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I painted my calipers red using 500 degree paint from Auto Zone... I forget the brand. But after running a long course with 24 turns, that both the front and rear calipers are burned black. Maybe not a good idea to paint a track car's calipers?
Can anyone tell me how they re-prepared their calipers after burning "street" paint?
Is there a solvent that should be used to remove the old paint?... Or, can I just wire brush and re-coat?
I should think that 500 degree paint will work for street calipers.
It was only when I really worked the car hard with race pads on a track with many turns and hard braking that I noticed the 500 degree paint burn.
You should be okay with "Auto Zone" paint for street.
7 year bump FTW! i painted mine red 6 months ago, i dont track but i do drive daily.. i must say, the paint is holding up pretty well.. a few rock chips here and there but nothing some touch up can't fix.. i dont understand why you all buy the expensive heat-coated stuff if you are just daily driving.. i used a $2 jar of Red Tamiya paint found at any local hobby store and it looks pretty good if you ask me
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE ( @ Nov 26 2000, 09:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Stealth: That is what I was afraid of. I do not want to have to repaint the calipers everytime I go autocrossing next year. [/QUOTE]
You will not have any problems autoXing. Your brakes hardly have time to heat up on the typical autoX course.
G2 paint is what I have used. The only time I have chipped the paint was when a rock got caught in my wheel. I burned the paint at a track day but that was because I didn't have enough pad in the caliper. My fault, not the paints. I scorched the caliper paint, was metal to metal on the brakes and boiled the fluid. I learned a good lesson that day. The two previous track days had been no problem at all.
AutoXing for three years have NEVER caused any problems with the painted calipers.
i painted mine red 6 months ago, i dont track but i do drive daily.. i must say, the paint is holding up pretty well.. a few rock chips here and there but nothing some touch up can't fix.. i dont understand why you all buy the expensive heat-coated stuff if you are just daily driving.. i used a $2 jar of Red Tamiya paint found at any local hobby store and it looks pretty good if you ask me 
