Painted My Calipers Today

[Matthew]

Red. Bright red. Not sure what i think about it yet, the car is still up in the air drying the last caliper, so illl have pictures in an hour or so. I painted it with 1200 degree spray paint. Fortunately my car just broke 6k miles, so the calipers were pretty damn clean...all i did was rub them down with some steel wool briefly and started painting. i oversprayed on like every damn one, but i used steel wool to rub the paint right off the rotor. Hopefully i didnt paint anything i wasnt supposed to. Here are a few questions I've been thinkin about while ive been waiting for it to dry:

1) How long did you let it sit before you drove it? I mean it can feel dry to the touch, but when you start heating up, how long?

2) When you wash it at a high-pressure setting car wash, do you just not get close, or once it drys you dont have to worry about it?

And one last thing...when taking off my rear wheels (the first time i have done so since puttin my konigs on), i had the beat the **** outta them to get them to come off the hub! i was worried for a sec cause the left rear i REALLY had to tug...i thought the car was gonna come off the jackstands! i thought for sure i was gonna be driving around with one painted caliper...why did it do that?

 

[Monstermile]

As far as the wheel seizing that happens with metal on metal contact that gets hot. To prevent this in the future smear a little bearing grease on the hub around the studs before you put your wheels back on.

 

[Matthew]

s*** too late now, lol

 

[Reitrof]

Hi RazorP5,

I used the G2 paint, which is expoy based. They said to let it sit for 24 hours. I have been thru a couple of car washes and they still look great.

I have also used 1200 deg paint on the hubs, and just let it sit over night with no issues.

HTH

 

[Matthew]

ok i guess ill just let it sit for as long as possible, though its not gonna be 24hrs...more like 18 or so

 

[goldstar]

As Monstermile said it's due to the metal to metal contact. I believe it's more prevalent with alloy wheels because of the dissimilar metals in contact with each other-aluminum wheels against steel hubs. I imagine grease would work but I use spark plug anti-seize compound applied on the wheel hub and the axle hub. I honestly can't say how well this works yet because I've yet to remove the wheels. In November, when I change to my steels, I'll find out and give a report.

02 DX Millenium Red

 

[Matthew]

Ok, i put the pic at the top...i took two more from farther away, but they were too dark.

 

[Monstermile]

Re: Re: Painted My Calipers Today

I imagine grease would work but I use spark plug anti-seize compound applied on the wheel hub and the axle hub.

Yup anti-seize compund works too. Anything to provide a little barrier between the metals. I just happen to use bearing grease because I had a can handy. And it is thick enough not to seep out and splatter.

 

[t3ase]

Looks REAL nice with the polished lip wheel & blue body paint.

 

[Matthew]

thanks man...hopefully it wont be so overcast tommorrow and ill get some better pics from farther away..you really need to see it in person, im impressed, and ill be even more impressed if it doesnt chip off...speakin of seein it in person, you goin to the meet next weekend?

 

[Dexter]

hell yeah that looks good

 

[Matthew]

i cant go a whole weekend without doing something to the car

 

[t3ase]

I dunno. It looks like I may but then again, I may not. I dunno. A lot of s***'s still going down in my life right now and I dont know if a road trip will exactly do me good.

 

[Matthew]

ok, well we need ya if you can make it!

 

[flat_black]

Looks nice. =) Looks you sprayed your brake pads, though, so you may have a bit of wierdness in the paint at the edges of the calipers that contact the brake pads once you go to change them. Red calipers behind those wheels looks really great on a blue car, for some reason!

 

[Matthew]

are you talking about the flat middle section? if so, i painted them on purpose cause it didnt seem like it would bother the actual brake pads themselves...

thanks , im really impressed with the way they turned out

 

[flat_black]

Yep, that's the part I mean! Yeah, it won't make a difference at all on the pads, but when you go to take them off, the paint might flake. =) Just keep the caliper paint around to do touch up once you change your brakes for the first time. Peace!

 

[Mike R]

Looks great, I've gotta do that soon!

 

[Matthew]

Yep, that's the part I mean! Yeah, it won't make a difference at all on the pads, but when you go to take them off, the paint might flake. =) Just keep the caliper paint around to do touch up once you change your brakes for the first time. Peace!

good point...maybe when i change the pads ill take a razor blade to the edges to seperate the paint.

 

[DevilsSi1481]

looks very awesome man, and u did this with the calipers still on right??