Dang, that's a great price. I'd do that today for that price...

After watching the guy change my brakes and rotors, I can confidently say that is not something I want to do myself, nor do I have the best tools for it. That said, I ain't paying that much.

I had a quote for $250 but that guy disappeared, think he's having health problems. Then a place WAY up on other side of city told me $300. That I might still do.

And while you won't be able to see it well, you can see it, and I've been super impressed with the pics of others that have got it done. So it's a no brainer I want this done, just how/where.

 

Check and see if there is a RNR tire express location near you https://www.rnrtires.com/rnr-locations/ most people or shops dont take the caliper off, they just cover up the rotor and suspension and spray, Any over spray that gets on the rotor will be gone the first time you drive. You can go with G2 Caliper paint which is a brush on system and much neater but I dont think the have Burnt Copper and the basic kit is ~$50. That is what I used when I painted the calipers on my Maxima years ago.

 

Definitely going to look into that. I have a location 5 min from me.

 

RNR said they 'suggest' only using Engine Enamel paint, which limits my color choices. They said anything else would 'mess up'. Do we think that is just heat? Because what I was looking at was engine paint, which was rated at higher heat (600). Guy on phone wasn't super confident, but wondering if I just show up with something else would they use it.

But crap, they said $50, so shouldn't matter either way.

 

The people you are talking to don't know what they are talking about, your calipers are never going to get anywhere near 600 degrees, you can use caliper or engine paint or really any paint rated for high temps. You don't have to take the calipers off, I didn't for mine, after you take the wheel off you can place newspaper or trash bags in back of your caliper and tape them up so nothing else gets hit, it is actually pretty easy for the fronts, the rears are trickier because there are more things/holes you need to tape up on the caliper but it is not difficult. If you can decant the paint properly it is even easier to just brush it on, you may want to decant a little so you can brush areas you may have missed when spraying.

 

I assumed dude didn't know what he was talking about. Just wanted to check.

Still leaning towards burnt copper or red. But hard to know if the reds would match, and I cannot tell by myself (color blind).

I stopped in Autozone reel quick, but was in wife's car so could compare their red with mine.

So more to come.

 

Nick - You should watch the Barrett-Jackson auction (currently in Las Vegas) where you will see a whole bunch of red cars with painted calipers. Many of the red cars have red calipers that are within a few shades of the car's exterior color. The caliper color that stands out the most is yellow, regardless of what color the car's exterior might be. Many red Ferrari cars have either red or yellow calipers. Painting the calipers black, gray, silver or ash will be most subdued and the least noticeable. The trouble with painting the calipers a copper color (which is anywhere from a reddish-brown color to a orange-brown color) is that the color could be viewed as clashing with the car's red exterior - much like wearing an orange shirt with red pants! Of course colors in the range of blue, green, turquoise, purple, lime or pink aren't even a choice to consider. I would recommend red (anything within a few shades of the car's exterior is perfectly acceptable) if you want the calipers to be noticed, or either black or silver if you want the caliper's color to be more restrained. But everybody who drives a red car wants to be noticed, right? That should go for the car's calipers too! So, it's got to be red baby, RED!!!

 

A fair point. The examples here with burnt copper look amazing, but I really wanted a red on red example with a GS. Other examples aside, I take your meaning, but again, there is no way I would notice if they were slightly different. All jokes aside, I see all colors, but I can't tell shades apart.

So, I have to rely on wife judgment. We were at auto zone looking St the various VHT colors, and none of the reds seemed right. But it was getting dark, so hard to get a feel for them with car. Going back tomorrow to make final choice.

 

When my son did it these were the color options they had from VHT, but said I could bring any other color I wanted.

 

Yea, it was pretty obvious dude was reading from a script. I went with engine metallic burnt copper because I wasn't satisfied with any of the reds they had at auto zone, VHT or otherwise. Going to get them painted this week I hope.

 

When I had mine done by a local spot, one small part of the caliper didn't have paint - So i bought that very VHT Caliper paint and carefully hit that one spot - I think they likely used VHT and its been holding up perfectly well over the last few years.

 

Cool post up pictures once its done.. I know the VHT Caliper paint has a gloss to it so when my son did his no clear was needed, but when I did mine with VHT Flameproof Orange it was a flat orange so I needed Clear, not sure if the Engine Paint in Burnt Copper will need clear on top. There was a user on here that did his in Burnt Copper and added clear but not sure if that was done because he added the vinyl decals.

 

Him, I remember someone saying that, maybe in this thread. For $50 at RnR I'll see. I have F sport stickers from eBay, but that place also said they'd paint whatever on calipers, logo, maker, etc.

Will see what they say

 

Just make sure they let the calipers dry enough before attempting to place the stickers, I messed up and tried too soon and when I was removing the backer the paint started lifting in spots...ended up decanting some of the paint unto a plate and had to use a brush to touch it up.. then once it dried enough I added the clear..So if your gonna do the stickers I would recommend adding clear after as that will keep the stickers on even better.

 

RnR mentioned painting the emblems, and if that isn't extra, I'll probably just let them do that. I have F Sport stickers, but would have preferred Lexus stickers. Will see what they say. They said it only takes an hour or so, so not sure they would have time to put stickers on if I want them to stay on