ok so i have brembo rotors, with hawk pads on the way.
i was to finish off the look by painting my brake calipers possibly red to match the car, or bronze to compliment the rotors and wheels but i dont want it to look like @!#$ or look ricey.

what should i use to paint it with?
should i sand them first?
is there a website with a GOOD tutorial that i can follow so i do this right?


HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the best stuff to use isn't paint. They actually make a brake painting ki where the "paint" is actually colored epoxy. It coats extemely well and loks alot mor professional the high temp rattle can

hmm o so do i ge the locally at like a car parts store or order online......

well its an actual kit you can buy. I don't know if you can fet it stores or what but I know you can get it through our dealerships parts department. I believe its about $50 for the kit. If your interested let me know I;ll give you the # for parts

Duplicolor brake caliper paint worked fine for me and they really stand out.

yeah there are a lot of options to consider so i am still trying to figure it all out.

honestly. I know a lot of people during the beginning of a few quarters ago that sprayed their calipers with the duplicolor stuff.


it looks like hell now.

I have not seen one decent brake painting job as of yet. They start off good. look nice. but just end up looking like crap after a couple of weeks.

paint them black, not red or bronze

canadian tire sells thos kits darkstars is talking about... i bought one many many moons ago, but never got around to using it.. i think i ended up throwing it out... i cant rember the price but it couldnt have been more than $20-30... i should really go pick one up again as my brakes are in need of some...


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Lance Sharpe wrote:Duplicolor brake caliper paint worked fine for me and they really stand out.

Same here. I used the Duplicolor Gloss Black brake paint on my calipers and drums all the way back in January of this year and they still look great. They're still very nice and shiny.

BaggedCav98 (Unquotable One) wrote:paint them black, not red or bronze

I agree. I originally had my calipers and drums powder coated silver. I decided the silver didn't look right, so I painted them black. Now I can't imagine them being any other color.

Just for something to do one day I used a pnuematic sander and ground down all the writing and numbers on the front of the caliper then i used some some fine sand paper on the whole caliper, then used a very fine scotch-brite pad attachemt to polish them then put some high temp clear over it. Looks really nice, and after 2 months they still look very good, they are kind of starting to turn color but I am surprised it lasted this long.

But anyway I say no matter what you paint them with grind the numbers off the front it looks so much better.