Anyone with a Titanium paint there calipers yet?

[Elderain]

Just wondering if anyone painted there calipers yet. I can't think of what color to paint them. I don't want it to be super flashy or anything. I figured maybe just something close to the titanium, just so they dont rust and get nasty. Any opinions on color?

 

[Matthew]

just plain ole black, or a nice laser blue would set them off nice, i think...also, if you have one of those pinstripes, maybe paint it close to that color

 

[Snacks McGee]

Titanium maybe....same color on same color always looks good.

 

[Elderain]

no pinstripes on my baby I love the blue but It would just look odd, since nothing else is blue I think. I do love blue though I'm trying to keep the car semi-subtle.

 

[jersey_emt]

I painted mine blue, and it looks pretty sharp. Only the front ones are done so far, but I'll try to get a pic up in the next day or two. Of course, I don't think you'd want to be an exact matching twin of the other Titanium MSP around central NJ

 

[doublebase]

I wanted to do that to my tittanium too, but I never done it before. Do I have to take the tire off or is it possible to do it without. What kind of paint do i use?

 

[MSP Chris]

Hey guys be careful when you paint your calipers. When I did mine I spent a good 20 mins. with a wire wheel on the rotors taking rust and what not off. Then put rust protection paint along with a coat of high temp. paint on, it has been about 3 months and it is chipping again.

 

[jersey_emt]

I took the wheels off, and cleaned up the calipers (didn't need too much cleaning, only 800 miles on the car). I papered/taped off everything in the wheel well to prevent overspray.

I sprayed 1200 degree paint directly on the caliper, it took 5 thin coats to look good. About 20 minute wait between coats. Then, I sprayed high-temp clear coat over it (two coats).

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

maybe this sounds pretty stupid, but being that everything in the interior is accented with yellow, maybe???

Don't know, I'll do one up in photoshop today and post it.

 

[CruzinAltitude]

yellow, maybe???

Sounds like a smart choice to me. Go with the accents of the car.

 

[Imissmy3rdgen7]

Anyone recommend a certain type of paint? that won't rust/chip perhaps?

 

[jersey_emt]

Well, you definitely have to go with high-temp paint. Some people have had problems even with 500 degree paint; that's why I used 1200 degree.

 

[Newf]

post pics of the blue when it's done.

btw, the calipers come painted on the speeds already. unlike the older mp3's which never.

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

Here is one with yellow calipers

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

blue ones

 

[Elderain]

Hrm, not ugly, but not what I would put on my car. I like the yellow however you see nothing yellow on the out side of the car, so IMO, it looks funny and stands out. Not a bad PhotoChop SaaBaaDoo

 

[SpicyRay]

blue should be less "glowing", but otherwise, i think it'd work.

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

thanks ********! I'd hope it's not bad considering I use photoshop to make a living, amonst other graphics programs

 

[jersey_emt]

The blue I have is a *tiny* bit darker than that, but it looks pretty similar. Of course I only have the front ones painted so far.

 

[SaaBaaDoo]

here is one with red calipers