I know to use a high temp paint (900 degrees or higher rating), and I do not plan on taking the calipers off. I plan to mask a little on the disc and pads, then spray the paint into a container so I can carefully brush on the paint. I think this is the best way to avoid overspray. The only thing I don't know is: Can I paint the entire caliper? There are some shiny clips within the caliper that are not painted from the factory. Can I paint these clips? Basically I want to know if there is anything on the caliper I can not paint and if so do i have to take the calipers off?

 

kuni painted my calipers silver on my black car... painted by brush on the car. several coats (making sure each coat dried first). looks really clean and fantastic!
prep is important- lots of brakeclean (used a whole can).

 

Buy a lot of brake clean try to mask off the rubber parts its good to take the calipers off but not necessary....just be careful not to get overspray on the body its pretty easy.....ive used all kinds of spray paint on calipers it doesnt have to be hi-temp from past experience ....

 

You know. I did mine the weekend I got my car, there was no dust to really speak of, so I didnt even use brake clean, I just washed them off really well.

On my last two cars, my Prelude and my S2000, I've used a can of ultra-high temp paint and painted the calipers when they were on the car. I have not had any problems. I think they look pretty good, the only detractor is the calipers can look dirty with brake dust sometimes, which is easily remedied.

Some people might not like the idea but it works.

 

For street use you can use any paint without problem, but the rough surface, brush marks, and nature of the paint finish will tend to hold brake dust. Much more brake heat is generated when the car is used on the track, often destroying the paint.. especially on the pad holders that are exposed to heat radiating off the disk. Plating is the ideal finish, but paint designed for extreme temps seems to be working for some.

 

I brush painted mine about a month ago and they came out really sharp and the brush marks are VERY hard to spot:

 

That looks great!

 

Which kind of paint did you use? (what was the procces in which you painted your calipers)

 

I used the G2 paint system (http://www.seriousauto.com/hard-parts/cali...aint-index1.htm ) which consists of 2 parts mixed together to make an epoxy type paint that dries very hard.

I took the calipers off of the rotor and removed the brake pads, but did not remove them from the lines. Next, I smoothed all of the molding seams with my Dremmel and cleaned with the supplied brake cleaner. Finally, I painted each caliper with 3 coats of paint and the outcome was much nicer than I had expected. A few people have commented to me that it looks like I spray painted them due to the lack of any brush marks.

 

There is a post elsewhere on this page related to this topic.