Started a little project this weekend. Wheels are being purchased in the next month or so. Front brakes were making crazy noise so it was time to replace. Picked up a set ok akibono pads and decided to paint the calipers.

I washed and degreased them with a wire brush and brilliant, than took some sand paper. 3 coats of primer and 3 of yellow

very happy with the results so far. I just ordered some basic Lexus sticker off eBay to throw in down the road

rear brakes next weekend plus spark plugs

 

Mounted

 

That looks awesome. I never realised how straightforward it would be to paint them instead of ordering painted ones. Did you say you were going to put a Lexus sticker on them all?

 

Yes I ordered a Lexus sticker on eBay. Should be here in a day or so. I’ll put some nail polish remover over the sticker when it comes. Taking the caliper off is a breeze a weekend project forsure

 

All done rotors freshly cut new pads andnpaint

 

Nice! I had mine done in a classic Brembo red.

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nice they look great!

 

I had my calipers powercoated when I switched to Akibono pads (gold calipers; red car). I got a set of very inexpensive red Lexus decals on ebay, and put them on each of the 4 calipers. They look great, and have been on there for a few years. I never have put anything over the top of the decals. Applying them took just a minute, and they look great. This is a highly recommended nice touch for anyone who has colored calipers.

 

BBK

 

Those inexpensive Lexus Logo decals you can easily find on eBay work very well on painted or powder coated calipers. I put these red ones on my gold powder coated calipers a few years ago, and expected that they might curl up and fall off in a month or two, but they still look great. I did not coat them or paint over them with anything. I probably spent all of five minutes to put on 4 decals.
(Red logo valve stem caps are just the cherry on the sundae.)
Highly recommended.

 

All

all done now

 

I did a full prep and used rattle can candy metallic basecoat with SprayMax 2K for the F-sport calipers and the aluminum rotor hats turned out 1000% better than expected. Checkout the DIY on the new video on YouTube.

 

Very impressive really enjoyed the video. Turned out really nice..

 

Thanks for the inspiration fellas. I just painted my calipers while doing my front & rear pads/rotors. Also bought some lexus decals off eBay to put on. I did 3 coats of clear-coat on top of the decals and it gave a nice shine & finish to the calipers. I didn’t think it would be too visible behind the OEM rims with all the spokes, but the colour definitely shines through and looks very nice.