I love my S but sometimes the sight of my brakes makes me sick. I think that modifying the brake calipers and discs is one of the best cosmetic mods that you can make. I have found a shop that will powder coat the calipers and screen print the "Honda" logo on them for $150. The powder coating process is at 400 degrees F and the paint for the screen printing is high temp (don't know how high). I am thinking about yellow or black calipers with a white logo.

I know that some members who have painted their calipers have had problems with the paint peeling.

Questions:
Should I be concerned about paint peeling with the screen printing on the outside of the caliper face?
How hot should the calipers get?

If you have painted your brake discs, do you have any recommendations (color, type of paint, method, etc)?

Thanks in advance. I will post pics of the finished product.

 

In regular street use, you can expect your rotors to get to about 200+ degrees F and the calipers to be about 30-40 degrees cooler.

In spirited driving (say, doing cloverleaves on the on/off ramps <G>) where you are braking hard for the turns etc, add about 100-200 degrees to that.

On the track, your rotors can get to about 700-800 degrees and calipers about 80-100 degrees less than that.

That said, there are paints (ie, on the Porsche calipers) that do hold up to these temps. Just have to check the paint that they use for powdercoating.

 

Powder coating calipers is pretty common for street and show cars and you will probably not have any problems.. in fact I am willing to bet that it would do fine on tracks that don

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tim S2K
[B]I love my S but sometimes the sight of my brakes makes me sick.

 

Thanks,
I forgot about the rought surface on the calipers and I will definitely smooth them before powder coating. I will just have to get the highest temp paint for the rotors.

 

g-s2k,

a screen printing place in Lowell gave me the quote for $150 for powder coating and screen printing. I picked them off of a list from Yahoo yellow pages under powder coating. 20 other companies also came up.

Powder coating alone is just $80 if they are prepped (no corrosion). I am going to check if companies have experience with rotors so that I might just drop them off instead of taking them apart.

I will let you know what I come up with.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tim S2K
[B]g-s2k,

a screen printing place in Lowell gave me the quote for $150 for powder coating and screen printing.

 

Be careful with powder coating. I was told that there are interior rubber seals in the calipers that cannot be removed. The heat of the powder coating process melts these seals. I used VHT 900 degree caliper paint and Ricks stencils. They look great and no pealing.

 

s2kphx,

where did you get the 900 degree paint?
While doing some research, I am hearing more and more good things about painting them... if you do it right.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by S2KPHX
[B]Be careful with powder coating.