Painting brake calipers - Honda-Acura.net

Spyfunkr · 04-12-03, 03:23 PM

I have some remanufactured front calipers about a year old. They rusted rather quickly, ive sanded most of that off.

Do I need to primer them before painting? Im using high heat paint.

Thanks, Spy

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crxb16er · 04-15-03, 07:38 PM

well u dont have to but more than likely the brake dust in there will cover them over quickly so u may want to primer them sand down the primer till smooth and then paint and seal with some clear coat that can stand the temperature down there cuz i just painted mine and the were nice and blackish in about a month, but then again i dont really care about it so i just painted over the crud again, if they were smooth i'm sure they wouldnt hold so much crap

MikeR · 04-20-03, 12:50 AM

i tried cleaning with solvent and using heat paint and it did no better than just priming and painting with regular paint,

OffDuty · 05-12-03, 12:39 PM

Gotta do it right.. This is excellent stuff. I have used it on two cars with great results:

http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp

Technodigifreak · 07-02-03, 02:18 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by OffDuty
Gotta do it right.. This is excellent stuff. I have used it on two cars with great results:

http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp

great stuff, and if your going to do it, do it right and put ceramic pads on at the same time, no squeaks ever and virtually no visible brake dust!

toyman99 · 09-22-03, 01:26 AM

I use brake cleaner on my parts

Let it dry

Sanded it down

Use brake cleaner again

Ran warm water

Let it dry

and it came out perfect. Took everything off.

I used p21s wheel cleaner in GEL form, the liquid version runs too quickly.

04-20-03, 12:50 AM	#3
MikeR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NC Posts: 264	i tried cleaning with solvent and using heat paint and it did no better than just priming and painting with regular paint, __________________ '95 teg ls

05-12-03, 12:39 PM	#4
OffDuty Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Keepin Your City Safe Posts: 37	Gotta do it right.. This is excellent stuff. I have used it on two cars with great results: http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp __________________ "It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything." - Tyler Durden, Fight Club 94 Accord EX http://www.cart2day.com/sig.bmp

09-22-03, 01:26 AM	#6
toyman99 Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 49	I use brake cleaner on my parts Let it dry Sanded it down Use brake cleaner again Ran warm water Let it dry and it came out perfect. Took everything off. I used p21s wheel cleaner in GEL form, the liquid version runs too quickly. __________________ ***** Honda-Acura net sponsor http://store.autotoys.com Free tech install info http://www.autotoys.com/tech

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04-15-03, 07:38 PM	#2
crxb16er Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 1,412	well u dont have to but more than likely the brake dust in there will cover them over quickly so u may want to primer them sand down the primer till smooth and then paint and seal with some clear coat that can stand the temperature down there cuz i just painted mine and the were nice and blackish in about a month, but then again i dont really care about it so i just painted over the crud again, if they were smooth i'm sure they wouldnt hold so much crap