Anything works with blue. Red, blue, black, etc.

 

Yes you can. Just follow the same process that you would to polish anything. Any metal can be polished.


Another option for us sunburst orange guys is Dupli Colors "metal cast" series. It's high temp paint so it won't bubble or crack under the heat the calipers put off. It takes two or three coats to get it up to the stock color because it's supposed to be an anodized paint, but the results are nice. I haven't done my calipers yet but I plan to when the weather gets nice again. I would also make sure to get a high temp clear to go on them too.

 

I Also Have Blue Cals. With My Silver Cobalt And I Think They Look Good But That Is My Oppin.

 

yeah they are an interesting group of facist alright haha I was going to do the taillights to but im trying to prevent getting pulled over so maybe ill have to buy those covers...anyhow let me know if ya need any help 0n the calipers.. I do sugguest you tint the lights another day....the calipers can burn up some good patience lol

 

I have a yellow cobalt and I painted my Calipers red by hand with that $15 Wal-Mart kit.

They look great, front ones get dirty all the time. But it was easy. Make sure you paint all of the cast metal down there. If you only paint the middle part then they will not stand out as much. It looks bigger and better when you paint it all. Just need a little more patience.

 

DO you have pix? I was gunna paint my calipers yellow on my red cobalt...then i searched the forum and someone said red and yellow makes them think Mcdonalds....since then i threw out red/yellow as a team lol

 

I have seen the yellow Calipers. That's an awful idea. I would go red or black. I prefer red. I'll see if I have a head on picture.

 

Is there any way to prevent the brake dust on the calipers? Because I know if you paint them, then brake dust will accumulate on them. Is there something like a clear-coat that would protect them? or something to keep them that shiny color?

 

There's no paint or anything that will keep them clean. You can get low-dust brake pads. The simple solutuion I do is just give them a quick clean with a rag everytime I wash the car and it generally keeps them looking good until the next wash

 

you can clear coat them, and its much easier to clean, and keeps it a little cleaner to...other then that...stop breaking at 140mph

 

would blue look good on arrival blue?

 

I WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE DARKNESS OF THE BLUE YOU ARE USEING IF IT IS A BRIGHT VIABRANT COLOR THEN I THINK IT WOULD LOOK PRETTY GOOD MINE IS EXTREAMLY BRIGHT ON MY SILVER BALT.

 

I dont recondmend the caliper spray paint(used it on a friends car). I bought a caliper painting kit from walmart for about $25 made by Dupicolor and it worked great, you paint it with a brush and it comes with caliper cleaner. It did flake abit on the front over the winter, but I only used one coat and it is 6 months old. There is enough paint to do them over again another 10 times aswell....

 

I Just Picked Up Some Hight Temp Paint From The Parts Store For About 5 Bones And That Was About Six Months Ago And It Still Looks As Clean As The Day I Put Them On There

 

Honestly, I used a non-high temp spray paint on my Camaro's caliper's with a high-temp engine clear on top of that. I never had a problem..

 

cool thats what i was thinking of, i think ill give that a shot this spring so i can have an exact color match. If it doesnt work ill strip em down and go another route

 

Yeah, just remember that obviously all paints differ, so don't come back to me if it doesn't work out lol. I'm just saying that mine did, maybe I got lucky?

 

lol im not holdin you to anything, I know im taking a risk but good results will be well worth it.

 

JUST BE SURE YOU CLEAN THEM DOWN WITH DENATURED ALCOHOL OR MINERAL SPIRITS BEFORE YOU SPRAY THEM

 

O yah ill be pulling them completely off and using brake cleaner I want to get a nice clean look.

 

I'm going to do mine right now...Will have some pics up tomorrow!

 

Sexy.... with your wheels i know this will turn out just damn sexy

 

Here's a pic, it's hard to see the red brakes unless I get a close up, but then you can't see the yellow paint for contrast.

 

I am planning on doing the caliper thing soon as well, i have looked on the net for caliper kits, and have come across the dupli color and also a g2 system. Both look similar, the g2 system is about twice as expensive as the dupli color, didnt know if anyone has used this g2 stuff and if it is worth the extra cash, cuz under 20 bucks for the duplicolor seems nice and it sounds like everyone is happy with it for the most part. Thanks

 

Is it hard to pull them off completely? I wanna get a black balt and get red inserts wit red calipers. Than blue HIDs, but its too bad they dont make red HIDs