So I haven't been on here for a bit, lots of catching up to do.
So I didn't get to order my car and dealer ordered bronze wheels which I love but unfortunately bronze calipers also. They just get lost back there so I decided to do something about it.
I purchased a kit from G2 on Amazon in red. Cost is $70 including link.
G2 High Temperature Brake Caliper Paint System Set RED G2160 - High Gloss
https://a.co/d/2qvR9tk
Paint uses a catalyst, paint can has room just pour into can and stir. Toss the brush set included. A decent set of brushes on Amazon was $7-9.
Clean, clean, clean is imperative. Kit only comes with 1 can of brake cleaner. Due to size of calipers I played it safe and ordered 2 kits.
Calipers are easy to disassemble, but tough to remove.
10mm bolt on center pin, remove bolt then pull pin. A small punch to remove upper and lower pins along with spring clip.
Pop hood a keep an eye on your master cylinder as you need to compress calipers to slide pads out.
Drivers side on my 5 had pad monitor slide it towards center before pulling that pad. Keep track of inside/outer pad orientation.
T30 torx on hub, remove it to remove rotor. If you have iron rotors be prepared they are not light. Bolts holding calipers to hubs are 18mm and very tight. You may feel it's not important to gain complete access, your call. I did, I have the proper tools.
I did put one bolt in very loose to allow me to move it as necessary.
After thorough cleaning I taped off piston face area and pad contact area. I scuffed calipers with 360 grit paper and cleaned again with prep-sol. Follow instructions for mixing.
Pot life for paint seems shorter than stated. I only got 2 decent coats. I had leftover and was starting to thicken a bit. Maybe could have gotten a coat on rears but I hadn't prepped them yet.
Left them alone over weekend and they flowed out and smoothed out brush marks. Never be as smooth finish as factory powdercoat but behind the wheels I think it will really be that noticable.
After fully dried I applied heat resistant vinyl V emblem stickers I found on eBay for $12. If in time they fail/lift/fade I will get stencil of design and use black caliper paint.
My labor and under $200 out of pocket. Cheap experiment. Now I need to find red key fob covers
I know it's a long post but trying to be thorough. Now for the pics.
Comments, questions welcomed.
I tried a couple of times to load them in order but failed.
My dog Blue was hanging out with me but had to send him in the keep the hair out.
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