Best way to paint cobra brakes

[moot09]

Whats the best to to paint the cobra calipers? I'd like to paint the caliper gloss black with blue letters.
Would you just paint the whole caliper and then go over the letters with a small brush?

 

[HwyKng]

Paint whole caliper. Get a razor blade and scrape off black paint on "Cobra" letters. Paint letters with small brush with Ford touch up paint.

 

[Steeda04SVT]

Good call

 

[Tractionless1]

Getting them powder coated is the BEST way, but you will have to rebuild each. It can't be done with the rubber boots installed.

 

[5spd07gt]

Paint whole caliper. Get a razor blade and scrape off black paint on "Cobra" letters. Paint letters with small brush with Ford touch up paint.

thats exactly what i did...

 

[moonltgold]

Paint whole caliper. Get a razor blade and scrape off black paint on "Cobra" letters. Paint letters with small brush with Ford touch up paint.

Ditto. Or what I did -- put vasoline on a Q-tip and very carefully "greased" the letters, then painted the whole thing. After an hour, letting the paint dry good, I just wiped the letters -- the paint doesn't stick to them.

 

[SpectorV]

I would remove the calipers if possible, and clean them up and spray paint them~

 

[GA Terminator]

I got lazy and bought a set of 10th aniv calipers, no painting was required.

 

[SVTDom]

i painted my calipers with red caliper paint a foam brush.....i then painted the cobra letters with a black paint pen.

 

[Jomo1994z71]

Where can you buy caliper paint to apply with Foam Brush?
The brush on G2 kit or duplicolor kit is crazy expensive, can you just spray the aerosol in a cup?

 

[2K4VENM]

Sounds good. Like the black with yellow. Been wanting to do this for a while now. Good luck! Post pics when done please....

 

[Steeda04SVT]

I would remove the calipers if possible, and clean them up and spray paint them~

Wouldn't the heat make them chip though or no?

 

[03_termi]

Kinda an old thread but I did mine a couple months back. I took the calipers off and had a friend sandblast them cuz the brake dust was not coming off with red scotch bright pads and then used some 1000 grit sand paper to sand the tops of the cobra letters smooth. Here is a pic after they were sandblasted and sanded

Used black gloss caliper paint. Applied 2 or 3 coats and a min in-between each coat. I let it dry over nite then used a razorblade to cut off the paint on the cobra letters and used a scotch bright pad to shine up the letters. Here are some finished pics.

 

[Vae_Victus]

Looks great man. What color is ur car?

 

[jrgoffin]

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...ations-212/414436-painted-brake-calipers.html

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...2/762013-polished-my-rear-brake-calipers.html

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...ting-calipers-how-keep-letters-unpainted.html

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/suspension-modifications-211/740370-cleaning-up-calipers.html

http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/terminator-talk-229/727293-painted-calipers-silver-color.html

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...inting-calipers-cobra-lettering-question.html

http://www.svtperformance.com/forum...aint-calipers-need-advice-color-products.html

 

[346CamaroSS]

Clean the BAJESUS out of them with brake cleaner. Scrub them with a brush/wire brush. Repeat about 10 times. Then paint them with a G2 brake caliper painting kit. Use a razor blade to scrape off the paint over the "COBRA" on the caliper once the paint is dry.

 

[Satyr]

I would recommend taking them off, too. I have done them in both fashions and definitely think it's easier with them off. Result is usually better, as well.