I finished this on friday. One hell of a job with one jack only. Used Duplicolor high temperature ceramic engine: primer + enamel + clear gloss. in spray cans.
Stickers from xenonmods (a tad bigger than originals )
Cleaning+ masking is a pain in the ***. Used the trash can bag technique and saved a lot of time but still had to cover the whole car to avoid over spray. Overall, I'm VERY amazed how this came out. I'm a picky **** and accept nothing but perfection and this mod is up there! .
I also installed my newly bought 997 Carrera C4S wheels (lobsters) painted in satin black. Amazing!!!! So, I'm running 235's in front and 305's in the back .
Enough talking, enjoy the pics:













Still, not competition to remove your calipers and send it to powdercoat, rebuilt, reinstall, bleed system etc... but I didn't remove anything but the wheels to do this. It's a cool mod but I was running. It took me 5 hours from start to finish and I knew I had to finish that day because it was scheduled to rain in SOFLA all weekend!!!
-joel

 

Very nice Joel! Good job on the calipers. Rims look good. Any full side shots of the car w/ the new rims and calipers?

TDK

 

Turned out great! Now you just need to paint the wheel bolts black.

 

+ on the black bolt to complete the look but it looks awesome.
Matches the car almost perfectly.

 

good job.... nice winter project.

 

Those came out good! Yellow is a hard and very tempermental color to work with.

 

good job..

 

Nice job! I was going to have my powdercoated, but after seeing yours I think I'll go the DIY route. Any tips for us rookies?

 

Thanks for the kind words...
If you are contemplating the powdercoat route, I would try this first.
products needed:
• Brake cleaner
• Some cases paint thinner
• #300 sandpaper
• Hi-temp porsche stickers from Xenonmods
• Blue masking tape
• dupli color Hi-Temp engine primer (ceramic)
• dupli color Hi-temp engine enamel (ceramic) <- this is whatever color you want
• dupli color Hi-Temp engine clear coat (ceramic)
• big plastic trash bags
• big tarp to cover the whole car

Steps:
• jack the car and remove wheel
• use the brake cleaner/thinner/#300 sand paper to clean the whole caliper surface. Make sure to remove EVERY trace of dust/grime/dirt
• Make a small hole on the end of a plastic bag and use that opening to expose the caliper and wrapping some of the disc and suspension components.
• use the rest of the bags/blue masking tape to cover everything inside the wheel well.
• use the big tarp to cover the whole car.
• apply a 2 light coats of the primer paint, followed by one wet coat. (within 15 minutes) Apply at 8" distance. Overspray is not that bad.
• when timer reads around 48 minutes from the original coat, apply the color you desire. Same 2 light coats followed by one wet coat. Wait 20 minutes and apply again the color of choice. Wait 50 minutes and VERY careful apply the stickers. As soon as you are done with the stickers, apply 2 light coats of clear and the final wet coat. Wait 45 minutes and put your wheels back. You are done. You can start driving after 6 hours to be safe.
joel

 

very nice! did you also paint the wheels yourself?? or did you send out?

 

I bought the wheels from a fellow 6speedster and came that way. Painted from lucent porsche in satin black.
jp

 

BIG BIG THANKS TO YOU!
AWESOME WRITE UP!

 

WOW! Very nice work. Looks great.

 

Thanks much for the DIY instructions. When I do mine I'll post pics on this thread.

 

Looks very nice. Thanks for the quick write-up.