I painted my brake calipers black with the caliper paint you can buy off americanmuscle.com. I gave them a good 2-3 coats and they looked really good last year. But i had to drive my mustang through this last winter and the paint on the calipers has worn off in some areas and doesnt look too good anymore. is this paint bad quality? and I was going to repaint them once the weather gets a little warmer and was wondering will i have to scrape off all the old paint with some steel wool and do the whole process again? I did think it was kind of weird that the kit didnt come with any primer it was just a 3 step process of spraying cleaner on, using steel wool to scrape of all rust, and then paint on 2-3 coats. I just thought it would last alot longer...
Painting brake calipers...
- Thread starter Nick95GT
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There aren't any brake caliper kits that I know if that come with primer.
Yes, you will need to start over. Surface prep is the most important thing, sand with the wire wheel till bare, clean with brake cleaner, sand some more, cleaner again.
Again I highly recommend G2 paint kits over dupli-color which is what American muscle sells
Yes, you will need to start over. Surface prep is the most important thing, sand with the wire wheel till bare, clean with brake cleaner, sand some more, cleaner again.
Again I highly recommend G2 paint kits over dupli-color which is what American muscle sells
bonestock3.8DTH
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Well I used caliper paint the first time and then when I painted my fender wells I painted over it with epoxy paint and it still looks good hasnt wore off and is still shiney black, I know yall probley think its a bad idea but hey it looks good still and is cheaper.
