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You will need to clean the calipers, repaint, apply the decal, and clearcoat.
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You only need to repaint and re letter if you are changing the color
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What about all the guys that replaced their PCCB rotors with iron?
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Do all the other car marques use yellow for their composite brakes?
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I am trying to decide what color to the paint calipers on my Black 996. The calipers are currently black and the paint is chipping off. Does anyone have any pictures with red calipers or any other color that may look good with a black car. Thanks!
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I'd like to paint my calipers also. What's the best way to paint them? Powdercoating? I imagine it's a PITA to take them off, get them painted and get them back on. How have others done it?
Two things I don't like about yellow calipers...
1. It makes you look like you are trying to fake PCCB's
2. The rear tail light is red...it clashes with yellow calipers
Yellow would look good on a yellow car with blacked out tail lights
What about all the guys that replaced their PCCB rotors with iron? But yes I agree with you.
Personally, as I have stated on multiple occasions, I think ALL brakes on these cars should be BREMBO RED. I really have the way they have black, silver, red, and yellow. They are Brembo monobloc calipers.
It's just two caliper bolts to remove them. I would HIGHLY suggest removing them if you really want to get it done right.
yellow is a trade mark of pccb - you`ll get a lot of raiser eyebrows when people will see yellow calipers on a steel rotors.
Go with G2 paint kits and go with red. it looks nice and is quite traditional. or you can go in non-conformist way and choose any other color from a palette they offer.
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/acces...tail.jsp?ID=41
Job is simple, takes 3-4 hours total and results are great. Just wash your old caliper properly with cleaner liquid.
Why? What many fail to realize as well is you can specify caliper color when ordering their car. Of course, there is a charge.
Do all the other car marques use yellow for their composite brakes?
I currently have black calipers with white logo. I want to paint them red since I got my 5 spokes wheels as they really show now. But I don't feel comfortable painting them while still on the car. it doesn't feel like a job well done... may be my OCD kicking in..
But I agree they should all be red
Phil,
I painted my calipers while they were still on the car. It took 6 days to paint the first one and only 3 hours to paint the other three, after i realized it would be easier if I removed the wheels!
Seriously, you can leave them on the car to paint them. I am very detail oriented and it was easy to paint them on the car.
By the way can you send a picture to show how your caliper paint is chipping off ? I am curious to know why it is getting damaged, the factory paint seem quite strong. Just curious.
I believe Eric @ bumperplug has caliper exchange at any color you choose.... PM him if he still does it. If you want to paint it removed, Its really easy to remove these calipers, Porsche did a great job designing these brakes. Im like you, **** about stuff like this.
IMO red is like lambo doors.. Pretty played out.... I think the yellow would be neat. or even maybe, you are going to think I am nuts... but pink or a candy purple
I have to admit pink for a woman driver, that would be a kick
Silver could be an idea, it is different and original... but not factory color...
Now that I think of pink, I am thinking those bright green or blue they have on the gt3... that'd be cool.
Im telling ya,, the pink may be a bit over the top. But the candy purple on that black would be a lot neeter than you think or even an electric blue. I wish i had a fun color... I got gold what can you do with gold?
Orange like the GT3's orange... its a P car color, unique...
Yellow, which is classic, porsche has had for years on there cars and not always was PCCB, and contrast is perfection.... just DO not tell people they are PCCB then its a bad call...but if your honest and do it cause you like the contrast, realize Porsche has offered yellow brakes in the past that were not PCCB and many other big brake kits come in Yellow (must be a reason, cause it looks great!) then do it...
Finally Powder or Mexico blue... unique and depending on the car color could be cool... sorry, skipped through the thread....
All above work on white, black and any grey like variant color IMO very well....
(I went yellow, powder coat) Here is a close up and a rolling pic
You can take your finger nail, or a soft wood stick, like a popsicle stick, and just lightly scrape the rest of the clear coat off. Comes off very easy and the lettering is not affected.
I guess you missed my point. <sigh>Flake off the remaining clear and
a. leave as is -flat black no heavy paint to hold in heat or
b. re shoot with clear
lettering is not affected by flaking the clear off
You only need to repaint and re letter if you are changing the color
IMHO, you will have to repaint. Flaking off the clearcoat and respraying will look like crap. You will need to clean the calipers, repaint, apply the decal, and clearcoat.
You can find the paint kits at auto stores or on-line, as well as the high temp clear coat. I bought the rub off decals at (xenonmods)?. I bought slightly larger than stock decals, cuz I think it looks better, well, that and the fact I have to compensate for my shortcomings.
This was the first mod I did, and it is very easy. Plan on some time to put on multiple coats of paint. Have fun! (Oh, and red makes it go faster.)
I had the same issue with the flaking, I did not strip completely, just removed the flaking portions, sanded down the edges and roughed up the remaining clear, degreased, and painted with G2 caliper kit (epoxy based paint, brush on, self leveling, very impressive results, no mess). Then decal, then I used several thin coats of a high temp engine clear (VHT brand). smooth, level look. When you paint on the car, you may become obsessive compulsive. remind yourself that you cannot see the whole caliper once the wheel is on, and don't go crazy trying for 100% coverage.
if you pull them off the car, hit em with a grinder and strip everything.
As to color, Brembo calipers are available in silver, black and yellow, however they are classically red, and as has been mentioned red matches the taillights of standard cars very well. My vote is go red or go body color
Those are not on my car, but I think the 'anodised/chrome' color are pretty cool.
anyone did that one ? I assume you have to remove the caliper fully to go into a chrome bath or something..
