Painted Calipers?

[jbossert]

Has anyone out there painted their calipers a color other than black or silver? My Z06 has red calipers and I love it. I am just not sure if it would look good on a black TB SS. Any opinions out there? :)

[ieatglue]

A caliper paint kit is about $18 CND from walmart. Our calipers don't have smooth surfaces, so it might look bad. That's the only reason i still didn't paint mine.

[jimmyjam]

i painted one red, but i stopped because I'm going to do them all when I take the calipers off of the rotors coz i'm swapping rotors this weekend. there is one pic in my gallery with a 1/2 painted caliper.

[deathbynosleep]

I'm sure it would look good. It would look even better if you had some red on the vehicle...maybe a pinstripe...

[OurZoo]

I've always wanted to do this. I think it would look awesome on a TBSS!

[jimmyjam]

before and after
http://static.flickr.com/39/83115820_5e6f0e7ef0.jpghttp://static.flickr.com/41/83115819_2bc7b828a9.jpg

[ieatglue]

Those look sweet !!! Nice looking rotors you got there too. Can you get a picture of what it looks like far away?

[jimmyjam]

i will after i do the front wheels tomorrow. gosh i was so hung over this morning when I was doing this. ever wake up wondering "where did all my money go? why is my face covered in glitter?"

i messed up and used high heat paint to paint the center of the rotor black. i got some brake cleaner on it and it started eating right through it. need to use caliper paint for painting the rotors, it should be resistant to harsh degreaser.

[ieatglue]

I'm almost out of cash, better go back to working at McD's. The fronk brake calipers are bigger, they'll look a lot better. I wonder if you can use a permanent marker and write CORVETTE on them :undecided

[Dacomputernerd]

I'm almost out of cash, better go back to working at McD's. The fronk brake calipers are bigger, they'll look a lot better. I wonder if you can use a permanent marker and write CORVETTE on them :undecided

Probably, but black caliper paint with "CORVETTE" stencils would look much more professional

[jimmyjam]

:duh: when are you guys going to realize that doing that kind of stuff to your car is really lame

like seeing a beat up late 90's honda civic with a fart can muffler and a typeR sticker on it.

[Envoy Fan]

gosh i was so hung over this morning when I was doing this. ever wake up wondering "where did all my money go? why is my face covered in glitter?"



:yes: :rotfl:

[jimmyjam]

Click for full size
http://static.flickr.com/39/83396959_69de30280c.jpg (http://static.flickr.com/39/83396959_69de30280c_o.jpg)
washed out so you can see them better
http://static.flickr.com/36/83396956_3293900b55.jpg (http://static.flickr.com/36/83396956_3293900b55_o.jpg)

http://static.flickr.com/38/83396961_938dfbff4b.jpg (http://static.flickr.com/38/83396961_938dfbff4b_o.jpg)

[ieatglue]

Those look sweet, all that's left to do is write "corvette" on em' :raspberry

[Cmdrrjc]

JimmyJam, Did you state before where you got your rotors. Did you get new pads too?

[jimmyjam]

got the rotors from R1 concepts on ebay, got ceramic pads from autozone. old pads were probably 1/2 worn..

[Cmdrrjc]

Sounds good, can I ask how much the total mod was?

[jimmyjam]

230 for the rotors, 100 for the pads, paint was probably $10

[Cmdrrjc]

Debating whether I should do that or the exhaust...we'll see. Thanks jimmyjam.

[OurZoo]

That does look sweet JimmyJam! When I get 22s I know I'm gonna have to upgrade the brakes sooner than later. How do you like the new stopping power?

[jbossert]

[quote=jimmyjam]before and after
http://static.flickr.com/39/83115820_5e6f0e7ef0.jpghttp://static.flickr.com/41/83115819_2bc7b828a9.jpg

Looks awesome!!

[tblazin18]

is there a big diference in the stopping power? looks amazing btw.....

[Dacomputernerd]

is there a big diference in the stopping power? looks amazing btw.....

Same question... And it does look amazing :yes::D

[Buckinb]

is there a big diference in the stopping power? looks amazing btw.....

Yup the red paint helps stops the truck much faster.... HA, had too. I certainly hope they are referring to the rotors themselves....

Sorry for the couple year bump here, haha Im just paintin my calipers Red this weekend, and the brackets silver, so i was looking at some of the Posts.