Brake Capiler Paint suggestions....

95Mx-3 · Post by **95Mx-3** » March 30th, 2005, 9:28 pm

I have a 95 mx-3, which is emerald green and i just got a set of 16's TSW Sting rims for it, and i was trying to figure out what color to paint the brake capilers. Any suggestions? thanks

Taras · Post by **Taras** » March 30th, 2005, 9:46 pm

What colour are your rims?

95Mx-3 · Post by **95Mx-3** » March 31st, 2005, 11:12 am

my rims are silver, and they are 5 spoke.

wickedmx3 · Post by **wickedmx3** » March 31st, 2005, 2:42 pm

The most common thought might be to paint them green.

Some others for the same of the JDM look will say paint them red or black.

I have also seen aluminum and that can look good but probably not for your application since your rims are silver.

monty73741 · Post by **monty73741** » March 31st, 2005, 4:08 pm

mine are yellow

Macen · Post by **Macen** » March 31st, 2005, 4:19 pm

Mine are rusty. Very nice color

95Mx-3 · Post by **95Mx-3** » March 31st, 2005, 5:04 pm

i thought about going with green or maybe red. I was leaning a bit more towards the red, because the only green caliper paint i can find it like a line green and i didnt figure it would look right.

Taras · Post by **Taras** » March 31st, 2005, 9:56 pm

I would paint them GOLD. Yeah, just look at 350Z and G35. I think that would look great with Green car.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » March 31st, 2005, 11:16 pm

Taras wrote:I would paint them GOLD. Yeah, just look at 350Z and G35. I think that would look great with Green car.

Ahhh yessss, the infamous gold. The trademark colour of the top of the line Brembo calipers (Gold Line) which all us Ducati afficianados drool over. Gold with small red letters embossed, goes well with any colour car but especially black, red and green. Taras your taste is empeccable, you must be from Europe....LOL

wickedmx3 · Post by **wickedmx3** » March 31st, 2005, 11:41 pm

I never even thought of gold, but damn it your right, that would look awesome!

Will_Santana · Post by **Will_Santana** » April 1st, 2005, 2:36 pm

go gold!
specially if you sand the calipers down to make it very smooth, spray it gold, if it's your taste, paint some red letters (maybe "mx-3") with a white border to contrast and to finish, some clear coat. All of them high temperature due to heat of the brakes.
that would be kicka$$, and easy to mantain 'cause clear coat would not let dust enter the small imperfections on metal's surfface giving it that dirty look. And if it gets dirty anyway by oil and really thin metal parts from brakes usage, it would take just a sponge, soap and water to bring it back to life
silver rims, gold calipers and green car!

sounds REALLY nice to me

Nallboy · Post by **Nallboy** » April 1st, 2005, 5:59 pm

I just did mine a couple days ago. They're the same color blue as my engine bay - the same color my car will eventually be.

wickedmx3 · Post by **wickedmx3** » April 1st, 2005, 7:39 pm

Oh if you do the letters, like "MX-3", here is a suggestion:

first clean and sand the caliper, the where you want the letters to be, paint that section the desired color lets say red, and let dry, usually takes about 20 minutes, but I would wait an hour or so.

Then using those vynil stick letters which you can buy at any hobby shop or whatever, place the letters to the desired position, make sure that the stick makes contact at all edges, but dont overly press them down.

Then take the over all desired color for the caliper, example, gold, and spray the caliper, let dry, coat again, and let dry.

VERY CAREFULLY, peel off the letters, you must go slow and be careful. The paint for calipers is like a layer once it is on the caliper, especially in colors that are not metallic like gold and silver, if you go to fast you could lift the layer and you would have to start all over again.

Once you have it done, then lay on the clear coats and tadaaaa, very nice calipers.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » April 1st, 2005, 8:34 pm

That is so wicked!

95Mx-3 · Post by **95Mx-3** » April 1st, 2005, 10:48 pm

thanks for all the suggestions guys