I went to house of graphics and bought the 4x1" I really hope it's close to the stock size beacause all the other sizes are for the Evo wich are 3x.88" or somthing

 

I would powdercoat before paint no questions asked

 

If you want to go through the trouble of buying another set of calipers/have your car sitting for a few days with no brakes, and shell out the extra money for powdercoating then be my guest. This will hold up for at least a year or two with no problems.

 

Just wait until you need to change your brakes and calipers and order a new set and have them powder-coated before you switch them out.

 

Heres the new, I cleared them last night, they look so much better now with the glossy shine

Just a few shots today

 

Wow yeah looks even better now. More pics when the stickers are on!

 

[QUOTE=xbobbitox;6567636]So I finally painted my brembos, my red brembo stickers are on there way.
I think they came out pretty damn good
Let me know what you think






holy wheel weights :P

did you just get the 4 inch brembo decals? and di you just spray over the original paint or did you scuff it up first?

 

Wet sanded them and ya I got the 4" brembo for the front

And ya I have no idea why there are so many wheel weights but it rides smooth lol

 

Got my decals on

 

Looks really good man! What brand is the paint?

 

Awesome job man

 

VHT high temp burnt copper

 

What all did you tape up while you painted them? Besides the rotors and pistons?

 

Looks really good! And paint is okay, I painted my Z24 calipers black and they lasted well over 5 years. People have had their powder coating crack, at least with paint it's easy to touch up should something happen.

 

^exactly

 

Did you use the VHT high temp gloss clear for calipers?

 

Ya I did

 

Just did mine the same way and they turned out great, went to put wheel on and it scraped it on the side. Nothing rattle can cant fix! Much happier I did that instead of PC. I woulda been pissed! Lol

 

love the lugs matching! n the black looks much better as well


keep us posted as to how the decals hold up to the elements (seeing as im assuming you didnt clear over them?)

 

heres my before and after tape... just to give you an idea.. plus if you do manage to get some overspray on the rotors, some brake cleaner takes it right off with just a little paper towel..

before


after

 

i got a good pic on my phone of mine, my calipers were similar to xbobbitiox's, but i used gold flake, an he used that copper color.. I like how his look on the red tho

 

best pics I got on my imageshack






especially on a dark car, some bright color'd calipers really make em pop ya know?

I'm kinda wishin I woulda went with the Copper color that the OP had tho, cuz in some lights, mine look... yellow? not wat I was goin for..

 

Yours look good!^^ did you clear them? The look flat,

Anyways so scratch the gold lugs lol I got lucky and found a set of muteki sr48 black extended lugs at my local shop,they look much better not so gawdy and redic, and I want my brakes to stand out not my lugs

 

Looks good, goes good with the body color! I painted my brembos and bought the decal and didn't clear coat over them. They have been holding strong for near a year now!!!!!!!

 

Ya the stickers are legit after a week in az 110+ heat on top of the brakes I peeled the old red logos off and they left no residue of any kind. That's how you know it's good stuff