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To me the rebuild and powder coat is the way to go, unless you find a great deal for slightly used rebuilt and powder coated calipers on eBay like I did.
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This site says they have 7 year wraps, but their reasons why to use a wrap sound very exaggerated.
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To me the rebuild and powder coat is the way to go, unless you find a great deal for slightly used rebuilt and powder coated calipers on eBay like I did.
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During the suspension upgrade the technician told me that calipers are now being wrapped and after seeing a few example and the great looking I decided to went ahead and did mine.
Hope you also like them.
Wow, those look great! Wrapping a caliper never crossed my mind as being a thing.
Same here. Looking forward to seeing how they hold up over the long haul.
Cool idea - sounds like something I�d leave up to the pros and not DIY.
This site says they have 7 year wraps, but their reasons why to use a wrap sound very exaggerated. �Protect you from dust! Save $700 per caliper!�
https://www.rvinyl.com/Caliper-Vinyl-Wraps
The quote I received from the shop was $560, went to an installer that charged me less.
In terms of durability, the installer said they should last at least 2 years.
There's someone local that rebuilds all 4 and powder coats them whatever color you want for $650.
To me the rebuild and powder coat is the way to go, unless you find a great deal for slightly used rebuilt and powder coated calipers on eBay like I did.
It ended up costing me only $300 once I sold my old calipers.
Or just paint them yourself like
@cun65458
did.
His look great!
It�s hard to see how this makes sense at that price point. Chicago�s not the cheapest market and you can get calipers painted on the car, with decals and clear coat, for $600 here. That�s from a reputable shop, not a rando on Facebook.
I�ve never heard of a caliper wrap before, but 3M does make some high temp vinyl materials that can withstand 600F, so I guess I cannot be too surprised this is a thing.
Well, it looks great. How does one clean it?
I wonder if a ceramic coating can be applied to make brake dust easy to spray off with a hose or pressure washer?
I would NOT suggest taking wrapped calipers on a racetrack. At
minimum
, I'm envisioning that vinyl melting and making a gigantic mess. Much worse could happen. On the racetrack, calipers can exceed 400�F (discs can go as high as 1500�F+ on a typical HPDE car). We see finish on painted and powder coated OEM calipers burn, bubble, etc. all the time, and those are far more proven caliper coating solutions.
Below is another video posted by the same company that posted the caliper wrap done in post #10 above. Again, this is the same company issuing a warning that some wraps are not suited for high heat. In this video they hold a heat gun to various wraps and show that they melt, scorch, burn when holding a 500�F heat gun to them. That's uncomfortably close to the temps calipers normally see on the track.
I'd strongly urge you to not do this if you plan to track your car (or If you even plan to put significant heat in your brakes via canyon runs, etc.). At the very least I would find out from the specific vinyl manufacturer you're considering, at what temp their product will melt, burn, etc. Be safe out there guys!
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