painting calipers

[foodybat]

I'm putting 20 TSW Thruxton's... hyper black..... Does anyone have any advise on if I should paint my calipers & what color?

[Nolmscheid]

Man...did you ask this question in three different places? patience young man!

[foodybat]

Originally Posted by Nolmscheid

Man...did you ask this question in three different places? patience young man!

yeah, your right..... hard not to get caught up in it all....but my realization is get the wheels put on first....and then digest it for a while...then i'll make a decision from there when the time is right... but any input is appreciated....

[300C4ME]

G2 offers one of the better and more convenient caliper paint kits. I believe it comes in six colors and does not require removal of the caliper from the brake line.

[Rollin on Dueces]

wassup man, I have painted my calipers and love it. It is very easy because all you have to do is clean the caliper with an oven cleaner or something of that nature, tape up and spray light coats. i chose to go with racing red because it really stands out, and that is the color that most of the big brake companies go with(brembo). That color will work well with the bleck rims. although, I have a buddy where i am from that has a set of 22" black hre's on his bmw 745 and has the silver brembo brakes, and it looks awesome. IMO, i would stick with red, i think that you will be impressed.

[II kings 9:20]

This is a disease, I keep finding new things to do on this forum, I found the G2 system at Tire Rack and will paint in the Spring.

[goddardzilla]

Cosmetics aside.

The best colour (sp. Can.) for calipers is matte black. The reason is that matte black radiates heat away from it's surface the best. This keeps the brake fluid further away from boiling - a very bad thing.

This is also why your coolant rad. is black.

Dark red is almost as good, white is poor and chrome is the worst.

Still your decision though.

John

[II kings 9:20]

Originally Posted by goddardzilla

Cosmetics aside.

The best colour (sp. Can.) for calipers is matte black. The reason is that matte black radiates heat away from it's surface the best. This keeps the brake fluid further away from boiling - a very bad thing.

This is also why your coolant rad. is black.

Dark red is almost as good, white is poor and chrome is the worst.

Still your decision though.

John

Boiling fluid aside, matte black would be pretty ugly, I would rather leave them stock. If one is on the track and fluid is going to boil I don't think it will matter what color the calipers are especially if the rotors are glowing red. On the street, color and heat dissipation may have a very slight effect if towing a trailer in the mountains.

[goddardzilla]

Originally posted by II kings 9:20
Boiling fluid aside, matte black would be pretty ugly, I would rather leave them stock. If one is on the track and fluid is going to boil I don't think it will matter what color the calipers are especially if the rotors are glowing red. On the street, color and heat dissipation may have a very slight effect if towing a trailer in the mountains.

I did say "cosmetics aside" in my post.

Efficiency is efficiency no matter how it looks.

I hope you havn't chromed your rad!

[foodybat]

Originally Posted by II kings 9:20

Boiling fluid aside, matte black would be pretty ugly, I would rather leave them stock. If one is on the track and fluid is going to boil I don't think it will matter what color the calipers are especially if the rotors are glowing red. On the street, color and heat dissipation may have a very slight effect if towing a trailer in the mountains.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do gloss black..... won't show dirt as much, also...and I guess the most important reason is that I'm going for a black look...not too much chrome (anywhere on the car) --- B L A C K .... yeah...i think that's it...but going to wait another week or so to think about it further....