Does anybody know where to buy painted calipers?

 

Autozone it comes in a can.

 

You can send yours out to get powered coated. Looks awesome but $$$. Or you can nut up and go to vatozone and get a kit and do it yourself.

 

Well i did it myself last summer and they turned out good, but now over time the paint is chipping and fading.

 

What paint did you use? Did you do any prep? I did mine over 5 years ago and they still look the same as the day I did them. I ground the casting marks off and smoothed them out. A couple coats of primer, paint and clear.

 

x2 ^ on the above post.
Prep goes a long way, # of coats you put on, and paint quality (make sure it is made for heat, like caliper specific paint).
I painted my stockers years ago (maybe 3 or 4?) and they have no chipping or fading issues. All I did was clean them, sand them to rough up the surface, and then put a few coats on and let them sit over night. Didn't even clear coat it or primer...

 

Agreed on the prep. First time I did mine I was 17 or so and didn't know much. All I did was clean them and put one or two coats on, it started chipping a year later. You should definitely sand a bit, clean, prime and do several coats, Maybe clear it at the end if you want but I've had good luck even without.

 

autozone has a high heat resistant paint too that helps alot

 

I used engine enamel . Works just fine.

 

Does anybody have a write up on how they did theres and what products they used? Did yall fully disconnect the caliper from the brake hoses too?

 

I did not disconnect the calipers. I used a dremel to smooth the casting marks. Then cleaned with degreaser and washed them off. Used compressed air to dry them off. I used newspaper and plastic bags (Walmart, etc) to cover everything up. I sprayed a couple coats of primer, paint and clear. I used caliper paint from Plasti-Cote. (think that's what it was) Any high heat paint will work fine. Very easy, just time consuming.

 

What would you use to remove previous paint?

 

If you go to the appearance section and search for this, you'll see dozens of threads.