Question about painting calipers!

Post by **jaxcoupe** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:42 am

I know a couple of you have done it, but I couldn't quite find the answer to my question in the search.. Did you have to bleed the brake lines or did you figure out a way around it? Clamping of some sort perhaps? Do enlighten me! Thanks!

Post by **LongBeachCoupe** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:08 pm

Dont even take em off the car!

If you get one of the G2 kits off ebay, its done with a brush, you can just "paint what you see" with the wheel off...

If you wanna take the calipers off, its a much bigger job, but im not sure if from the street you can tell the difference.

Post by **jaxcoupe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:50 am

Awesome! That's what we'll do then. Thanks for the response!

Post by **SirLoin** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:55 am

I bought the Dupli-Color kit from Pep Boys on sale for $20.00 it comes with masking tape, cleaner and brushes. The hardest part is jacking the car up!See the following link:forums.g35club.org/zerothread?cmd=print&id=380582

Post by **Tommy:]** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:16 pm

I did what LBC just described. I kind've got some paint on the metal clips inside the calipers but it doesn't make a difference

Post by **Viper5000** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:56 am

Yeah I would probably want to do this some time in the future too...

Post by **Rob.Vegan** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:48 am

Viper5000 wrote:Yeah I would probably want to do this some time in the future too...

Some time in the future I want to get some REEEAAAALLL (<-Emphasis) brakes

Post by **ThatGuyRoger** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:41 pm

the paint on some of the calipers is chipping off

Post by **Marisha** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:49 pm

ThatGuyRoger wrote:the paint on some of the calipers is chipping off

Boo! What did you use?I went the G2 way and mine still looks good.

Post by **marlin29311** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:15 am

ThatGuyRoger wrote:the paint on some of the calipers is chipping off

Same with mine, even after 3 coats....the dupli color stuff sucks...im going to use G2 when it warms up and i re-do them...

Post by **Loop** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:50 pm

I have used the duplicolor kit and it worked awesome. But I also bought more paint brushes. The brush you get in the kit isn't great IMO.I have some pictures somewhere in one of my post if you search.

Post by **SirLoin** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:29 am

Or, you could use MGP caliper covers. I'm seriously thinking about it. You can have them custom engrave on them too. https://www.calipercovers.com/

Post by **AlabamaDan** » Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:05 pm

SirLoin wrote: ↑
Sat Jun 02, 2018 7:29 am
Or, you could use MGP caliper covers. I'm seriously thinking about it. You can have them custom engrave on them too. https://www.calipercovers.com/

Those are a little pricey. $200

Post by **carldu** » Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:53 am

I agree that caliper covers are expensive. I used duplicator, and my calipers still look great.

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