brake caliper paint

[Bigntall1]

Haven't done the tahoe brakes but I have painted the brakes on my avalanche. I know it's not what you're looking for but the red really have people asking me how much I paid for the high performance brakes.
I used the Duplicolor kit. Used a brush. Didn't need to tape or mask anything off.

 

[blueflamed03]

Duplicolor Caliper paint with a brush

 

[sparg93]

what did you guys do to prep the surface of your calipers prior to painting them?

 

[OHSIXX]

what did you guys do to prep the surface of your calipers prior to painting them?

I used some brake cleaner and a rag...that's it. Then I taped off anything I didn't want paint on....and then sprayed them.

 

[Bigntall1]

I used some brake cleaner and a rag...that's it. Then I taped off anything I didn't want paint on....and then sprayed them.

Same method here minus the taping. The duplicolor kits comes with spray on cleaner. Spray it on then wipe the calibers down with a rag.

 

[Travieso]

i also painted mine red



Bigntall1 - how did you go about putting letters on the calipers that's pretty cool

 

[MrBalll]

Bigntall1 - how did you go about putting letters on the calipers that's pretty cool

I would also like to know this.

 

[blueflamed03]

the brush on kit came with cleaner, tape, and a brush...one can did 4 sets of calipers.
Not 4, but 4 trucks.

 

[chauncey0337]

Bigntall1 - how did you go about putting letters on the calipers that's pretty cool

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[Bigntall1]

Bigntall1 - how did you go about putting letters on the calipers that's pretty cool

At the time I painted the calipers I worked for a company that had the maintenance contract for the Navy Training Jets. I had friends that worked in the corrision control department and they were responsible for painting the aircraft and putting the lettering and numbers that you see on them. They have a machine that creates and cuts decals and they made them for me. But you can order you own online. Just google brake decals and there are a lot of sites that make them. It's not expensive. Maybe $10 for a set. I need to order some more because I had mine repainted last fall and it was too hard trying to paint around the decals so I painted over them. I don't work for that company anymore so I dont know if I can get the same hook up I got before.