Painted Calipers

[williamk10]

Finally got around to doing it. I couldn't stand the bare metal showing on the caliper so I opted to paint it silver.

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[marlin29311]

Good job! Looks good!

[VersaMG08]

I was thinking about painting mine red so they match the tanabe springs. The only reason I won't paint it red is they stand out too much. Silver looks so much better with silver/gray cars, I may end up doing that color instead. Thanks for the pic!

[marlin29311]

On the contrary, I think red looks awesome



They don't stand out unless you're really close, and they add a nice accent!

[iluvmyVersa08]

What kind of paint do you buy to do this?How hard is the process?I know nothing about taking apart the tires/brakes/calipers. Any guidance to this would be great. I finish school in a few weeks and after that I want to wax my car, and hopefully paint the calipers red. I'll probably ask my brother to help, but I want to know if it is hard to do.What do I need to do for this?

P.S. williamk10 - the silver looks great!

[williamk10]

I bought the Dupicolor kit from Canadian Tire for $25. Make sure to get the one with a brush as it is much easier than using the spray paint as that will reqiure the caliper coming off.

After you have the wheel off, clean the caliper with the cleaner that comes with the kit. Once cleaned and dry, paint away. Very easy, just make sure you mask the areas you don't want to accidently paint like the brake pad, clips, rotor etc. Let it dry (10 minutes in the hot sun) and apply a second coat. It'll dry to the touch in 10 more minutes, then put your wheel back on.

[iluvmyVersa08]

Thank you for the info!Sounds easy enough. I'm gonna go buy that kit from Canadian Tire and try to do that ... Thanks I'll let you know how it goes!

[NODES]

you should of went red and then we could of split on the kit

[Shad0wXCalibur]

Read my mind. I also thought about doing silver. Mainly because I'd wanna paint the rear drums too and silver would look a lot better on those than red...

[iluvmyVersa08]

I went and bought the kit at Canadian Tire. I got it in red Hopefully this week, or next week I'll get around to painting it. When I do I will post pictures

[iluvmyVersa08]

[Andries]

Both of ya did an awesome job. That red really looks good - more pics showing off the side profile?

[iluvmyVersa08]

better pictures. Here are some side shots for now

[dee_tymz_sl]

better pictures. Here are some side shots for now

Are you going to do the drums as well? I think the front looks good but with the front painted in such bright color and the back isn't, it a little bit off I would say.

[iluvmyVersa08]

Hey! Ya my brother said that too. Is it safe to paint the drums? For now I might just leave them because in a couple of months the winter tires will have to go on, and most likely the painted calipers will get ruined. So when I put on my all season tires again next Spring, I'll repaint the calipers and maybe I'll paint the drums. With the red painted calipers it does make the drums look super dark.

Here are some pics from today, just washed her

[Codelicious]

That looks great. Once again I always love that your Versa looks brand new, always so clean!

I want to paint my calipars but I am just waiting till I get new wheels and tires so I can just do it all at once. If it is ok to paints the drums I will do that as well. I think it would look great!

[Atx_Versa]

I'll show you guys my painted calipers and drums as well...LoL



I used the same product Duplicolor...one coat..and nissan decals.

[Codelicious]

Those look nice! Where did you get the Nissan stickers?

[Atx_Versa]

Thanks! I just searched on ebay.

[versaspeed.com]

Well I finally got time to paint my other Calipers!






Modified by versaspeed.com at 12:44 AM 9/27/2009

[superskunk]

you should have gotten the EBC red stuff brakes instead of the green....

[hrdcorpdrummer15]

I think the green looks sick!

[McLeod1981]

rear disc brakes??? have only seen drums on the versa.

[williamk10]

rear disc brakes??? have only seen drums on the versa.

rear conversion

Bob, does the Versa stop any better with the rear discs?

[superskunk]

rear conversion

Bob, does the Versa stop any better with the rear discs?

like he could tell, he has the BBK! lol.... i seen them in person earlier, very nicely done!!!

[NODES]

Personally painting the drums red is too much, black or silver would be OK as it would not stick out so bad.

[VersaMG08]

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[NODES]

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how many coats of paint and how long before it is dry? I am either going to go black on caliper and drum or red on caliper only.