RE: break caliper color question???

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

Call me lazy, I just left mine on.  I used a wire
brush to clean them off, then sprayed them down with
brakeclean to get the grease off.  I used tin foil
from the kitchen to mask off the areas I didn't want
to get sprayed.  Then I primed and painted.  It looks
good.  Not quite as good a Neals way but I don't have
a show car.  It has lasted through the winter and
still looks good.  I don't want to spend too much time
painting cause the ferodo's are just going to cover
them with dust anyway.  I spend the extra time I saved
driving my scirocco if that matters..

.02
Tony

--- 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org> wrote:
> So, did anyone paint theirs with the calipers still
> attached?  (Brake lines 
> attached, I don't mean still wrapped around the
> rotor).  If so, any 
> advice.... or should I just take the whole shit off?
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
> At 11:12 PM 5/1/2000 , Neal Tovsen wrote:
> 
> > > I used "Dupli-Color Engine Enamel with Ceramic."
>  Supposed to withstand
> > > intermittent temps up to 500 degrees F.  There
> were probably 15 different
> > > colors in stock when I got it.  It is very
> durable, too.  Sprayed
> > > my oil pan
> > > and lower tie bar, and they have both held up
> well.   I just resprayed the
> > > calipers after 1 1/2 years.  Great product for
> only $5.00 a can!
> > >
> > > Hint:  When the can says "for additional coats
> after 1 hour,
> > > allow paint to
> > > cure for 5 days", believe it.
> > >
> >
> >Yes, and also be SURE to push the piston in (to
> drain the fluid) BEFORE you
> >paint! Even with that, you're almost guaranteed to
> get a little fluid on the
> >caliper when you bleed the brakes, and that fluid
> will eat right through the
> >paint. Fortunately, the bleeder valve is on the
> back of the caliper, so you
> >can't see it.
> >
> >I used plain-ol' RED engine paint from DupliColor.
> I was going to get the
> >number for you (I just did mine a couple weeks
> ago), but I guess I threw the
> >can out. It looks really good. If you don't want
> "ricey", then (IMHO, of
> >course!) you're pretty much limited to either red,
> black, or silver. If you
> >go red, don't get the Ford Red...it's got a hint of
> orange that looks funny
> >with Tornado Red. The best advice, no matter what
> color, is to test it on a
> >piece of scrap metal and stick it in your wheel
> well to see if you like it.
> >
> >FWIW, A company called Folia Tec makes a "caliper
> laquer kit". I found an ad
> >for a company  called Ultra Performance
> <http://www.ultraperformance.com> in
> >SCC that carried it. It's a 2-part paint with a
> special cleaner, so I'd
> >guess it's an epoxy-based paint. $49.99 is kinda
> expensive, but I imagine it
> >probably stands up to brake fluid better than
> engine paint.
> >
> >
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