Two-Tone Calipers (black/gold)

[manaburrn]

I painted everything but the calipers high-temp (1200 degree?) black last week, and then the calipers only G2 gold this weekend.

As a sidenote - OMG the caliper feels like oiled skin after it dries, it's so smooth

[JSM1284]

Looks good!

[Netforcer]

Not feeling the silver/gold theme... red or black on silver

[manaburrn]

^^ agree

I'm gonna paint the wheels graphite lika dis



Plus, my car is white, and red calipers + white car looks like ass (not that there's anything wrong with that)

[CharmCityES]

looks great! i want to do gold calipers on my blue camry

[TRD VVTi]

I'm not a fan of bright type colors on factory brakes but it looks nice enough if that's what you like. You did a really good job, that's for sure.

[manaburrn]

Thanks man

I forgot to say that I put 5 coats on to get it to look like that

[Yazovets]

Excellent paint-job/craftsmanship but I don't see why you chose black and especially gold as the colors.

[clarkgrizwald]

manaburn those calipers would look MUCH better with a different set of rims. so ill buy your rims off of you. k?

[Gellenole]

manaburn, what steps did you take in painting them? I was thinking dark blue for mine to match the car, but then again I think i'm going to be taking it too far.

[TORSION]

not bad, i like it

[manaburrn]

Originally Posted by Gellenole

manaburn, what steps did you take in painting them? I was thinking dark blue for mine to match the car, but then again I think i'm going to be taking it too far.

Well, everything but the calipers I completely removed from the car and tried (in vain) to clean off the rust with CLR and a coarse 3M pad. That was a waste of time. I washed it all really well, dried it, and cleaned it with denatured alcohol. Then I primed and painted with high-heat rattle-can dupli-color paint.

The calipers I removed from the disc, but did not remove the line. I do not like brake fluid. SoI put a box in the wheel well and placed the calipers each on their own box. I used two cans of brake cleaner (one comes in the G2 kit) and a wire brush. After that, I just put on 5 coats, about 20 minutes apart (how long it took to put a coat on all four calipers). The paint is basically useless after about 5 hours. I used about 75% of the paint on the calipers, and the rest I used on the rusty hinges on my shed

[manaburrn]

Looks like G2 has: blue, mustang vista blue, and mustang windveil blue