Painted Calipers
I got my splash guards coming in soon so I may also think about the painted calipers as well. Any special paint you used or was it caliper paint from your local auto parts store?
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I used Rust-oleum Professional, Safety red in a quart for about $9 from Home Depot....
I know there are those that will say only use the Caliper paint or it will peel ...
Not so. I used the same paint on my 07 Tahoe in the Sun Burst Yellow 4 years ago and its held up really well...I have had a few small chips that I have had to touch up, but that is going to happen with any paint.
Its really important to get the caliper clean, I would suggest washing with soapy water, let it dry and follow up with denatured alcohol or something else to remove an remaining grease...
There are 2 methods you can do, the second being the preferred but slightly more work.
1. After cleaning and drying paint the caliper in place as is, you only need paint the area that is seen from the outside of the wheel, meaning you only need paint the top and the part that faces out, once the wheel is on no one on the road will ever know...
Option 2 is what I did, after cleaning and drying, I removed the outer pad and partially reassembled the caliper without the pad in place, I only put the bottom bolt back in loosely to hold the caliper in place so I could access all of the outer face and paint it without getting any paint on the pad backing itself, this is a lot harder to do if the entire caliper is left in place....
The same process goes, paint only what will be seen but you can paint it a bit better sans the front pad... I removed all 4 wheels vehicle on jack stands and painted all four... let dry a couple of hours till it was tacky to dry to the touch and carefully reassembled. I was very careful to install the wheels back on without bumping the calipers, torqued the lugs and let it sit in the drive way without driving it for 24 hrs to let it set so it would not pick up dirt or nicks....
I know there are those that will say only use the Caliper paint or it will peel ...
Not so. I used the same paint on my 07 Tahoe in the Sun Burst Yellow 4 years ago and its held up really well...I have had a few small chips that I have had to touch up, but that is going to happen with any paint.
Its really important to get the caliper clean, I would suggest washing with soapy water, let it dry and follow up with denatured alcohol or something else to remove an remaining grease...
There are 2 methods you can do, the second being the preferred but slightly more work.
1. After cleaning and drying paint the caliper in place as is, you only need paint the area that is seen from the outside of the wheel, meaning you only need paint the top and the part that faces out, once the wheel is on no one on the road will ever know...
Option 2 is what I did, after cleaning and drying, I removed the outer pad and partially reassembled the caliper without the pad in place, I only put the bottom bolt back in loosely to hold the caliper in place so I could access all of the outer face and paint it without getting any paint on the pad backing itself, this is a lot harder to do if the entire caliper is left in place....
The same process goes, paint only what will be seen but you can paint it a bit better sans the front pad... I removed all 4 wheels vehicle on jack stands and painted all four... let dry a couple of hours till it was tacky to dry to the touch and carefully reassembled. I was very careful to install the wheels back on without bumping the calipers, torqued the lugs and let it sit in the drive way without driving it for 24 hrs to let it set so it would not pick up dirt or nicks....
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I used Rust-oleum Professional, Safety red in a quart for about $9 from Home Depot....
I know there are those that will say only use the Caliper paint or it will peel ...
Not so. I used the same paint on my 07 Tahoe in the Sun Burst Yellow 4 years ago and its held up really well...I have had a few small chips that I have had to touch up, but that is going to happen with any paint.
Its really important to get the caliper clean, I would suggest washing with soapy water, let it dry and follow up with denatured alcohol or something else to remove an remaining grease...
There are 2 methods you can do, the second being the preferred but slightly more work.
1. After cleaning and drying paint the caliper in place as is, you only need paint the area that is seen from the outside of the wheel, meaning you only need paint the top and the part that faces out, once the wheel is on no one on the road will ever know...
Option 2 is what I did, after cleaning and drying, I removed the outer pad and partially reassembled the caliper without the pad in place, I only put the bottom bolt back in loosely to hold the caliper in place so I could access all of the outer face and paint it without getting any paint on the pad backing itself, this is a lot harder to do if the entire caliper is left in place....
The same process goes, paint only what will be seen but you can paint it a bit better sans the front pad... I removed all 4 wheels vehicle on jack stands and painted all four... let dry a couple of hours till it was tacky to dry to the touch and carefully reassembled. I was very careful to install the wheels back on without bumping the calipers, torqued the lugs and let it sit in the drive way without driving it for 24 hrs to let it set so it would not pick up dirt or nicks....
I know there are those that will say only use the Caliper paint or it will peel ...
Not so. I used the same paint on my 07 Tahoe in the Sun Burst Yellow 4 years ago and its held up really well...I have had a few small chips that I have had to touch up, but that is going to happen with any paint.
Its really important to get the caliper clean, I would suggest washing with soapy water, let it dry and follow up with denatured alcohol or something else to remove an remaining grease...
There are 2 methods you can do, the second being the preferred but slightly more work.
1. After cleaning and drying paint the caliper in place as is, you only need paint the area that is seen from the outside of the wheel, meaning you only need paint the top and the part that faces out, once the wheel is on no one on the road will ever know...
Option 2 is what I did, after cleaning and drying, I removed the outer pad and partially reassembled the caliper without the pad in place, I only put the bottom bolt back in loosely to hold the caliper in place so I could access all of the outer face and paint it without getting any paint on the pad backing itself, this is a lot harder to do if the entire caliper is left in place....
The same process goes, paint only what will be seen but you can paint it a bit better sans the front pad... I removed all 4 wheels vehicle on jack stands and painted all four... let dry a couple of hours till it was tacky to dry to the touch and carefully reassembled. I was very careful to install the wheels back on without bumping the calipers, torqued the lugs and let it sit in the drive way without driving it for 24 hrs to let it set so it would not pick up dirt or nicks....
