DIY: How to Paint your Brake Calipers (w/ pics)

[Wakeboarder11]

Okay Guys this is what you want to do if you want to paint your brake Calipers.

First of all, I used the G2 Brake Caliper Paint Kit. I bought it brand new off of ebay. It was the cheapest place that I could find that sold the paint kit. Here's a link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=007

Here is a picture of everything that came in the kit:


Lets get started.

1) First, I used 2 jacks on 1 side of the veichle and took both of the wheels off of that side.


2) Get a paper towel and spray the Brake Caliper Cleaner on the towel and then proceed to clean the Brake Caliper Area. Once it is clean, thoroughly dry the caliper.

2) Tape off the areas where you want to paint your calipers.
On the front brake tape here:

and on the rear brake tape these 2 places:


3) Mix the paint reactor into the paint, give it a good stir every 5 minutes, and allow it about 15 minutes to fully react with the paint.

4) Paint light coats on both the front and rear calipers, waiting about 15 minutes between coats so they have enough time to dry. Repeat this process about 3 times for a total of 3 coats per caliper.

5) Once painting is done on the one side, remove tape, install and re-torque wheels to 80 ft/lbs, and repeat on the opposite side.

OPTIONAL STEP
6) If you have decals ready, I waited overnight untill the next day to install the decals to ensure that the paint was fully dried.



(I ordered the caliper decals from Grafixpressions. Here is an email from them incase you need to order them)

The custom order number for "Honda" brake caliper decal sets is 103.

This includes a set of 2 stickers...most people use the decals only on the front calipers.

The price per set is $4, for normal colors (like gold or white), and more expensive for the custom colors ( http://www.grafixpressions.com/vinyl.shtml ). Gold Chrome is 150% more expensive than the normal selection, so the cost would be $6 per set, plus $1.50 shipping and handling (unless your total for the order is over $10).

Please specify the color for the stickers in the comment section.

To purchase a custom order, head to: http://www.grafixpressions.com/custom.shtml, click on "pay for and complete your custom order" and enter the order number and total price.

Thanks!

7) After you applied the stickers re-torque the wheels again to 80 lbs/ft. And congradulations! You just successfully painted your brake calipers.

TIPS:
1) WEAR GLOVES WHEN PAINTING (Trust me on this one, the paint is a bitch to get off once it touches your skin or anything so just wear gloves)
2) Place newspapers or paper towels underneath the area you are painting just incase some paint leaks on the floor.
3) Dont be a dumbass like me. KNOW WHERE THE CAN OF PAINT IS. If not, your gonna spill it all over your pool table like i did.... ( I spilled like half the can and i still had plenty to paint the calipers lol. Even f*ckin laquer thinner doesnt take that shit off your hands)

(I am so pissed about this you dont even know)
4) Have fun, dont take it too seriously, and have a couple beers while your painting

Here is the end result with the wheels on:



Have fun!

[Sprecher]

Nice wheels. That's for sure.

[jeremy0203]

damn that sucks, you should just get it dyed red now

[VdoManZ]

looks like your results came out just as good!!! nice work I'm glad I could get your started in the right direction!

[Bos66]

Just wondering if you noticed any brush marks when it dried? I was trying to decide wether to spay paint them or brush them like you did.

[Wakeboarder11]

Originally Posted by Bos66

Just wondering if you noticed any brush marks when it dried? I was trying to decide wether to spay paint them or brush them like you did.

No brush marks whatsoever.

[magicballer2001]

well you can just buy new carpet for the pool if you are that pissed, haha

[Way2Short]

Pool table and paint don't match? I would do this but my dang LX doesn't have brake calipers on the rear. Rep'd

[e60.deluxe]

uhh nice DIY, but i have to chime in on this, please dont keep your car on scissor jacks. they are meant to get the car high enough to slide a jack stand underneath. using 1 at a time to change a spare tire is fine, but if the car is gonna be up for a while, get some jack stands.

[Wakeboarder11]

Originally Posted by e60.deluxe

uhh nice DIY, but i have to chime in on this, please dont keep your car on scissor jacks. they are meant to get the car high enough to slide a jack stand underneath. using 1 at a time to change a spare tire is fine, but if the car is gonna be up for a while, get some jack stands.

yea i actually bought a pretty good jack after this... figures huh? But they were braced on the metal chasis of the car so they were fine.

[Firestrife]

Good job definitely +1
however do you have pictures of the decal on the rear calipers?

[e60.deluxe]

Originally Posted by Wakeboarder11

yea i actually bought a pretty good jack after this... figures huh? But they were braced on the metal chasis of the car so they were fine.

the problem is that jacks can collapse...has nothing to do with the chassis.

[Wakeboarder11]

Originally Posted by Firestrife

Good job definitely +1
however do you have pictures of the decal on the rear calipers?

i actually originally got decals for the rear calipers, the problem was they didnt fit completely on them. The H and the A were hanging off the caliper. I tried wraping them around, but they ended up just coming back up and i could tell they woulda fell off, so i just took the decals off both the rear calipers and kept them on the front. The back calipers are really small actually, they look better w/o the decals on there, trust me.

[Firestrife]

hmm thats what i thought. I may get a set of Si symbols and put it on the back but we'll see.

[lazyazz_azn]

Hello everyone i have a question to asked, anyone suggestion would be appreciated...Ok here goes.....i have a galaxy grey coupe ex and i wanted to do a color scheme blue and the galaxy grey. i was readin about the DIY caliper paint and the decal and love how the decal looked...i still have oem rims on and was thinking about colorin the caliper blue and now i am stuck on what color the decal should be? can anyone help me on this

[b0yd07]

Finally! Thank you for the DIY, I really didn't know it was that easy. +1 for you

How long would you say it took in total? And is the paint you bought as orange-ish as the pictures make it look?

[nese005]

great writeup! i want to do that to my brakes soon

[Wakeboarder11]

Originally Posted by lazyazz_azn

Hello everyone i have a question to asked, anyone suggestion would be appreciated...Ok here goes.....i have a galaxy grey coupe ex and i wanted to do a color scheme blue and the galaxy grey. i was readin about the DIY caliper paint and the decal and love how the decal looked...i still have oem rims on and was thinking about colorin the caliper blue and now i am stuck on what color the decal should be? can anyone help me on this

Well you can choose any color from here:
http://www.grafixpressions.com/vinyl.shtml

As for the color, i think white would look really good on a gg coupe w/ blue brake calipers. You can get those blue extended lugnuts that some people have too. That would look hot.

Originally Posted by b0yd07

Finally! Thank you for the DIY, I really didn't know it was that easy. +1 for you

How long would you say it took in total? And is the paint you bought as orange-ish as the pictures make it look?

No i think it was just a little orangeish because it wasnt fully dried. Here is a pic that does it good color justice I think:



I cant tell there is orange in there at all. It might have been the flash of my camera or somethin i dunno. It took me a total of about 3 hours.

[lazyazz_azn]

thankz man! where did u buy the caliper paint agian? i went to autozone and advance auto and they ran out of blue, they only have red.

[b0yd07]

I think I want black on my GG with a white decal. That would be nice looking. I don't think many colors other than black or... well black would match GG without looking out of place.

I thought it would be cheaper than 40 bucks though...