Painting Brake Calipers

[EddieSTL]

Hello all,
I picked up my new 2021 black SX Nightfall yesterday. (Pictures are coming) We absolutely love it so far! Looking it over I am wondering if anyone has either painted or powder coated the brake calipers? Seems like it would add a pretty cool look to me. I searched and did not find anything on this but apologize if there is already a thread on this. Any information, ideas or pictures if someone has already done this would be most appreciated!

Best to all,

Jeff

 

[qwikhit]

Installed my custom caliper covers

I love the yellow on my caliper cover🔥 I think they even stand out even more when i coated my rims black!

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[EddieSTL]

Wow! Looks great! I was not aware you could get covers. I will certainly look into this. Seems like a much easier and cost effective solution. Thanks for the information!

 

[qwikhit]

Some have installed covers while others have hand painted the caliper. All depends on how much work you want to do

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[DarkMossJustin]

Hello all,
I picked up my new 2021 black SX Nightfall yesterday. (Pictures are coming) We absolutely love it so far! Looking it over I am wondering if anyone has either painted or powder coated the brake calipers? Seems like it would add a pretty cool look to me. I searched and did not find anything on this but apologize if there is already a thread on this. Any information, ideas or pictures if someone has already done this would be most appreciated!

Best to all,

Jeff

If you want a thinner stronger coating than powder coat, check out www.cerakote.com

Cerakote Projects & Photos | Cerakote Gallery search “brake calipers” for lots of examples

 

[westcoastTelly]

I painted the calipers on my sons Sportage , easy to do and results are great , remove wheel , thoroughly clean calipers with caliper cleaner spray , thoroughly dry ( heat gun or hair dryer ) , mask off all surrounding areas and spray with Caliper Paint ( I used red ). I put on 3 coats , great look , easy to do

 

[Fewturetellyowner]

I painted mine with the G2 caliper paint kit. Fairly simple, no masking if your careful with the small paint brush, and very affordable at under $60 on Amazon. They have many different colors to choose from.

 

[EddieSTL]

Thanks for the great information! I like the red and the hand painting I could do.

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[EddieSTL]

If you want a thinner stronger coating than powder coat, check out www.cerakote.com

Cerakote Projects & Photos | Cerakote Gallery search “brake calipers” for lots of examples

Thank you! Checking it out. Very interesting.

 

[EddieSTL]

I painted the calipers on my sons Sportage , easy to do and results are great , remove wheel , thoroughly clean calipers with caliper cleaner spray , thoroughly dry ( heat gun or hair dryer ) , mask off all surrounding areas and spray with Caliper Paint ( I used red ). I put on 3 coats , great look , easy to do

Thank you! Appreciate the info!

 

[JerseySXP]

+1 to @westcoastTelly.

Super easy to do. I recommend VHT spray paint as it tolerates high heat well.

Most important part is cleaning/prepping the surface prior to painting.

 

[EddieSTL]

+1 to @westcoastTelly.

Super easy to do. I recommend VHT spray paint as it tolerates high heat well.

Most important part is cleaning/prepping the surface prior to painting.

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Thank you! Looks fantastic! I really like the orange!

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[JerseySXP]

Thank you! Looks fantastic! I really like the orange!

I tried to match the DRLs. It's pretty darn close!

 

[EddieSTL]

+1 to @westcoastTelly.

Super easy to do. I recommend VHT spray paint as it tolerates high heat well.

Most important part is cleaning/prepping the surface prior to painting.

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Did you remove or mask? Thanks in advance!

 

[BRNXBMR]

Been considering doing this...but I'm not really a 'car guy'. Never done anything like this before. How complicated would this be? What kind of time commitment might I be looking at? TIA

 

[JerseySXP]

Did you remove or mask? Thanks in advance!

Lots of masking tape and plastic bags.

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[iiviiiike]

+1 to @westcoastTelly.

Super easy to do. I recommend VHT spray paint as it tolerates high heat well.

Most important part is cleaning/prepping the surface prior to painting.

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Which brand and color is that? I got VHT real orange. I'm not loving it.

 

[JerseySXP]

Which brand and color is that? I got VHT real orange. I'm not loving it.

Burnt copper.

 

[iiviiiike]

Burnt copper.

VHT Metallic Burnt Copper ?​

 

[JerseySXP]

VHT Metallic Burnt Copper ?​

Yes.