dubplatepressur

A bit of guidance concerning brake calipers.



i PUT 16s on my car AND my calipers, etc. look like ***.


Tried searching this forum but nothing seemed to come up.


How do I clean the calipers? Is there a way to do it?


Or is it just easier & better to get new ones?


i'M not enthused about the idea of painting them, I've heard it takes a few days. Even if I did, I'd need to clean them first.


Cheers,

imported_1PhatCX

buy the dupli-colour kit from crappy tire or part source, i did it to mine, in 10 degree weather with a heat lamp and they dried within like 15 mins, its a very good kit and they turned out great
it comes with a cleaner, and the paint

imported_Joe_98Si

if you have acess to a parts washer or a varsol tank then you could use either one of those

if not i would just buy the kit that comes with a cleaner like 1Phatcx said

dubplatepressur

wicked, i'll check it out.

imported_r_hills_finest

what the man said.

cibs

screw the kit... some elbow grease and high temp caliper paint is all you need... just make sure it's real clean before you paint

Nova_Dust

Use industrial strength degreaser and brake dust cleaner. Probably won't come back to its original shine, but should be better for future paint job.

chris_si98

get it sandblasted then paint it with hi-temp paint

but thats if you really want to go that extra mile.

imported_speizio

use a wire brush or wire bit on a power drill then hi temp paint thats will do it for sure..

imported_JDMman

can this be done with the caliper still in place??

how hard is it to remove the caliper and how do you go abouts in doing this??

spracingsports

depends if you wana disconnect the brake lines or not. you can pull them "away" fromthe car by undoing a few bolts. but to completely remove them to work on a bench, you have to disconnect lines.

I just taped newspaper all over and around my rotors and suspension and painted them while on the car.