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Powder coating brakes
So I picked up a set of 1.8 brakes for my 1.6 last night from the u pull it. I also took the calipers because I would like to get them powder coated before putting them on. Has anyone here had their calipers powder coated? Did you have to remove the piston and then rebuild them? Or did you coat them as is and then slap them on.
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It's safe to say your calipers/rubber can probably sustain temps higher than 400*F.
With that said, I've had great success with the ceramic caliper paint kits. The self leveling paint looks great and cleans with a rag and water.
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Heat aside, you need to send the parts bare and then hone out where the piston and seals go. You don't expect the piston to travel on a rough surface do you?
Or you can do the easy thing and shoot them with some high temp paint like everyone else.
Or you can do the easy thing and shoot them with some high temp paint like everyone else.
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Didnt know that, thanks.
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Yeah im just gonna go with the caliper paint kit. I just cant justify spending $125 to powder coat the calipers. Im gonna grind the calipers a bit first to get a smooth finish.
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The key to painting your brake parts is in the prep.
Clean clean clean clean clean...and then clean some more.
On my car I fucked it away and just sprayed on some wheel cleaner and washed them off... BAD! On a buddies WS6, we did it right.
Use the painting as an excuse to flush your brakelines and pull them off the lines when you do it. Go to Harbor Freight and get a few different sizes of wire brushes. Lay all the parts out on your workbench and start going through them. We used BrakeKleen and gasoline... took us about 30minutes per caliper/bracket. Then we used soap/water and made sure they were really clean and all the solvents were off.
Then we used this one, but the Duplicolor on is more accessible and cheaper: http://g2usa.com/brake_caliper_paint.shtml
Duplicolor: http://www.duplicolor.com/products/caliper.html
And if I may be so bold... painting your stock calipers any color other than black always ends up looking like you put it on with a magic marker unless they're freshly washed.
Clean clean clean clean clean...and then clean some more.
On my car I fucked it away and just sprayed on some wheel cleaner and washed them off... BAD! On a buddies WS6, we did it right.
Use the painting as an excuse to flush your brakelines and pull them off the lines when you do it. Go to Harbor Freight and get a few different sizes of wire brushes. Lay all the parts out on your workbench and start going through them. We used BrakeKleen and gasoline... took us about 30minutes per caliper/bracket. Then we used soap/water and made sure they were really clean and all the solvents were off.
Then we used this one, but the Duplicolor on is more accessible and cheaper: http://g2usa.com/brake_caliper_paint.shtml
Duplicolor: http://www.duplicolor.com/products/caliper.html
And if I may be so bold... painting your stock calipers any color other than black always ends up looking like you put it on with a magic marker unless they're freshly washed.
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