was bored of my base black calipers so i took a day and painted them red. i think it came out looking pretty good. just a teeny bit of overspray.

 

Nice job.

 

Nice, very nice
Did you burn the paint in he oven?

 

Looks Great! Nice job.

 

awesome! can you go into detail on your approach? did you remove the calipers?

 

i followed joelpirela's instructions on another thread i found here. calipers weren't removed, they stayed on the car, and everything was masked. used brake cleaner and scrubbed them clean first.

used 3-4 coats each of dupli-color high heat primer, caliper paint, and clear. decals from ebay. took the entire day, as prep work took a long time, and had to wait for each coat to dry and i only had one jack and two jack stands, but it was a fun project.

i actually used the brush on enamel first on one caliper, but that ended up looking terrible, and the brush left a bunch of bristles on it, i had to remove the paint and start all over on that one. not so happy about that stupid kit.

 

good work, looks professional!

 

they came out nice! I'm glad my post helped you out...

 

wow... looks really good. any reason you didn't take them off first? seems like it would have been easier. wouldn't need to worry about over spray.

 

Nice job there!

I did mine this spring and chose silver as the color.



Matt

 

You would have to bleed the brakes if you remove the calipers.

 

nice job

 

Hey so you needed three spray bottles right?
Primer
Red paint
Clear coat

Would you mind telling me what exactly you used and where to get it?

Thanks

 

Does anybody go so far as to buy an "S" for the rear after painting their brakes red? Like Ari on Entourage did to his wife's car. Hilarious! If I did this I'd choose a color other than red or yellow- doesn't it look poserish if you use a factory color that Porsche chose to designate a more premium (i.e. expensive) model in it's line-up? Am I the only one who thinks this when I see red calipers on a base Carrera or Boxster?

I know I'm opening up a can of worms, potentially.... But WTH.

 

It's just a caliper for Pete's sakes. Paint it whatever color you like. I'm gonna paint mine either black or yellow. Don't like the red contrast on a black exterior.