turns out, but its really goot for dressin those dull parts up, Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin911 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 that looks cool! You did a gr8 job. Im gonna do mine either gold or red one of these days. Hopefully they'll turn out as good as urs did. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1354881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmiddy Posted May 16, 2005 Author Share Posted May 16, 2005 that looks cool! You did a gr8 job.Im gonna do mine either gold or red one of these days. Hopefully they'll turn out as good as urs did. cheers man, i had them a flat blue before, but was so dull, it comes in red gold green, heaps of sick colors, all i did was give them a sand down till was smooth, then got mag cleaner to get all the brake dust of, then just prepsol, left them to dry, 4 coats of silver primer, 4 coats of blue, just one thing, make sure you get all the brake fluid out of the caliper cos it can oozz out 1/2 way through and wreck it, and also becarful the brake line is clean when reattatchin it, Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1354894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTS-t VSPEC Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 Nice job, looks sweet, may do mine seeing as the car is off the road:D Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1354911 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin911 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 should i be taking the calipers off ?? or did you just cover the brade pad thingy at the top ? so you sprayed it with primer heaps, then the actual paint ? How many cans did you go through to do the front 2 ? Now the question is.. what color do i want to do em ? my cars black with white wheels.. Im not good with decisions Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1355056 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmiddy Posted May 16, 2005 Author Share Posted May 16, 2005 should i be taking the calipers off ?? or did you just cover the brade pad thingy at the top ?so you sprayed it with primer heaps, then the actual paint ? How many cans did you go through to do the front 2 ? Now the question is.. what color do i want to do em ? my cars black with white wheels.. Im not good with decisions yeah u take them of completly, i went through 1 can of primer stuff, one can of blue for the frount, and still got enough for a 3rd i recon, with ya car i recon a gold would look ok, whatever ya color scheme is, i recon black and green go ok too, but dono if they will suit the white rim Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1355074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin911 Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 sorry for being anoying if the take the caliper off, is it easy to put back on.. like there wont be any alignment issues etc etc ? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1355103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmiddy Posted May 16, 2005 Author Share Posted May 16, 2005 sorry for being anoying if the take the caliper off, is it easy to put back on.. like there wont be any alignment issues etc etc ? na mate just 2 bolts and the brake line, then to put back on just seperate the pads, and put bolts and line bak on, that easy, then bleed ya brakes all good Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1355243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
|PRESA| Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 They turned out mint! Well done, can I bring my car around for you to do too? =) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1355283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkblade Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 They look great, they're a lot shinier than my blue calipers. When I did mine I used VHT brake paint & finshed with a glossy top coat.... but, I want yours dammit . I might have to try this dupli-color metalcast anodized paint when I do my rocker/ cam covers. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1355325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmiddy Posted May 17, 2005 Author Share Posted May 17, 2005 They look great, they're a lot shinier than my blue calipers. When I did mine I used VHT brake paint & finshed with a glossy top coat.... but, I want yours dammit . I might have to try this dupli-color metalcast anodized paint when I do my rocker/ cam covers. yeah its a wiked paint, they turn out soooo dope, and i think its cheaper then normal stuff, i had that cull vht crap b4 but this is the stuf ya want Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1357569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHATR32 Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 is there a silver anodised color? where did you get this paint from? steve Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1358015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionos Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 Looks great, but can that paint handle the temperature the calipers will reach under heavy braking? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1358049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 In the first post he states that the paint is heat proof, but only time will tell if it's gonna bugger up or not I guess... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1358057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionos Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 Ahh nice, I should learn to read better. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1359065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmiddy Posted May 18, 2005 Author Share Posted May 18, 2005 is there a silver anodised color?where did you get this paint from? steve autoone in cannington, yeah pritty sure they had silver, the primer is a silver anodized anyways, but go check them out, i guess any autoone store, Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1359433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveR32gtr Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 how did you leave the nissan writing un painted? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1359822 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shmiddy Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 how did you leave the nissan writing un painted? just got white paint and did them with a brush, took time got them near on perfect becarfull not to put to much paint on bruch or it floods everwere over the nissan and beyond Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1362329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchy_ Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 oo, very nice.. i wanted to do mine anodized blue with white letters (white car, white rims) will have to get onto it when the car is off the road! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1362766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restless 33 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 they look awesoem mate... can u chuck on a pic with the rims back on.... do u notice them much... nice looking color to Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/73794-how-to-anodize-your-brake-calipers/#findComment-1368637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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