its all in the topic

Thanks in advance

There are a few choices:
High temperature engine paint (I belive Kragen or Autozone has it,its been about 8 months and hasnt burned off or discolored)
Powder coating
Chrome or gold plaiting...

(feel free to add more)

VHT caliper paint. $4.99 at Pep Boys.

These have about 4 years.

PS: Rotor is powder coated

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[This message has been edited by Alex4mula (edited 04-28-2005).]

You can get the stuff that is made for calipers........$$
Or use a high temp paint........works just as well.....IMO

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used this stuff they had at autozone, comes in a little can and a brush good thick stuff haven't had fading or nothing yet. I tried high temp paint once, but didn't turn out quite as well.

I know it isn't pretty the middle part that is I snapped a shot off before painted the middle if I'm not mistaken.

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[This message has been edited by LoW_KeY (edited 04-29-2005).]

I did the ones on the Ferraro and vette with reg Krylon. 2 years on the vette and more than 6 on the Ferraro. May need a little bit of touchup, havent really looked lately. I drive in rain and snow too. If i would use caliper paint, Id use the brush on kit myself.

I used the dupli-color caliper painting kit, well in the process of using it. If I paint another set of calipers I will try a different method. It took three coats of paint, with extra touch up in some places and it is tedious as hell to paint with the little brush.

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I did them in Red with the caliper paint.
It only lasted about 4 months.
The caliper paint I used seemed like it never dried hard enough. The brake dust kinds of got stuck to the paint.

I then sanded them all down, and sprayed them with regular enamal gloss black.

One year later they still are glossy black, and stay clean easily!
I am suprised, I wasnt expecting good results with regular paint.

[This message has been edited by zMacK (edited 04-28-2005).]

I used VHT brand high-temperature brake paint. This is a rattle-can paint that does need a medium-temperature (200 - 300 F) oven cycle to fully cure before you install the parts back on your car. (It sounds like incomplete cure may have been the cause of zMacK's problems.) Note that I painted only the caliper bridges; that's all you can see anyway. VHT has been making high-temperature specialty paints since the mid 1960s.

Two years later, the paint looks good as new when you wash the brake dust off. As with almost any paint process, careful preparation is usually at least as important as the paint you use; the parts must be spotlessly clean and oil free. I have a bead blast cabinet, and that produces a clean part with an excellent surface for paint adhesion. It really cleans up rusty brake rotors, too.

[This message has been edited by Marvin McInnis (edited 04-29-2005).]

Powder coat, very tough.

Painted with aluminum paint - good for 800 degrees C.

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I've been using Eastwood Caliper Paint. It's a two part epoxy and we've had it on the Finale since '02, It looks like new, when clean, and all it takes to clean is a spray from a can of brake clean. On the Finale, I used the brush, since then I've been using a cheap detail gun and spraying it, it sprays just fine, but is a little heavy. An HVLP gun would probably work better.

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I forget what brand I used but it was a kit form
Paint and Hardner.
And Yellow on my Monte Carlo. Had it on for a year
before I got rid of it and the stuff is great.
Used it on my Fiero in Red and stuff is real easy to
clean.
Prep I guess is how it all turns out, I have also used
engine paint and that worked good but the kits colors
seem brighter.

Kit $30.00 Engine paint $5.00

The common VHT paint that I used has been very durable but I think the key item is proper prep which no one has mentioned. I painted mines mounted in the car. First I cleaned the calipers with lots of brake cleaner. After tha I went with a small metal brush and sand paper as necessary and cleaned any suspicius area. Then I used brake cleaner again. Then I cleaned the calipers with soapy water and then with plain water. After being sure they were very dry (5+ hrs) I went and painted them. I use wheel cleaners on them (and labels) with no problems at all.