to all the dudes that helped me thanks, i just got my GSX front calipers, they are huge!!! i just need to get some ss lines and some good pads, i already ordered my new rotors, yesss!!!

question though, i was trying to find it how to paint the calipers, but i could only find vague description on how to do it. is there a vfaq for painting them? or can somebody guide me on doing it?? what type of degree paint should i get 500 or 1000 degree paing??

thanks

Ask and you shall receive...

http://www.2gnt.com/index.php?d=Caliper%20Painting

thanks dude, but for better result aint i supposed to put it in the oven several times or something like that? because i have read around but there is no write up for it.

thanks

You could bake them a few times, but how many people want to put car parts in their oven in there home? Maybe if someone had a dedicated oven for powder coating or of that nature.

Originally posted by barza21
i just need to get some ss lines and some good pads

Road Race Engineering has SS brake lines and a few pads for ya, http://www.roadraceengineering.com/eclbrakes.htm

thanks dudes, i will try and order the ss lines asap, and the pads.
as for the breaks i will give it a try with the last coat!! i will place them in the oven for around 30 min just to get it to stick!

thanks dudes

p.s. how many degrees do i have the oven set to?? 300, 400, 500??

i used high temp enamel paint
after cleaning and preping i painted them in 4-5 coats
then i set the oven to 250 degrees for 1 hour, then warm (lowest it will go usually 120 or so and left it for 4 hours

cool, thanks , thats the answer i needed

if you do bake them in the oven, do it when you can be out of the house (it stinks) and open up the house cause it will smoke a touch. other things that help is to wrap a cookie sheet with aluminum foil so that the paint doesn't transfer and cook to the cookie sheet.

thanks i will try it asap!

Invest in a good dremmel tool. You'll need it cleaning those bad boys up. I used a dremmel with a steel wire brush head thingy and went through 4 getting the brackets and calipers all shiny before i painted them.

I used 500 degree engine enamel. Sprayed a couple coats of clear coat on it and it looks good. No flaking or chipping.

what do you guys mean by clear coat and heavy coat???

Originally posted by barza21
what do you guys mean by clear coat and heavy coat???

Clear coat is just what it sounds like, a clear coat that you spray on as the final step once you've done all your color layers. Just like the clear coat on your body's paint. Protects the color from flaking and typically makes it deeper/shinier. You will find it next

A heavy coat would just be if you spray a "heavy", as in a lot of paint, in one coat. Not reccomended or it will run and look like ass. You're better off doing several light coats to get the paint even.

sounds good, everyday i learn more and more! thanks

20.00 caliper paint kit at redline they had the basics red black blue nice thick paint. I did mine in 3 coats. I didnt have to bake anything

didnt know you could clear them any special kind.

high temp engine enamel comes in clear.

thanks for all your replies, but one last thing, how do you guys think it would look if i only painted the brakets black, and cleand the rest of the caliper so much till it looks really clean??

do you guys think it would look good?

Really clean is still dull cast grey, I soaked a set for an integra I had once in chem-dip for a few days and then brakleened and scrubbed the hell outta them. they were clean but still blah. ended up hitting that set with some high temp aluminum silver, looked really nice IMO