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After car wash earlier this week, I noticed there's a serious paint issue/defect with my passenger front brembo caliper paint.
The caliper was never painted before.
My F is almost 5 years old with 55k miles and its winter driven.
I read that the winter salt may be the cause, but how can the paint flake off like that so badly?
My 8 year old 350z with brembo calipers also winter driven did not have this problem.
Going to see if I can get warranty claim.
If not, any suggestions on repair? repaint or powder coat? How much should I expect to pay to get all 4 calipers repainted with decal?
The exact same thing is happening to my front passenger caliper, though maybe not quite as bad as yours. Upon close inspection it looks like the clear coat is failing and starting to peel. And I don't think it's the salt, I live in AZ and my car has never seen snow.
As for getting them refinished, you're usually going to pay around $50/ea for powder coating. And that's if you take the caliper off your car yourself, remove the pistons & seals yourself, take them to a powder coat place to have them stripped and powder coated, then install the rebuild kit yourself (another $25), put it back on the car, and bleed the brake system. And you can get the logo/decal on ebay for a few bucks.
But if you take your car into a shop and have them do all the work, expect to pay a LOT more than that!
+1 here. there is discussion on this before. most people paint it over, or you can try to touch up with gloss clear for brake calipers.
The Lexus dealer where I go to, they don't cover it, maybe you can have better luck at your dealership.
is the stock coating a paint or epoxy? Maybe an epoxy is tougher. If you want to go the epoxy route, G2 caliper paint is good. To put a lexus decal on it you let the G2 cure, apply decal, then a few coats of VHM high temperature clear coat
As for getting them refinished, you're usually going to pay around $50/ea for powder coating. And that's if you take the caliper off your car yourself, remove the pistons & seals yourself, take them to a powder coat place to have them stripped and powder coated, then install the rebuild kit yourself (another $25), put it back on the car, and bleed the brake system. And you can get the logo/decal on ebay for a few bucks.
That's just for powder coating tho. You can get them professionally painted and not have to remove the pistons/seals.
on my IS350s I used one kit for about 3-4 coats for all calipers. Since its an activated epoxy you have to use all the material within a few hours it will harden and become unusable. One kit should do it. 3 coats should be enough but I had enough for another coat when I did mine. For ISF with the bigger calipers probably can do 3 coats with one kit, thats enough.
That's just for powder coating tho. You can get them professionally painted and not have to remove the pistons/seals.
True, but powder coating will hold up a LOT better than just regular paint or a G2 kit. I did a G2 kit on my Denali and took meticulous care in preparation and painting and they started chipping/peeling in just a few years. I then got them powder coated and they've held up for the last 4 years and still look brand new. I figure if you're going to take the time and spend the money to do them, might as well do them right.
I wonder if a stray rock or some other road debris managed to wedge itself at speed between the rim spoke and the brake caliper? Maybe an event like that happened and started a crack in the clear coat that since exposed, has now begun to spread & peel. Is the impact on the leading edge of the caliper, or do any of the rim spokes have an inside-edge scrape or cut? My Supra picked up a rock like that once (while on the track in OR) and nicked the caliper. The rim-to-caliper clearance on my Supra appears to be a lot closer than the IS F (stock) setup. Just an idea on maybe how just one of your IS F calipers has now started to peel - especially if you are not exposing it to road salt or other chemicals...
Damn thats pretty bad. Mine is a 2010 that does A LOT of track time and I have never seen this. i would be pissed too but I have a feeling the dealership will say its still fully functional so they will not cover.
04-02-15, 12:10 AM
OEM Brembo Caliper Paint Issue - Pic
