Painting brake calipers

[Chuey]

Has any of you successfully used regular black spray paint to paint brake calipers? I'll get some specific brake caliper paint if it is much better but it would be easier if I can use regular Rustoleum.

Chuey

[melville]

Has any of you successfully used regular black spray paint to paint brake calipers? I'll get some specific brake caliper paint if it is much better but it would be easier if I can use regular Rustoleum.

Chuey

I really intended to paint my caliper, but the caliper specific paint I got seems like it's supposed to look good seen through blurred wheel spokes at highway speed on a riced-out Civic. It did not meet my aesthetic expectations. The caliper specific paints are supposed to be resistant to brake fluid, Krylon or Rustoleum not so much.

[Garnet]

I just looked at a Plasti-kote catalouge and they claim their paint is good for 900 deg F, but say nothing about brake fluid. Reg enamel is good for 500.

How hot do you think your get?

[Frog]

Has any of you successfully used regular black spray paint to paint brake calipers? I'll get some specific brake caliper paint if it is much better but it would be easier if I can use regular Rustoleum.

Chuey

I have painted the calipers on my car using POR15 caliper paint. It was fine for that application, but probably a bit rough for a motorcycle application. I know that this is a common item to have powder coated.

Most autoparts stores sell a caliper paint spray paint. You might want to give it a go. Try it on some test metal first.

It would be a bummer to have your new paint messed up the first time you bleed your brakes. Or maybe you will be neat enough the first few times....but then there will be that one time when you are not:)

[Rapid Dog]

...I'd think it would be worth the use 'caliper paint' if it comes in the color you want. Alot of these specialized off the shelf paints are somewhat limited.
Dupli-color may be what you're referring to. I used their 'wheel coating' on my calipers cuz that's what I had on hand.
I really doubt there's much diff between the Duipolicolor wheel coat and the Duplicolor caliper paint, but who knows.

No problems so far, but I don't intend to slosh brake fluid allover them...here's hopin'...

[dougie]

NICE job on those calipers.