10KonaBGT

I finally got around to painting my calipers. I think they they came out great,
nice contrast against the blue body. I put on three coats. I was nervous about getting an orange color but they came out more red after every coat.

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BAKnBLK2010

Looks good!!!

dmhines

Cool ... I did mine in Red too using Duplicolor ..

m0nkeydump

I know red is the most popular color for calipers, but did you consider painting it the same color as your car?

10stang

They look great, good color choice.

10KonaBGT

No that never entered my mind. I like red, no matter what color the car is.

wingless

Looks great!

Did you use their Caliper Paint?

Did you polish them first or just clean them?

10KonaBGT

I used the duplicolor brake caliper kit, comes with paint, cleaner, small brush, I also used a foam brush on the large open areas (I read that tip on here somewhere).

My car only has about 1200 miles on it and has never even been out in the rain so the calipers were not dirty at all. I just gave them a good spraying with the cleaner that came with the kit.

wingless

The polishing is to change the surface finish of the base metal, not to clean the metal.

Many metal parts are cast, then machined as required for the function. The cast surface has a texture.

The polishing is to remove the texture, so that once painted the final result is glossy.

That's what I did on my calipers.

Also, on my marine parts I polish first, then apply a metal prep, then an epoxy, then lightly sand again, more epoxy and then a finish coat. The result is a glossy plastic finish.

On most metal parts I use a right-angle air die grinder and woven pads.

WeinerDog

Looks great, I plan on doing that this week or next. I got the G2 kit.