I'm a fan of grinding them down first if doing anything but black.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showt...dpost&p=7895860

 

IIRC is was about 3-4 coats of 1600* flat black followed by 4-5 coats of 800* semi gloss black. Everything is holding up great minus a small rock chip in one caliper

 

Yep that sounds about right

 

i used black high temp grille paint on mine. i sprayed as many coats as i could get out of one can which was between 4-6 and it has held up nicely so far. i like them painted black because it doesnt take attention away from your rims like red would. black looks clean enough yet barely noticeable if you know what i mean.

 

Using G2 caliper paint, I painted my brackets red and the caliper black


After one day at the track

** Damn it! I can't find the pictures of my caliper bracket fading from dark red to burgundy to black.

No paint will hold up to tracking- it will burn, but not necessarily peel. Not sure about powdercoating. If you use paint, use black. Better for resale, too.

 

now why would anyone even think about selling their S??

 

I had my calipers and brackets powdercoated a Hi-Temp black. I've done 2 full trackdays with no issues.

You are right, the Hi-Temp colors are lacking. I did not do a clear coat over the black.

I do like how the semi-gloss hi-temp black "hides" the caliper and does not draw attention to the caliper.




Here is what Hi-temp BBQ paint will look like after a couple of trackdays.

 

Been wondering about the 1,200/1,600 degree stuff from HVT... I wanted to do a few coats of black (e3, already smoothed ), place the S2000 stickers on there, a few coats of red, peel the stickers off, then a few coats of clear.

 

i was just gonna use either caliper paint or the 1200 degree paint at pep boys

 

speaking of the S2000 caliper decals, is there any way of getting them anymore?