Hi Everyone,

I'm going to paint my brake calipers, just as soon as I decide on a color.
I need help. Does any one have pictures of there's? So I can get some ideas.
All suggestions and opinions are welcome. By the way my Stang is Tungsten Gray.

Thank you

Here is a how to link..... sorry the you need to copy and paste it in your browser's address bar..... http://www.cs.unm.edu/~firedrak/documents/calipers.htm

About colors.... Mineral gray pony .... that is a tought one..... I would stick to some gray/ chrome...... loud color may make the calipers stick out of place.....IMO

I was thinking of painting mine, and I have tungeston grey, and I was thinking about black.

I've been considering painting my calipers too and was thinking I'd go with black.

Hot Pink would be amazing.....




























































































Ok maybe not...black would be the only color I'd do with your color.

Tino...that link didn't work for me!!!

Red would look good too I think. I saw a pic somewhere of a gray stang with the red calipers.
Looks great IMO.

Thank you for all the feed back. I'm going to look for some pics. I will post when I find them.

I found a picture, Its of a GT but it will work. I have painted the calipers in MS Paint. (not the best quality) I even made some hot pink ones for blazen351...LOL





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I think black would look the best, but it wouldn't stand out if that's what you're going for. In that case, I think a red "brembo" look would be cool.

Black or red....I'd choose!

I don't know, black red and yellow all look good, and hell for somthing that started as a joke the pink doesn't look to bad either LOL

Granted it's hard to say exactly how it would look in real life.

One thing to consider though when you pick your color...are you going to be doing stripes or and any interior colors or what not that you could tie in with???

Blazen!!!! Pink is rice! Any neon would be ricey!

No way man Rice is white...or yellow if it's fried. Oh and brownish if it's wild rice. LMAO

LOL...you're a trip!!! Talking about ricey, why not add a set of fire flyes on them wheels!!!

well the biggest question would be how to mount them. I mean do you glue there wings to the wheels, or do you attach by the glowing butt. LMAO.

Some duct tape, or crazy glue would work great!

Duct tape rocks! I'm gonna build a house with the stuff one of these days.

black and red both look good, red if you want them to stand out and black if you don't.

ORIGINAL: ricanpassion

Tino...that link didn't work for me!!!


On that address, make the last file .html not .htm like posted... here it is:

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~firedrak/documents/calipers.html

Thanks knuclehead11:D
ORIGINAL: knucklehead11

ORIGINAL: ricanpassion

Tino...that link didn't work for me!!!


On that address, make the last file .html not .htm like posted... here it is:

http://www.cs.unm.edu/~firedrak/documents/calipers.html

I think you should be different...

do PINK

or PURPLE

ORIGINAL: cejaay13

Hi Everyone,

I'm going to paint my brake calipers, just as soon as I decide on a color.
I need help. Does any one have pictures of there's? So I can get some ideas.
All suggestions and opinions are welcome. By the way my Stang is Tungsten Gray.

Thank you



I would do them black or red for your car

i JUST bought the paint for mine this afternoon, waiting for my dad to get back with the bottle jack so i can paint them.. im going with yellow to match my soon to be installed stripes!

ill post pics if i get them all dun tonight, or tommorow

Paul

Yellow stripes??? Wow...that should look interesting! Must see the after!!

what kind of paint do you use to paint them

High heat paint...you can find caliper paint kits that come with brushes so you do not have to take the calipers off!

I have windveil blue and kind of painted them ford blue. It's pretty bright but I like the color, doesn't look "ricer", looks good, need to repaint the rear, I'd recommend 3 coats because they'll chip.

I used Duplicolor (purchased from Walmart), and put on 2 coats after cleaning the calipers. They look great on the front, the back are chipped away pretty good, however.

thanks for the info

theres pics of what it will look like in my photo albulm here

http://www.mustangforums.com/albumphoto.asp?albumid=919&asortType=1&apage=1

im going with number 4 with much smalled pin stripes.

I just painted 1 of my calipers and WOW its hard work lol.... also u have to make totaly sure the brake caliper is totaly totaly clean, i missed a tiny area and the paint wouldnt stick, im going to redo it tommorow when i have my bottle jack.

Ill post pics tonight

Paul

ok heres the before

http://www.mustangforums.com/photo.asp?photoid=9393&asortType=6&apage=1

and heres the after

http://www.mustangforums.com/photo.asp?photoid=9536&asortType=6&apage=1

heres another view with matching stripes (paint edit)

http://www.mustangforums.com/photo.asp?photoid=9537&asortType=6&apage=1

its not quite finished yet i have to redo it when i do the rest.. just didnt have the energy to complete tonight [:'(]

How about red?

Thanks a lot for all your feed back. I think I will do them black. I might want to get black stripes some day.

ORIGINAL: Goliath

I have windveil blue and kind of painted them ford blue. It's pretty bright but I like the color, doesn't look "ricer", looks good, need to repaint the rear, I'd recommend 3 coats because they'll chip.

I used Duplicolor (purchased from Walmart), and put on 2 coats after cleaning the calipers. They look great on the front, the back are chipped away pretty good, however.


Yep, I did the same thing - same color and same kit. I will post pics soon

I like the stripes...can't wait to see...good luck!
ORIGINAL: paulboy16

theres pics of what it will look like in my photo albulm here

http://www.mustangforums.com/albumphoto.asp?albumid=919&asortType=1&apage=1

im going with number 4 with much smalled pin stripes.

I just painted 1 of my calipers and WOW its hard work lol.... also u have to make totaly sure the brake caliper is totaly totaly clean, i missed a tiny area and the paint wouldnt stick, im going to redo it tommorow when i have my bottle jack.

Ill post pics tonight

Paul

I went with white! Looks great, I did them first Black and with Tung Grey it was just too dark. I'll post pictures soon.

im doing mine in yellow on wednesday , pauls helping me, were gonna take pics during the process for that and lowering his car.

red

G2 Caliper paint - I've used it on several cars and it's tough stuff (2 stage mix - brush on) Even stands up to mild wheel cleaners.

I think red would look cool, but i also think if you got the right color blue it would be really cool.

I went with the red, but that was an easy choice just because my car was red :D

Side View (http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7599/kif1727rh6.jpg)

Front View (http://img285.imageshack.us/img285/209/kif1720hi8.jpg)

I just used engine paint, and it works great, they've been one for 4 months now and they look great.

here is my satin silver, with red calipers.



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I went with red on my car, was thinking of silver but didn't think it would stand out much. If you are wanting them to stand out, I would paint them red, if you are just wanting them to look clean, go with the black.
Here is a pick of mine.

Tim

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Does anyone have pics of red calipers on a black stang with the 18" bullits. I think this would be a sweet setup.

Here is the color I painted, I know white will be hard to keep clean but it is diffrent and looks clean on the car. Let me know what ya think.

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I love the mustang logo on them....VERY NICE!

ORIGINAL: rmays06

Here is the color I painted, I know white will be hard to keep clean but it is diffrent and looks clean on the car. Let me know what ya think.

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What is the logo from. Is it able to stand up to the heat? I like it. White looks good but I would go with RED. Has to be bright or you might as well leave it stock.

If anyone is interested here is a link to Duplicolor. They have caliper paint kits in several colors. Even have a good demo video showing how to.

High Perf Caliper Paint Kit.webloc (http://High Perf Caliper Paint Kit.webloc)

Hey Ron, I'm from Metro Detroit as well. Sterling Heights.

how did you do those logos o_O

Mustang Brake Caliper Decals... ... ...

http://www.xenonmods.com/newallcaliperdecals.htm

Ya I got the logos from http://www.xenonmods.com/newallcaliperdecals.htm (http://www.xenonmods.com/newallcaliperdecals.htm) but there are other out there that will do them in lots of different colors and fonts if your intrested. I did put clearcoat over them for protection thou.