Thinking of painting my front calipers and rear drums...

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:13 am

What color should I go with. I want it to blend nicely wit the car I was thinking: Gunmetal, Black or Neptune Blue. What y'all think?

keithvibe · Post by **keithvibe** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:15 am

the drums are already black lol I say go bold... go with reflective yellow LOL

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:21 am

Quote, originally posted by keithvibe Â»the drums are already black lol I say go bold... go with reflective yellow LOL They were black when new. Now they are a flat charcoal color with rust spots.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:26 am

I always paint them black. You don't want your drums to stand out, it's embarrassing enough to have them in the first place.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:29 am

Quote, originally posted by Raven Â»I always paint them black. You don't want your drums to stand out, it's embarrassing enough to have them in the first place.LOL! True. Good point. So that means Neptune Blue is out.

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Mon May 12, 2008 7:50 am

Drums black, calipers blue!

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Mon May 12, 2008 9:37 am

+1 with damron

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:00 am

powdercoat if you can. Otherwise my manager boss guy uses this paint (forgot the name, like 41, 51 or 59 or something) that is super strong. He just did his mustangs brake calipers in it. It doesnt flake off like the cheap brake kits. Ill get the name of it and let you know.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:02 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Drums black, calipers blue! Interesting. Not sure how that would look.... I'll have to think about it. Maybe someone could photochop in those colors to give me a better idea...

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:04 am

Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»powdercoat if you can. Otherwise my manager boss guy uses this paint (forgot the name, like 41, 51 or 59 or something) that is super strong. He just did his mustangs brake calipers in it. It doesnt flake off like the cheap brake kits. Ill get the name of it and let you know.Powdercoat will not be an option. But you helped answer my next question...which is what is the best paint to use that won't flake off easily. I'll look forward to what you find out.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon May 12, 2008 10:16 am

On the advice of a mechanic friend of mine, I used 2 coats of BBQ paint as primer and then caliper paint. It works great. On my truck I didn't even use caliper paint and the flat BBQ paint still looks great after almost 2 years of road salt and abuse.

lovemyraffe · Post by **lovemyraffe** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:31 am

Quote, originally posted by Raven Â»I always paint them black. You don't want your drums to stand out, it's embarrassing enough to have them in the first place.+1

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:45 am

Mine is chipping

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Mon May 12, 2008 1:22 pm

i'm also with jason on this...blue calipers, black drums.will look suweet BC!

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Mon May 12, 2008 11:29 pm

VHT Super High Temp black for the rotors/drums... Whatever color you decide for the calipers, you aren't going to find a good matching blue for them... I would say black

WaveAction · Post by **WaveAction** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:16 am

k well u cant really notice it but i did the calipers blue and left the back since it's already to dark to even notice them

djb383 · Post by **djb383** » Tue May 13, 2008 10:08 am

How about red?Click

Sublimewind · Post by **Sublimewind** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:28 pm

Quote, originally posted by WaveAction Â»k well u cant really notice it but i did the calipers blue and left the back since it's already to dark to even notice themI see a tinge of blue, how about and up close shot? I can already see that it's a much different blue than the car, kinda like my old Subaru with it's "blue" painted clipers.. ..cept mine matched a little better cause of the lighter blue...

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:05 am

That is a Photoshop pic. I haven't done it yet! I'm leaning towards black for both. I like to keep a cleaner consistent look.

bull77 · Post by **bull77** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:08 am

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush Â»I haven't done it yet! I'm leaning towards black for both. I like to keep a cleaner consistent look. i went with black for both and put the caliber sticker on it from grafxwerks --- I think it looks good and matches betterEDIT: Just went to grafxwerks, who's Vibe is on the homepage?

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BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed May 14, 2008 12:40 am

Quote, originally posted by bull77 Â» i went with black for both and put the caliber sticker on it from grafxwerks --- I think it looks good and matches betterEDIT: Just went to grafxwerks, who's Vibe is on the homepage?You had me at I forgot about the Grafxwerks caliper stickers. That is exactly what I'm gonna do. Black Calipers w/metallic black "PONTIAC" caliper stickers. I'll paint them this weekend and post pics after I have the stickers on. Thanks for the help everyone!

ramenboy... · Post by **ramenboy...** » Wed May 14, 2008 2:09 am

Quote, originally posted by bull77 Â»Just went to grafxwerks, who's Vibe is on the homepage?could that be christian's psychobroker?looking forward to seeing pics of your callipers BC!

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:41 am

k my lazy (removed) emailed my boss about the paint. ill post when he responds.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:42 am

No Problem. I know you are conserving all of your energy for the Bachelor Party on Saturday.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:48 am

got it!!! por-15http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=CK&dept=11that stuff is used by lots of car restore ppl.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed May 14, 2008 3:50 am

Quote, originally posted by northvibe Â»got it!!! por-15http://www.por15.com/prodinfo.asp?grp=CK&dept=11that stuff is used by lots of car restore ppl.Can I get that locally, so I can do it this weekend?EDIT: Nevermind, found local reseller for it at Welle Auto Supply.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Wed May 14, 2008 4:13 am

checking....did you see all their other paint kits! dang! the under body rust one is probably the biggest seller. My manager used that on his 65 mustang and just put it on his 94 stang.

BlueCrush · Post by **BlueCrush** » Wed May 14, 2008 10:12 am

Well, the local reseller doesn't stock anything so I won't be doing it this weekend unless I go with another brand.

bull77 · Post by **bull77** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:16 am

do you ever get around to painting your calipers?

4X4CHICHI · Post by **4X4CHICHI** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:28 am

Where did you get your rims? I used to have those. I still have 3 of them, I would love to find a 4th.

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