Painting calipers

[JD01]

if I was to paint my calipers with 2k would the paint blister or discolour from heat when at trackday ect, do I need high temp paint?

[bigkevbusa]

yeah there is a high temp paint for calipers you can get. speak to steve crow at crow custom paint in sydney he does all that stuff and he only paints bikes and is great painter

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[roastdinajima]

I did these myself with a rattle can of caliper paint from supacheap/repco

[JD01]

I did these myself with a rattle can of caliper paint from supacheap/repco

Thanks guys
How have they held up, any problems?

[DaveGPz]

I used brake caliper paint from Autobahn - it looked great, but preparation is the important thing. Otherwise the paint doesn't bond well, and it all flakes off, or comes off with the brake fluid (speaking from experience )

[aggerz]

I've done a few calipers now, The K+H stuff is fantastic for a home job. (Autobarn stock it) and bonus points for being an Aussie company. I think from memory it was around $17-18 a can but lasts fair while I've done a few sets and was clearly better quality than the yum-cha brand stuff at Supercheap.
Never had any issue with peeling/bubbling not even after considerable spills of brake fluid

I've also given them a low bake in the oven before putting them back on the bike.

[JD01]

Thanks aggerz, I'll give that stuff a go

[bassmaniac69]

Do you need to pull them apart totally to do them or is it simply a matter of masking them up correctly?

And what temp did you bake yours at?

[mike-s]

wow, nice job there aggerz

[aggerz]

Thanks Mike.

As for pulling them apart - that's a good point, sorry I should have addressed before. For all the ones that I've done I've pulled them completely apart, calipers are a pretty simple component with minimal parts and seals are relatively inexpensive but I don't see why if you took your time and gave them a real good clean, taped up well then you would be able to do it assembled.

The baking wasn't super precise, it was ~20mins at ~100deg - Truth be told who know's if that works or not but my logic was that it might help cure the paint a bit better before I put them back on and potentially spill brake fluid on fresh(soft) paint.
So far so good, they've held up to fluid spills and pressure washers.

Good luck with the project.

[dutchy]

Thread revival. Thought I'd seek advice here instead of starting a newy.

I'm going to rebuild the brakes on the 7 I just got and want to ask the general KSRC brains trust what their previous experience is. The calipers are split down the middle and bolted together, so do people split them to re-paint/re-build or do you keep them together and mask or paint over the bolts? Is it a task to remove the bolts and split them to repaint or will there be issues matching them up again? Is there some sort of seal between the two halves? Has anyone every poured hot wax over their arse and waited for it dry so they could pull it off slowly and painfully?

Eagerly awaiting your reply,

Dutchy

[Jonnymac]

Just the hot wax bit.........





What would like to know?:)

[dutchy]

In the end I just thought "Fuck it, I'll pull em apart!" so I've pretty much found out what I needed to know originally.

Now I've just got to figure out how to get the pistons out. They are being.......stubborn

[Wattie]

In the end I just thought "Fuck it, I'll pull em apart!" so I've pretty much found out what I needed to know originally.

Now I've just got to figure out how to get the pistons out. They are being.......stubborn

Compressed air.
It's easier then the caliper is still complete but.

[robracer]

Yep agree with Wattie, put em back together & use compressed air but be careful not to have your fingers in the way of the flying piston, I normally cover the piston end with a thick rag, I have duct tape wound around the end of the air gun nozzle so it will seal over the banjo mount, pops em out real easy.