Professionally repainted calipers

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12-31-10, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by davcrz5

If your going to spend over 500 dollar I would look into getting them powder coated much more durable than paint. And shop around before settling on shop. You can also do them yourself, not that hard to do but it is time consuming . Here some pics of my calipers did them myself good luck.

Those look great! Brush or Spray bottle? Did you actually get USB paint or was it something that just happened to match?

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12-31-10, 05:28 PM

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I believe in another thread it was determined that powder coating is NOT to be done to our brakes. Painting is what Brembo recommends...

That is correct. Powder coating is not recommend. The high temps during the powder coating process can damage components in the calipers.

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12-31-10, 11:11 PM

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Those look great! Brush or Spray bottle? Did you actually get USB paint or was it something that just happened to match?

Thanks IceIridium actually brushed on, it's not exact match to USB but close enough for now. If you take your time and properly prep everything (it's all about prep) they come out pretty nice cost roughly $80 to $100 dollars depending on materials used. Here are some pics of process, once they dried they did get darker as seen in the other pics. I have thread on my caliper paint job that go's into more details if you what to check it out.