Painting Brake Calipers?

[jeegnesh]

Wanted to find out is there anything special when taking brake calipers out? I wanted to either repaint mine black as they are now, or maybe red (anyone got pics of a black 986 with red calipers, need to convince the missus?). Actually got a mate who is detailing the car and he says he can do the calipers too if I want, but I wanted to check there was nothing special or tricky?

 

[Paul027]

Not the best image but the only one I had to hand. This is my 986 S with red calipers.

 

[whinbush]

This will show you what is involved and allthough it would raise the question " When is an S not an S " [8|]

http://www.pedrosgarage.com/Site_3/Paint_the_Calipers.html

 

[Robin M]

Just make sure you use High temperature paint for Brake Calipers and they are very very clean before you start.

 

[jeegnesh]

Thanks for the info, now to decide on colour, he's not doing this till next month so fair amount of time to decide.

 

[jeegnesh]

I'm getting nervous going red, swas going just stick with black, but now am thinking of a dark grey just to be different???

 

[GOOFY]

Paint them yellow ! Get that carrera GT look !

 

[jeegnesh]

ha ha, that was considered too.

 

[jeegnesh]

Ok I have decided RED it is. Any guidance on the best paint etc to use?

 

[Pete917]

dont give up on yellow. Its the new red []

 

[daboy3000]

I would love to do this too, red looks great and would match my seats. I know spraying them is the best thing to do but I don't have the expertise to take the brakes apart. I'm considering using a brush like i've done with previous cars but the finish is never as good.

What other options are there?

 

[jeegnesh]

I don't want to look like a carrera GT wannabee (would love one though)

 

[jeegnesh]

Kind of cheating myself and a good mate you does feel comfortable doing these things is going to do it. Just need to figure what bits I need to buy.

Stickers (seen them on porsha-part)
red spray??? Type? Something that last well.
Lacquer? Anything special needed here?
Some brake fluid. Does boxster have specific brake fluid?
Anything I have missed?

 

[gonzosquidgy]

Just had mine painted black while it was in the garage having a wing resprayed (as this seemed off-colour to rest of car). I too wanted to go red but was told this was the colour for the S model and that mine needed to be black if I was to stay original. Just bought caliper stickers off ebay for £3.99 + 41p p&p (vizualimpact@yahoo.com) will fit them when I next take wheels off for cleaning. John

 

[jeegnesh]

So i went for red, not all back together as yet, but here how they are looking off:-

Before:

After:

 

[daboy3000]

WOW, they look fantastic, did you do them yourself?


.....can you do mine?

 

[jeegnesh]

ORIGINAL: daboy3000

WOW, they look fantastic, did you do them yourself?


.....can you do mine?

If only. Can't take the credit for this a good mate of mine is doing this for me. Still waiting for them to go back on and see the finished article will post pics once they are on.