prateek200410

Hi guys,

I would really appreciate if you post some pictures (as many as you can) of your cars with painted break calipers (any color). Spring is approaching and I want to get mine painted so I would appreciate all the previews I can get before finally deciding on a color.

I currently have an A6 Phantom Black.

Thanks in advance!!

Cyncris

I dunno why this irritates me so much...but nothing is broken. They are called brake calipers not break calipers.

And Red or yellow calipers would look good with black.

tenspeed

RED!

Mike_L

WTF is that? That is ALL WRONG. You just paint the calipers. Not the rotors, not the pads, not the backing plates. EPIC FAIL!!

gatorguy7

I believe painting the rotor is the latest trend.

Mike_L

I used to paint the hats on Big brake kits because they would rust. But since they started with Zinc washing, no need to do that any more. Painting the braking surfaces just clogs up the pads, because the paint scrapes off on them.

Never know with the ricer crowd though. They may paint them, put stickers on them, Drill designs in them, or some other idiocy. They never do anything that makes sense. They specialize in making eyesores that make a lot of bad noise.

Jake-AudiUSAParts

Looks like minor over spray to me, no big deal I will never forget the time I was in the drive thru (many years ago, don't eat that stuff anymore) of a Burger King and the fella in front of me jumped out of his car with a round piece of cardboard in one hand and a can of gold Krylon in the other, he then proceeded to "mask off" the tires with the cardboard and paint all four wheels gold while waiting in the drive thru line. He stepped back when he was finished, crossed his arms across his chest and just smiled and nodded his head as if saying "Oh yeah, now that is classy"! It was an old Civic CRX btw.

tenspeed

I was replacing the rotors any ways. They say that red calipers are the poor mans Brembo's...

The old rotors wore out.

Mike_L

Nah, those are the newest vented rotors. They're supposed to be like that so heat can get out.

tenspeed

Here's some done the correct way. I prefer black or silver which dresses it up without standing out.

Black


Black and red


Red




Painted cover to hide/prevent rust