Author Topic: caliper? (Read 334 times)

lethal289 · « **on:** August, 20, 2011, 07:19:19 AM »

I know lots of people powder coat calipers, but is there anything wrong with painting them? Does the powder coat hold up better when brake fluid gets spilled? Is there any other reason?

SELLERSRODSHOP · « **Reply #1 on:** August, 20, 2011, 07:57:31 AM »

unless its synthetic dot-5 fluid, it will eat up powdercoat just like paint. i painted mine, started out with a good cleaning/degreasing then a good coat of epoxy primer before the red base then clearcoat.

lethal289 · « **Reply #2 on:** August, 20, 2011, 08:05:46 AM »

Thanks Steve! Paint it is!

PM 65 · « **Reply #3 on:** August, 21, 2011, 12:19:43 PM »

Painted my brake calipers with caliper paint from Foliatec. Looks good, easy to bring on and some really heavy heat cycles did nothing to the paint.

Perfect!