Painted Calipers

[bigapple]

I was up working from 145 till 345 working on my front brake calipers... once i got a hang of how to do it with the first one, the second was a breeze... i did royal blue calipers (to match the ford badge on the rim) and did the outer part that holds in the caliper silver... will post pics tomorrow when i do the rears

 

[aldive]

Look forward to seeing your pictures.

How did you paint them? What paint?

I did mine with Dupli Color Brake Caliper Paint. Take a look at http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140016&highlight=painted+calipers

 

[bigapple]

Look forward to seeing your pictures.

How did you paint them? What paint?

I did mine with Dupli Color Brake Caliper Paint. Take a look at http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140016&highlight=painted+calipers

i used duplicolor high heat (1200 degree) engine coat primer, with royal blue high heat engine coating (since u cant get a royal blue in the regular caliper paint), and i used silver regular duplicolor caliper paint (500 degree)... first i sanded it with a wirebrush on a dremel (took a while haha i suggest using a grinder with a wire brush on it to cover more ground)... then i sprayed it with brake cleaner... i wiped the excess off with paper towels and covered up the exposed parts not wanting to paint with trash bags and sprayed away... heres the result

 

[aldive]

From what we can see they look great. Job well done.

Do you have any pics of them with the wheel off?

 

[shamaal]

The paint job is nice, would it look any better powder coated?

There's a guy on ebay that sells high temp caliper stickers, maybe he can do explorers?

 

[Charlie]

I painted mine too, but with the deer hoof style wheels, you can't see it unless the sun and wheel position is just perfect. I hope to get new wheels eventually, and then everybody will see what I have done!

They look good by the way, I like the blue idea.

 

[bigapple]

From what we can see they look great. Job well done.

Do you have any pics of them with the wheel off?

nah i should have gotten some shots of the process but i forgot about it... sorry man lol

 

[bigapple]

The paint job is nice, would it look any better powder coated?

There's a guy on ebay that sells high temp caliper stickers, maybe he can do explorers?

idk if it would appear smoother or not but maybe... i think a ford sticker or explorer one mite look nice

and yea the blue and silver i thought it would match the rim and the ford logo... figured i would give it a shot

 

[trucku]

awesome...they look great.

 

[SyberTiger]

FWIW, here is my post on a recent caliper paint job on the "unmodified" forum: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192128

 

[Stic-o]

I painted mine with just regular spray paint, but the brake dust gets on them and make them look like crap after awile

 

[bigapple]

FWIW, here is my post on a recent caliper paint job on the "unmodified" forum: http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192128

pretty interesting to see that bright red-orange paint under the rim... looks pretty good man... kudos to ur work... if i had a diff color car that gold i would have gone with red or yellow... blue and silver were pretty neutral just like my gold truck... figured i would keep it neutral

 

[SyberTiger]

I went with the ORANGE because its my school's color. The fact that I have a pearl color X means I could have picked pretty much any color. I figured if I was painting them then the purpose was so they would be noticed. Believe me, the orange gets noticed. I get a lot of compliment off the street. Black or silver would have just blended into the background and there would not have been a point to painting them. I think the key with painted calipers is having an open face rim like I have to really show them otherwise you really don't see much with the factory rims like I had before.

 

[bigapple]

I went with the ORANGE because its my school's color. The fact that I have a pearl color X means I could have picked pretty much any color. I figured if I was painting them then the purpose was so they would be noticed. Believe me, the orange gets noticed. I get a lot of compliment off the street. Black or silver would have just blended into the background and there would not have been a point to painting them. I think the key with painted calipers is having an open face rim like I have to really show them otherwise you really don't see much with the factory rims like I had before.

thats pretty true... the only time i can see mine like blatently is when i see my reflection on a car on the interstate... i notice it pretty easily but i think its cause i own it haha... people have said things but its def not as noticable as urs