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Well I finally decided to paint the Brembo brake calipers red after seeing "leebo's" post on vortex.com. I ordered the red G2 paint kit from Vetthead.com for $39.99.
Basically you need to jack up the car, take off the wheels, clean the brakes, mask, paint 4 coats 15 min apart, dry for 24 hours, un-mask and put the wheels back on. Pretty easy mod I would say.
The kit is fairly complete but I would suggest buying another and larger brush than the one supplied in the kit. Also, the kits suggest two coats but I think more like 3 or four are needed to cover the calipers well. Don't worry about running out there is plenty of extra paint after 4 coats. They say you must paint between 55-70 degrees F but I did it in my hot garage, which was around 85 degrees F. I think it just made the paint dry and harden faster than normal but it worked fine. Make sure you wait the whole 24 hours because it takes a long time for the paint to become completely hard.
-Jake
Here are some pics during and after the process.
Basically you need to jack up the car, take off the wheels, clean the brakes, mask, paint 4 coats 15 min apart, dry for 24 hours, un-mask and put the wheels back on. Pretty easy mod I would say.
The kit is fairly complete but I would suggest buying another and larger brush than the one supplied in the kit. Also, the kits suggest two coats but I think more like 3 or four are needed to cover the calipers well. Don't worry about running out there is plenty of extra paint after 4 coats. They say you must paint between 55-70 degrees F but I did it in my hot garage, which was around 85 degrees F. I think it just made the paint dry and harden faster than normal but it worked fine. Make sure you wait the whole 24 hours because it takes a long time for the paint to become completely hard.
-Jake
Here are some pics during and after the process.
