[DIY] Painting Calipers + rotorS. ghettO styLe

**m3ntAL_l2** · 26-12-2006 03:04 PM

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

Aim: to paint rotors & calipers

Required:
• Can of paint, colour of your choice
• something to scrub the rust off rotors
• newspaper/white pages
• sticky tape

Steps:
• take off the wheels.

• Scrub the rust off the rotors

• cover the caliper or rotor(what ever you want to paint first) with newspaper.

• don’t worry too much about over sprays the break pad will clean that up it self after you take it for a drive. Turn/move the rotor around with hands to make sure its covered completely
• now let the paint on the rotor to dry a bit ~15-20mins before moving on to caliper.
After the paint is dried off cover it up with newspaper so you can spray the calipers, make sure the paint is not sticky anymore, other wise the paper will leave marks behind once you take it off

• spray the caliper to the colour of your choice, make sure the paint covers all of it.

• And your done, apply clear coats if you can be stuffed. Put the rims back on and repeat the same steps on the other 3 calipers. If you get over sprays like I did, just colour in with a black marker afterwards it should do the trick.

Other comments:
Make sure to wait for the paint to dry afterwards be4 taking the car for a drive, u don’t want all the break dust get stuck on the new paint. There’s no need for special heat prove paint, normal paints will do the job it will just get baked right in.
And yes i know its dodgy.

**m3ntAL_l2** · 27-12-2006 12:27 PM

took teh car out for a drive after 2hrs, the paint on the rotors were still abit sticky.

**Cold Fusion** · 27-12-2006 12:57 PM

no offense but i think it would only take 30min more max and about 10 dollars to do it properly...so why don't u just do it properly lol

they make special brake paint for a reason...i don't think they would make it for the sake of it

**Mr_will** · 27-12-2006 01:16 PM

what he said ^.

brakes have this really strange tendency to um...get hot? kinda like your rocker cover.

proper paint will last much much longer.

**bigjo5** · 29-12-2006 08:51 AM

thats so dodgey LOL... ghetto style forsure!

**GReddy_es** · 30-12-2006 08:56 AM

I'm sure there's a much better way to do it....my and my housemate just did my gf's EK1 with proper masking and sanding tools..as well as high temp. spray paint.We used high temp. paint for the engine covers instead

Basically mask everything that doesn't need to be sprayed(Cos you dun wanna get spray all over the place).We also removed the caliper,sanded and buffed it before spraying.And allowing time to dry before fitting back on.Rotor was done more or less the same way.Masking the surrounding bits,sanding and buffing off the rust then spraying the centre and diameter of the rotor then buffing off excess spray.

Abit of hardwork and patience will give you a better quality end result so it might be worth spending some time redoing yours.Its your car and i'm sure u want it to look its best

Good luck with it mate.

**1900-hustler** · 31-12-2006 12:31 AM

thats prolly a better way of doin it ^^ haha

**kraiye** · 31-12-2006 11:17 AM

lol at this thread
well at least you cleaned the rust off first. just dont let anyone get close

nice ride btw

**ACTI0NMAN-1** · 31-12-2006 12:14 PM

suggest caliper paint or engine enamel. I use mineral turpentine to clean the area first.

**preludacris** · 31-12-2006 02:17 PM

yeah me too

-high temp paint.
-clean the area with degreaser or turps first.
-mask off the area.
-not necessary to remove calipers etc. just spray while its on, a lil overspray will be rubbed off the rotors and worn off the pads in 1 trip. (the first time you brake its a lil sticky coz the paint is on the pad, it wears off tho in a couple stops.)

btw, red looks so cheap these days

and 2ndly, does anybody know of a high temp spray thats Metallica blue? similar to spoon calipers ? mine are gold, and gold is becoming the new Red, so looking for a change in a few months

**TYPE-ONE** · 08-01-2007 08:07 PM

you can buy anodized blue brake paint. not sure where you will find it though. ive seen it stocked at the warehouse that i work at.

**SiReal** · 09-01-2007 09:31 AM

i've seen this in person. it actually looks alright and serves its purpose for being DIY Ghetto. As long as he doesnt mess with the mechanics of the brake calipers then me thinks its all good.