Ok guys. Finished my weekend project and I gotta admit it was a bit more work than I originall thought... I painted my brake calipers and the center hubs on my rotors. I chose silver for the caliper paint as I wanted to eliminate the rusty bronze look of the stock rotors, and painted the rotor hubs black.
Put the car up on a lift on Sat morning and removed the wheels. Using liberal amounts of Brake cleaner (1 can per caliper/rotor) and some wire brushes I cleaned the calipers and rotor hubs. Then I masked off the rotors and used nespaper for overspray protection. I painted the rotor hubs using high temp engine enamel low gloss black spray paint.
I then applied 2 coats of the brush on caliper paint giving a 20 min drying time between coats.
I let the car sit overnite so the caliper paint had time to cure. I applied the mazda sticker to the calipers and clear coated the calipers with High Temp engine enamel clear spray paint.
While the clear paint cured I cleaned and waxed the RX-8 wheels. I remounted the wheels and torqued the lugnuts according to the factory specs.
After a quick wash the car looks awsome..While still stock the brakes now have a custom look. Now on to the pics.....
Front B4 caliper painting
Rear B4 painting
Front caliper after cleaning
hub taped up n ready to paint
hub painted
front hub and caliper painted
rear hub/caliper painted
Mazda logo and clearcoat applied
front wheel mounted
rear wheel mounted
front on ground
rear on ground
Distance shot
Overall Im happy with the result..Yes I should have removed the pads b4 painting but they will be upgraded in a project soon....
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