Painting Calipers for Extra Horsepower

No, painting your brake calipers will not give you extra horsepower, but they might make you feel faster.
This is a short video about painting brake calipers. There are many ways you can approach this process, this is just one of them, and in my opinion, one of the easiest and most accurate if you’re able to wield a small paint brush.
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Thats because you didnt paint it yellow. I got an 0.55 increase.

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I know exactly what you mean. As a kid, we’d wash our cars to make them go through the air better. More recently, when 4 of 6 injector harness connectors snapped on my Tacoma (a common issue; disconnecting them is part of removing valve covers for gasket replacement) I temporarily held the broken connectors to the injectors with purple zip ties. Choosing purple gave an extra 8 horsepower, true story.

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So nice to see/hear from you again! "Paint" is a noun, verb and adjective. The same with "corrosion". This is a 2 part epoxy with pigmentation and ceramic (glass) powder. It's heat dissipating, and a corrosion _inhibitor._ Rust is not metal. Rusted, powdery, tight, galling lug nuts & bolts are dangerous. Same for brake parts. Protect everything you can from dangerous, metal-replacing corrosion, especially the undercarriage. Tire gel all hoses, CV boots and tires. Dress belts.

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Thanks! I’ve always wanted to paint mine! Now I have the parts and knowledge to do so.

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On my project car, I painted the brake calipers red. That made it a tenth faster in the quarter mile! 😛

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Last Year I watched in pain as my neighbor painted all four of the calipers on his brand new Dodge Charger- WITHOUT REMOVING THE WHEELS. His list of "tools" included- 1. Aluminum foil from the 99 cent only store. 2. Red spray paint 2 cans. (looked to be glossy Rustoleum). 3. Three bottles of Corona beer. 4. Scotch tape Without cleaning, washing or wiping anything he reached through the spoke and cover everything loosely with foil, secured with scotch tape. He then covered the wheels with foil and proceeded to paint each caliper. He would occasionally move the car forward or backwards a couple inches for better access to the (viewable & outside, front facing portion) individual calipers. From 25 ft away (my driveway) they did not look too bad. Except that this Charger was a base model with gaps in the caliper through to the rear of the pads. So it looked really funny when viewed up close. To each his own? I like your method much better!

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I used this on my calipers and I loved the results

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Awesome color and adds longevity to the caliper. Thanks to you I have a project to do now LOL !!! 😂

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I have been painting my calipers for 30 years. I simply spray them down with brake cleaner to clean them, blow them dry with an old hair dryer, then "mask" them with aluminum foil and spray while on the car. Easy, no issues~!

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Used both the brush on and the spray with clear and I prefer the spray. Probably just cause I do alot of rattle canning.. but yes it your calipers are that pitted. Spend a few bux and get some new ones. Depends how much of the wheel hides it I guess. But that puppy was rough.

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[@Mr.Unacceptable]

You definitely get way better finish painting new calipers. Though a lot of work, I have used bondo on old and new calipers and sanded to get a nice flat finish on the surfaces you can see. If you have to use old rusty calipers. It also helps to plasticize the rust first. Turns the rust all black and gives a good surface for paint. Bondo first and then plasticize the rust to get the best result. Use Never Seize on the neck of the bleeding nipple threads and brake line threads so you never have to change the caliper again. Don't never seize the entire threads. You don't want it contaminating the brake fluid. Of 40 years with this method It's never contaminated the brake fluid. Never had to change a caliper a second time. Holds up well to car washes.

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hmmm, the question is, if you smooth off the rough casting surface then paint the calipers gloss will they be more slippery though the air or would they be better smoothed off and polished because the lack of paint will make the vehicle lighter, while we are there, you have front brakes, would ditching the extra weight of a rear caliper set and lines save more weight? one of the new systems i been using over here is bluetooth braking, you get a sender unit (the master) and the four calipers are small hydraulic bluetooth receivers, this gives you ultimate control on the fly over brake balance and needs no brake pipe fabrication

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Had a dumb acquaintance in high school ask if he could spray paint calipers while they're still on the brakes with the wheels on. He also later asked if he could just change the oil and not the $4 oil filter in his subie.

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Yesssssss my dude is back. But as a professional painter that G2 paint actually any paint is garbage on calipers especially if you live in the rust belt. Powder coating is the way to go.

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Agree 100%. I've beadblasted and cleaned the hell out of several calipers over the years and the paint NEVER lasts. It's already coming off my Mustang calipers and it hasn't even been driven yet!

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I agree 100%. Thanks for the comment.

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Not really, but there is still plenty of work to do and people seem to like me working out of my home garage. Thanks for the comment.

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How did I miss an upload? Good looking calipers.

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