did mine with that same kit.....came out absolutely mint!!!!

 

Yup same here. I finished them off with some decals.

 

NC,
How did you make your decal to go on your calipers, wont they come off??

 

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Man that is nice!! I use the G2 kit from TireRack to do mine with.

 

Good write up.

I am planning on doing mine in the next few weeks providing it will still be warm enough to do.

 

me too, cept i can heat my garage to do it....


my friends miss me, i work alot(out of town) and when im home for the weekend i mod.... lol

 

great write up, i"ll be doing mines real soon, but it will bea lil easier being im replacing rotors and pads, i wont need to mask off areas i dont want paint on..

 

That looks great Steve, I hope that I can find a similar kit up here in Aberta because I would love to do that to mine.

 

heres the results of how my calipers turned out, using the same Dupli Color kit ..

 

Here is my take on it- I just did it to mine. I just cut and pasted this from my website.





It was time to straighten out the brake calipers on this car. I was debating on a couple of different ways to do it. There are the aluminum caliper covers you can buy or I could do the regular paint. The aluminum ones are expensive, and I did find some plastic ones on eBay that were a lot less money, but I know that you get what you pay for, and $200 for caliper covers is out of the question at this point. So lets get down to business.

WARNING! Always have the vehicle under inspection on level ground, in park with the emergency brake on. Always wear protective eyewear, gloves and necessary clothing before inspection or work begins. Always have an operational fire extinguisher close by, obey all first aid instructions in the event of an injury. Never move a car without proper brake pedal operation.

Also, this tutorial is less on how to change your brake pads and more on painting the calipers. I found a great tutorial on changing the brake pads on this website, and thanks to them for letting be borrow a couple of pictures. Credit has been given...


I bought the Duplicolor Caliper Paint at my local auto parts store.It was about $16.

First I removed the front wheels (only the fronts are done at this time, the rear are for next weekend). I needed to clean them up. I used the supplied brake cleaner, followed by a wire brush on my grinder. This cleaned them up really good, but make sure you wear a respirator or something to protect the air- you'll be releasing some yuckies and you don't want to breath any in.

Once you have them clean, you can start dissassembly of the brake system. It is only 4 bolts total. The first to bolts remove the caliper, then two bolts to remove the caliper mount.

When you remove the caliper, DO NOT just let it hang by the brake line. It's heavy and you'll cause damage to the line if you do. Damage to the line can be fatal... Use something- wire, or I used really heavy duty tie wraps to anchor it up and keep the pressure off the brake line.

Now two bolts hold on the pad retainer unit. Undo them. You can then pull off the caliper mount, then once it's off you can pull out your brake pads. Make a note of how the pads are installed. Look at the wear indicator on the inside pad in particular, and if you need to, now would be a good time to change out the pads. Carefully remove the pads, the pad support plates (the little clip-like things at the top and bottom on each pad), noting the way they are installed and their sequence. The pad support plates may be stuck to the calipers with grime and crud. Gently pry them out. Clean any crud from the caliper in the area where the caliper mounts go. Clean up the caliper mounts.

Start painting. Follow the instructions in the package. Use lots of coats. Wear rubber gloves.

I used no less than 6 coats of paint on all these parts- a little more than half the can of paint. I left the rest for the rear calipers. You need lots of coats, because the paint goes on splotchy, and you need to keep adding coats to even it out and smooth it up. Wait 15-20 minutes between coats, and don't wait more than an hour or you'll have to wait 5 days for the VOC's to escape the paint.



Once you got that straightened out, wait overnight and let the paint set. The next day- put it all together in reverse of how you took it apart. A while ago I got some Brembo decals off eBay. I used them on this project.

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Nice addition to the how to. I personally removed the caliper all together. You gotta buy some new brake fluid and bleed the lines after but it's no big deal. This way it is much easier to clean the caliper, mask off all rubber areas and the piston etc and use high heat spray paint. Cleaner result IMO

 

I hear you, I had to go in after with lacquer thinner and a rag and clean up all my drips.

 

You guys who put the decals on---Did you put any high heat clear coat over stickers???

 

i sure did..

 

those are some sweet looking calipers, im definetly gonna have to do that to mine. thx for the how to.

 

i fot a question, when you put the tires back on how tight do you tighten the bolts? cause i didnt know before there is a certain ft/lb or what ever to do it at and i tightened my old tires on way to much and when i went to take them off all the pins snapped.

 

I tighten mine firmly but not as tight as I possibly can. Then I check them after 50 miles or so. I've never had a problem with that formula, they still remain tight.

 

I do the same as above......I tighten them in the star pattern, three times, then go back and check after a couple of days of driving...

 

Love it Steve. I live right across the street from an AutoZone. Gonna do this very soon.. Thanks for the how-to.

 

Awesome write-up! I bought the red kit months ago and just have not gotten around to doing this; now with winter here a good project for the weekend. Thanks!

 

For you guys that have done it a while ago, how are they holding up?

Rich

ETA: Not just from driving, but is the paint holding up after cleaning, scrubbing to clean, etc.

 

Mine are holding up really good. I do have a few chips, and I'm not sure where that came from that I need to do touchup on.

I still have my factory pads on, and they are really good because they don't really dust at all. My calipers haven't really gotten dirty yet.

 

Anyone use these?

Set of 8 Mopar Hi Temp Caliper Brake Decal Sticker:eBay Motors (item 260515380550 end time Dec-29-09 14:00:08 PST)

 

^^ I did, great decals. No issues so far.

Brake Calipers

 

Awesome write-ups guys!

 

Where can I find the decals?