Painting Your Brake Calipers

[viet_boi]

heres mine, did it couple days ago, only pic i took (Camera Phone Spec)

But did gold, then used a brush to paint the Nissan in red.

[Bass Junky]

VietBoy...

What front bar is that?

[NA_Goodness]

John, that looks sweet!! Gotta come out on a cruise so I can have a closer look!

[dezz]

Had mine powdercoated in black and the lettering sanded back to silver. going for a clean and simple look

car needs a wash so excuse the dirty wheels

[Oo oO]

ive dun my rears in red yeww matches the car lol

couldnt do my fronts cuz i only just found out when i got my tyres changed the knobs rounded off 1 of the nuts!!!

[viet_boi]

VietBoy...

What front bar is that?

hows it going? sorry for late reply.

but its stock front bumper, just lowered with coilovers.

[gotRICE?]

Anyone know the Regulations on shipping spray paint?

There isnt any shops in NZ that stock the Anodize goodness paint

[GTRsean]

Painted mine a while back and touched em up when I changed the disks.

[cobrAA]

I bought a Dupli-Color Caliper Kit in RED and I was wondering if I should use a clear coat after the job?

Anyone know?

[Mr GTS4]

no don't use a clear coat.. i found a video on youtube about the paint and the guys says that it has a shine by itself.. i have recently used the red on mine, i'll get a pic soon for you.. i think a couple of other guys on here have used it too..

one guy used red as the base and then used gold over the top and left Nissan writing red, looked really good.

Cheers

Curt

[AUS R32]

Im a new member and was looking for ways to spruce up the old calipers, thanks for the guide it will go to good use, going with a metallic charcoal and white for the SKYLINE, cheers mate.

[cobrAA]

no don't use a clear coat.. i found a video on youtube about the paint and the guys says that it has a shine by itself.. i have recently used the red on mine, i'll get a pic soon for you.. i think a couple of other guys on here have used it too..

one guy used red as the base and then used gold over the top and left Nissan writing red, looked really good.

Cheers

Curt

Actually, the idea to put a clear coat on it was more to protect the paint and make it easier to wash it. I did the left side of my car and it look pretty good and shinny.

But the problem is that I use foam to apply the paint( because I found, after applying one coat, that the brush didn't work really well) so I can't put grease on my nissan logo. So Is it possible to sand it back to metal ?? I'm asking because I just read on page 5 ( I think or 4) that it take way too much time to sand it back to metal...

Edited March 28, 2009 by cobrAA

[Mr GTS4]

you could use a metal file maybe.. just be really carefull with it

[Craved]

6" DA sander if you have one is perfect for sanding back lettering

[TALBO]

For those of you who used Duplicolour Metacast on your calipers, how long did you let the paint cure for before sanding back the 'NISSAN'?

[SLY-25T]

i just finished doing mine today. sprayed on the car. did fronts on satday and rears today. duplicolour blue. looks hot!! with the fronts i sanded each coat off after 20 mins or so. stuffed one of my rears cause i put too much blue on but not noticable from far away.

so id suggest sanding off in between coats

[TALBO]

i just finished doing mine today. sprayed on the car. did fronts on satday and rears today. duplicolour blue. looks hot!! with the fronts i sanded each coat off after 20 mins or so. stuffed one of my rears cause i put too much blue on but not noticable from far away.

so id suggest sanding off in between coats

Cheers. I'm going to do mine in the metacast blue, is that what you used...photos?

[SLY-25T]

ill get some pics for ya 2moro steve.

[TALBO]

Thanks

[SLY-25T]

steve-