brake caliper painting, red or black?

[DarkEcho]

hah wow lots of threads by me lately, but they are all pretty seperate from eachother... anyways,

im going to paint my calipers but heres the deal, i dont know if i want to be subtle and just clean them up a little, or if i want to make them more noticable...


check sig for pix.. i have a pretty clean black firebird with chrome rims. nothing too crazy about the car, just the way i like it... but calipers are so tiney that they might look cool red... i remember seeing a black firebird with c5s and red calipers a long time ago, he also has red side vents... pretty cool, but ill probably leave my side vents black/silver.

suggestions/pics pleasE!

oh and the procedure im going to use is...


1. thouroughly clean calipers via simple green, scrub brush, and a wirebrush tool for my drill.
2. tape off car or put old car cover on and tape remaining parts. while car is outside.
3. tape off rotor
4. spray very thin layers on the caliper and let sit to dry... maybe heat from a blow dryer since its really cold here right now... well not THAT cold but im impatient... ill apply 4 thin coats, (thin meaning maybe 2-3 passes over the part with the spray can)
so maybe a total of 12 passes with a drying break in between each third pass.. ) and then ill spray 6 layers of clear with a break in the middle..


sound good?

[99v6cam]

If you go subtle pain em black, if you want em noticable I say paint em silver, I'm not a fan of red calipers unless you have red elsewhere on the car.

[DarkEcho]

tailights! [img]smile.gif[/img] lol and if i went red i might paint the vents red but i think ur right... maybe i should go black...

but then again, i have red lights already and theres no changing that, so why not distribute some red through the rest of the car to make it look more GOOD lol

[Summer99]

here's my black calipers: I like them on mine because i have to much going on in the appearance of the car anyway. I needed something subtle. I would have gotten red...


Honestly, when lookin at your car... I would go with red. It would great on your car. U dont have too much going on...

[F1GT]

Mine is just like Summer's, sans RS on it. I was debating to paint it red or not either, but black looked less "cheap" than red.
With black it is subtle, but more factory looking. With red, people will think you paint it yourself and depending on how you do it, it sometimes might look cheap.
Just do the red if you want people to notice it.

Edit: ...and buy some brake cleaner to clean the calipers. I did mine 2 or 3 yrs ago and it still looks good. Don't forget to wax it :D

[DarkEcho]

hmmm i dont know now... lol maybe ill just do black... then if i want to go all out ill do red later on over the black paint, maybe a darker red that matches the tailights would be best? not that bright red that is so popular, but a more toned down light maroon color or somthing... eh black for now lol

[Coriya71]

Hawk, go black. There was a black firebird at the Carl's by my work with red calipers and I think Black with a decal would look better. Not to say those of you who have red ones don't look nice. :D This one also had red vents on the sides.

[C.O.Jones]

Have you thought about this?

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/caliper.html

brush on kit

[F1GT]

Originally posted by C.O.Jones:
Have you thought about this?

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/caliper.html

brush on kit

lol,,,that's just brake cleaner and a can of high temp paint. Have you ever brush painted a Scale Model Car?? Spraying is way smoother, faster, and better looking.

[OwNeDv6]

BLACK calipers!!! Echo your car looks so clean with the way you have it now and IMHO i think red calipers do look tacky and especially if you dont paint the vents right it would look super ghey. Just my opinion but personally im not out for attention and I think a really clean looking car is better than an "in your face" one. :D Post pics whichever route you go because im painting mine sometime in the next month too!

[00BlackBird00]

Heres mine but I think either would look good and I favor red just so our cars look different lol. In the pic they look pretty crappy cuz it's a bad pic but in person they look awesome with my wheels on and I can't wait until Spring to put my new ZO6's on.

[BiH]

go with red

[FlamespikeMST1]

i concur with BiH

[00firebird]

Originally posted by 00BlackBird00:
Heres mine but I think either would look good and I favor red just so our cars look different lol. In the pic they look pretty crappy cuz it's a bad pic but in person they look awesome with my wheels on and I can't wait until Spring to put my new ZO6's on.

thoes look good, i wanna copy you [img]smile.gif[/img]
can you give me a guide on what you did?

[00BlackBird00]

Originally posted by 00firebird:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 00BlackBird00:
Heres mine but I think either would look good and I favor red just so our cars look different lol. In the pic they look pretty crappy cuz it's a bad pic but in person they look awesome with my wheels on and I can't wait until Spring to put my new ZO6's on.

thoes look good, i wanna copy you [img]smile.gif[/img]
can you give me a guide on what you did? </font>[/QUOTE]1. Buy a brake dust spray or something to clean your calipers real nice, a can of high heat clear coat, a can of high heat (insert color here) and a paintbrush. I did not use a spray because it was easier to paint it on then to mask off everything and risk spraying the body of my car.
2. Jack up car and place on jackstands and take off all four wheels. Or do it one by one the hard way.
3. Clean calipers with spray or whatever else and begin to paint. Do a coat on each caliper and by time you finish the fouth you can start to do the second coats. repeat as many times as desired. Wait a day for them all to dry.
4. Buy some caliper decals from brent franker or whomever else and place them on the calipers when they are dry.(If you do not want anything on them skip this step)
5.Once everything is ready, begin to spray the high temp clear coat on very evenly and let dry. Repeat as many times as desired and you're done.

I tried to say everything I did so as not to get anybody confused even though some of the stuff is obvious lol Good luck hope this helps