Brake caliper dress up

[andymlow]

does anyone have experience in painting, coating or jethot for the brake calipers. I have a 2000 with 2400 miles and the calipers look rotten already.

[Ken YZ F1]

I applied the Foliatec brake caliper paint with fantastic results...However, in order to do it right the calipers have to be completely dissassembled, prepped and then painted with 3 coats. It was a time consuming project but the results were great. The directions say you can use a very small paint brush and paint the calipers while their on the car. I would not do this to an NSX, maybe a Hot Rod Civic.
Ken

[Andrie Hartanto]

If you're thinking of track-ing your car at all, I would advise to paint it black. I painted mine with Foliatec red and it turns black after a couple of event.

[FAQ Nazi]

does anyone have experience in painting, coating or jethot for the brake calipers.

LITFAQ:

http://www.nsxprime.com/FAQ/DIY/paintingcalipers.htm

[Craig]

I painted mine with high heat yellow over high heat white with a high heat clear on top. It has been two years and I have heated the brakes to the point of boiling the brake fluid and they are still perfect with no discoloration at all.

I did use about five cans of brake cleaner and a wire brush to scrub them clean first.

I also used enough coats to eliminate much the casting pits, so it has somewhat the look of a plastic coating that everyone seems to like...myself included.

[This message has been edited by Craig (edited 07 April 2001).]