Paint Brake Calipers or Not ?

Paint or no paint


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Personally not a fan, this falls in line with something Ricky does down the street to his 89 Honda civic ricer.

New Brembo calipers? I could get on board with that if money’s not a issue
Ouch, that hurts, sorry to offend you. At sixty three, I would not care to be thrown in with Ricky. Sure it's a personal preference, But I would not go knocking your choices for what you do to your truck. Sure I would love Brembo's or Willwood's but not in my price range and no real need.
 

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I’m thinking about painting them black, but not committed. Ideas, experience, thoughts ?
Personally, I'm good with the OEM silver. But I've got a buddy that uses this... many times... and it's always worked.

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I used high temp engine paint on my focus st, when I had it. Worked well.
 

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Ouch, that hurts, sorry to offend you. At sixty three, I would not care to be thrown in with Ricky. Sure it's a personal preference, But I would not go knocking your choices for what you do to your truck. Sure I would love Brembo's or Willwood's but not in my price range and no real need.
Offended? I’m not offended just giving you my input like you asked. Sorry if I came off blunt, didn’t mean too. Just giving my opinion
 


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I just joined and my second post here is to tell you no don't do that ghetto shat to your truck.

My Mustang has a set of $2,400 2 piece light weight willwood front brakes and they just happened to be red (i would of preferred black but got a crazy good deal on red). It is literally a joke to me when i see some dude who has painted the el cheapo and super heavy stock brembos the same color.

Say no to the poors influence man.
 

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Caliper covers are for posers. Same as stick on vents, “racing stickers”, chrome covered (insert basically anything here), loud exhaust when not in a fast vehicle (Harley, Honda Civic, red neck trucks, etc.), wings not designed for aerodynamics, body kits, giant rims, “tucked wheels”, etc. Basically anything that pretends to be something it’s not is a poser. That’s exactly what caliper covers are. That’s just not me and never will be.

But hey, if you fit in with that crowd, go for it. But just know, everyone with any sense is laughing and shaking their head at you.
But most people today have no damn sense anyways so maybe I’m in the minority now?
 

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They make caliper covers which come in a variety of colors.
They ain't cheap, but they are nice!
On the other hand they already match your paint job.
Definitely not cheap. just did a quick check and the first web site I checked they ran between $230 to $250 for a set of four covers, and they came in Red, Black and Yellow. I don't know if I can talk myself into spending that much for them. Which is really silly when I think of how much I spent to have the whole truck ceramic coated when I first got it LOL And I do like the look of them mmmmmm?
 

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It doesn't matter whether why're painted or not. But... If you decide to do so, DON"T USE Rust-Oleum!

Almost any decent auto parts store will carry several colors of high-temperature paint, specifically designed to be used on brake calibers. Cheap paint equals cheap results, so spend good monies or leave yourself doing it over! Oh! And clean things off really well before hand!!
 

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I'd steer clear of "caliper covers." They tend to insulate - holding the heat on the brakes instead of allowing them to cool, and can cause premature brake fade and glazing as the heat builds up faster. Keep them open, paint them if you like the color change, or if you want to waste a ton of money on a mid size truck, buy brembos or Willwoods. Just don't cover them.
 

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painted many calipers and hats , engine paint works good also have used base coat clear coat color match, never had a heat problem on any of them, some pictures of my SHO when i did them green
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Where did you get those fender grills from?

I’m working on painting mine today. Hit it with brake cleaner first then lightly masked anything that looked like it shouldn’t be painted. Used the International Harverster Red industrial acrylic paint you see in one of the pictures. I wanted that specific color which is a deep red and matches my tow hooks. Also has a 10 minute dry time making it easy to sit there and revisit until it looks good. Not too bad on a nice day but definitely took a few hours. I wonder how much more stopping power I will get now that they are red.

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