well i was wondering if the gm spray paint for touch ups can be used to paint the calipers?.....i saw a pic of this on here a while back but i cant rem. who it was that did this?...can someone tell me if this idea would work and possibly help me find those pics with the orange calipers?

 

Is the GM Touch up paint rated for high temps? Your calipers can warm up a little.

 

You don't need the high temp paint. I got NAPA to mix me up some paint that matched the car. brushed it on and it lasted all summer, fall and winter. Have to redo it in the spring.
Turns out great every time

 

Why did you have to redo it?

 

If you lived in Arizona its a whole different story. Just sitting in the sun, tires get too hot to touch, let alone lugnuts, and brake components. If you live where it is cold, then it could be okay I guess, I'm not an expert, but I think that the excess heat gets bled off in the cold air. But the reason yours have lasted so long is that you don't have temperatures going over 115 or 120 degrees. Its funny to see spray painted drum brakes or calipers in the summer, just pealing away. Hell even high temp paint only lasts about 5-10 years here, I guess cause the stuff never gets a chance to cool down.

 

Don't use the GM spray paint for your calipers bro.

Just use duplicolor ceramic caliper paint.

That GM paint will end up chipping off in no time and you wasted a lot of time for ugly chipping calipers that have to be redone.

Do it right, do it once.

 

Not true. I did my calipers on my Cavi with GM color matched spray paint and I did my Cobalt SS with the GM color match spray paint and its never given me an issue at all. Hell I even painted a good bit of the Cavi's engine to match and that never flaked off either.

The duplicolor stuff is gret if you have a car that matches with thier paint like red, or yellow, the old blue from 05 and 06 but if you have say a Sunburst orange or Sport Red colored car what then? Plain red wouldn't look good on them but fear not the GM paint does just fine. I don't need to repaint mine every spring I just pull the wheel and wash the caliper and they look like just painted.

 

Well a buddy of mine has used GM paint on his calipers, not a Cobalt, a Cavi.
He did a good job spraying them and a year later there are chips in the paint.

That's my experience with GM paint on calipers. Give it a whirl if you want.
I totally understand the paint match situation. I got lucky with the Duplicolor red.

 

Hmmmm, perhapps his prep work was lacking but :::shrug::: who knows!

Yeah you guys with the Victory Red cars are lucky like that.

 

Yeah it could have been prep work. Could also be outside conditons and what not too.

Try it. Tell us how it works out down the road. It would help people color match calipers.

 

When I do mine I was thinking about a high temp primer, then the GM Sunburst paint, then a high temp clear coat. I'm no paint expert but that seems like it should helps things last longer and resist chipping.