Synergy,
keeping busy I see with the Video and these brakes. So when you wanna come by and do your pedals? I did 2 coats of gloss high temp engine enamel and then after applying the decals, I cleared it with 2 coats of High temp clear. Around 8 coats all together. Really smooth and shiny. When I clean my wheels, the calipers come back shining too. No problems so far after 3 weeks of driving.

Stickers are available from dysfunctional and some other sources.

Just search for caliper stickers.




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I didn't know there was such a thing - hi-temp clear?? WOW!

Hey RMM, I will ping you next week to touch base about the pedals. I should probably order them so you can help me put them on

 

i'm about to do the same thing to mine.. although i'm trying to decide on the color.. black or red..

 

Looks much better...I would have skipped the caliper stickers though...no need to advertise the obvious.

 

finally manaray is talking to synergy again, hhahahhaa

 

Pleasing Manaray is a tough act to follow - at least he met me half way. I decided to build the Lexus brand a bit, I'm still on the new car honeymoon....

 

No need to please me...I just don't want the Lexus aftermarket turning into the ricer Honda market...I know for some people it's hard to drop bad habits they learned while owning their Hondas but there is hope...

Man, I saw a show on SpeedVision the other night where they were going over some ricer import show and "showcasing" some lame crap..."and over here, you can see that they molded in their body kit right to body"...of course, the body kit is a knock-off and they fail to mention that molded body kits will 99.999% of the time develop nasty cracks...

 

I think that show is "Hi-Rev Tuners". The guy broadcasting didn't even know what he was showcasing. You could tell he was reading from a card. That show rarely has any nice cars.

 

Did you have to remove the brake calipers to paint them, or did you just mask off your rotors and sprayed away with the calipers on the car?

Just wondering

 

just mask everything off and spray, that's what most people do, including me

 

Synergy - GREAT looking brakes. I've decided to do mine black as well when I get a chance. The silver G2 paint I used on the front just doesn't look good with my wheels & brake rotors.

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One thing to be careful of - although it isn't apparent until you go to wash your car - is the paint overspray in the air settling on your car.

I spray painted my intake inside my garage with similar engine hi-temp paint (way on the other side of the garage) and didn't notice until later that my paint felt a bit rough in spots. Paint had floated around in the air and landed/dried on my car finish and windows. Couldn't see it much, but I sure could feel it.

A decent detail with a claybar treatment took care of the overspray, but if you can avoid making that mistake do it. I'd suggest:

- paint calipers off and away from the car
- build a confined spray tent around the paint area
- cover the ENTIRE car except that one spot

 

Good info - Dave.

One thing that I didn't do was spray a coat of clear on top of the sticker. I am hearing that with the heat the sticker will soon peel. So far - so good w/o tho....

 

i painted my rear caliper black, then the sticker, then clear coat. it's awesome, shiny and bright. i am going to take pics this coming week.

and yes, overspray can always be a problem. the best thing to do is, wash your car the day after, which is what i did, and no overspray at all

 

what abot brushing the High Temp Paint on?
That should take care of Over Spray. Since you need a thick coat anyway.

 

Both Rominl and I were concerned about leaving brushmarksand we wanted a smooth surface to apply the Lexus sticker. I have so many coats of paint on my calipers, that the bumpy surface is almost all gone. Since we used gloss, it also shows brush marks more.

If that's not a big deal to you or you're not using gloss, then brush on will be OK. There is caliper paint offered in a can for brush on, but the paint we used came only in spray.