Anyone Painted their Brake Calipers?

[Adam01Snake]

I am thinking that would be a nice cheap mod I can do myself and it would make the car look better. I guess the factory caliper color was black....mine's all doodoo brown and gray, time to paint!

Should I go back with black or try red or heck even yellow might look cool?

Post pictures please!! I need some ideas!

-Adam

 

[01svtdude]

if i had the time i would think about powder coating them as an option

 

[M.P. Cobra Fan]

I painted mine with VHT brake caliper paint. Red and black. Worked great.

I have some close ups at home if you want them.

 

[Lefty10]

^Yep, that's what I did. Took apart the bracket end and painted it black, and then the actual caliper (that houses the pistons) red.

 

[01yellercobra]

I used the kit from Eastwood and painted mine black.

 

[turbo2300]

i went with red paint too, and then took one of those brake cleaning discs to the cobra letters so they stand out

 

[Adam01Snake]

Wow guys your making an easy case for the color red!

turbo2300, your car is exactly like mine so I can see exactly how good it will look if I go with the red!

Thanks guys for the pictures...keep em coming!!!

-Adam

 

[Lefty10]

Here's mine...just an upclose shot.

 

[turbo2300]

turbo2300, your car is exactly like mine so I can see exactly how good it will look if I go with the red!

ill get more shots to show the red calipers at lunchtime, it really helped the car out. that and the wheel spacers-hands down best looking mod i did so far.

and theres a 03 front bumper sitting right behind me im gonna try on it

 

[M.P. Cobra Fan]

NO!!! The 01 front is much more gooder!!!

 

[Adam01Snake]

Here's mine...just an upclose shot.

That looks real nice with them slotted Rotors! :banana:

I'm leaning towards RED!epper:

-Adam

 

[Adam01Snake]

the wheel spacers-hands down best looking mod i did so far.

Tell me more about the wheel spacers!! I've heard about people putting wheel spacers on their cars to move the wheels out a little bit further so it appears the wheel fills up the fender well a bit more. What size spacers did you use?

Thanks,

Adam

 

[Bizarro]

Red on a black car...just pops out.

I did black on mine just because I wasn't 100% sold on the red with mineral grey.
I like the black...cleans it up over the raw metal.

Don't do yellow. As soon as it starts to get a little dirty, they just look dingy as crap....

 

[jbp99cobra]

I wanted to give you a heads up... I painted my calipers a few years ago and recently got into driving my car on the road course. My calipers got so hot that it discolored the high-temp caliper paint that I used. They are now red & burnt sienna (my favorite crayola crayon color:bored.

 

[M.P. Cobra Fan]

Red on a black car...just pops out.

I did black on mine just because I wasn't 100% sold on the red with mineral grey.
I like the black...cleans it up over the raw metal.

Don't do yellow. As soon as it starts to get a little dirty, they just look dingy as crap....

I was thinking the same thing on my MG and almost went black. Turned out that I like the red. Black would have looked good as well, but just would have blended away.

 

[turbo2300]

caliper pic:

NO!!! The 01 front is much more gooder!!!

idk i like both, and the intercooler ima put on needs a place to be seen

Tell me more about the wheel spacers!! I've heard about people putting wheel spacers on their cars to move the wheels out a little bit further so it appears the wheel fills up the fender well a bit more. What size spacers did you use?

Thanks,

Adam

1.25" spacers, helped ALOT:

before:

after

 

[01svtdude]

looks good to me. have you had any probs with them? the spacers

 

[M.P. Cobra Fan]

caliper pic:
idk i like both, and the intercooler ima put on needs a place to be seen

OK, if you have an intercooler, I will give you a little slack. :beer:

 

[turbo2300]

looks good to me. have you had any probs with them? the spacers

not really, it slightly rubs sometimes (i have steeda lowering springs) and it looks alot better cause the back is now wider than the front is. handles better too.

OK, if you have an intercooler, I will give you a little slack. :beer:

hehe trunk of goodies

 

[OzzDOA]

I repainted mine gray but after a bunch of autocross events it got cooked and is all splotchy lookin. If I do it again I'll just get them powder coated.