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Use 2-part liquid caliper paint kit
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I used a 2-part liquid caliper paint kit after using a can of brake cleaner on each corner.
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G2 High Temperature Brake Caliper Paint System Set Orange G2169
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If I was doing this again, I would use brake cleaner, and then a coarse brush w/ hot soapy water, a rinse, and then plenty of dry time before painting.
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I used a 2-part liquid caliper paint kit after using a can of brake cleaner on each corner.
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I'm going to go with yellow paint, some kind of hi temp clear, then blue stick-on "porsche" logo using the typical script the mfg uses with the wide letters..
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If I was doing this again, I would use brake cleaner, and then a coarse brush w/ hot soapy water, a rinse, and then plenty of dry time before painting.
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I'm going to go with yellow paint, some kind of hi temp clear, then blue stick-on "porsche" logo using the typical script the mfg uses with the wide letters..
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I'm going to go with yellow paint, some kind of hi temp clear, then blue stick-on "porsche" logo using the typical script the mfg uses with the wide letters..
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Red car, silver twist wheels. I faithfully admit to having NO sense of style or color coordination.
I'll be taking my wheels off soon for new tires in front, and some work on the back. Want to paint my calipers, but don't know what color might look right with guards red, and silver wheels. I do not like black, silver, gray. Was thinking in the gold/copper area, but again - I have no sense of style.
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I looooooooveee GOOOOLD lol but I think gold or copper would be cool with the silver wheels.
I think if you had gold wheels it wouldn't look good, but on silver for sure. Just in case your like me and thinking of gold wheels.
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Hmmmm, hadn't given a thought to yellow, but I like it. Since I have scallop drilled rotors it will give the impression of those big-buck brakes with only the cost of a rattle can. Fits me perfect.
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If you paint the caliper it denotes what kind of brakes you have. I assume you have black, a standard carrera . So if you go red/stock it will show you have a S with red brakes. If you go yellow it will say carbon/ pccb brakes. I think you can make people think its a S but i dont think anybody is going to believe you have pccb unless they go up and look all around it. Then they will see its not pccb brakes
996 didn't have a C2S (narrow body), only the C4S so most in the know will know it's not an S because it isn't a wide body, Red's were also for turbos or higher GT, TTS which are all wide body, aside from the GT3.
Ding, ding, ding.
I'm shying away from red on a red car. Yellow looks like a winner.
BTW, what's with painting the SS tubing and brake fittings? Is that typical? I was going to mask off the fluid hardware and paint the housings. I'm going to go with yellow paint, some kind of hi temp clear, then blue stick-on "porsche" logo using the typical script the mfg uses with the wide letters..
I painted all the fittings. They seemed like they were already painted from the factory anyway. Just don't paint the bleed screws
Oh, and be sure to do paint, stickers, then clear. Don't put the stickers on last, otherwise they will look like crap and not survive long.
If you do not plan to clear-coat, apply the stickers when the paint is nearly dry but still tacky. I went this route when I went with the "big red" look on my 986; the un-cleared decals stayed put and always cleaned up nicely with normal care. It looked good enough 2 years later that the independent dealership where I bought my 996 (they requested my 986 in trade; I wasn't planning to sell it to them) included the brakes as part of the ad copy when they listed the Boxster.
I used a 2-part liquid caliper paint kit after using a can of brake cleaner on each corner. I masked off all of the hard lines and fittings. This wouldn't be as big a deal with spray paint, but the 2-part liquid is so thick, I think it would look crappy.
Also be advised that there's enough solvent in the mixed paint to release any brake dust you left behind during your prep work. If you have any pockets of dust still wet with brake cleaner, it will rise to the surface of the wet paint and start to flow across the surface. If I was doing this again, I would use brake cleaner, and then a coarse brush w/ hot soapy water, a rinse, and then plenty of dry time before painting.
Doc, here a riddle to solidify your decision...
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I wanted to paint my calipers as well, I have the regular black.
My car is Orient Red Met., popular colors don't seem to go with the car.
I purchased two complete kits of :
G2 High Temperature Brake Caliper Paint System Set Orange G2169
I am not sure if I am going to stay with black.
You can buy the two kits for your calipers if you like.
I gave this some thought too. I think a cobalt blue would look good inside silver wheels with red. I might consider it but right now, I'm leaning to yellow. I have painted center crests on the wheels, and the yellow might give the crests a little help to stand out. The thing I'm concerned about with hellow is cleaning them. I know it'll need to be done often, but blue would hide a bit of the brake dust.
What colour would be best with arctic silver? Yes I drive one of those silver 996s. Thoughts. Not sure about yellow, but I kind of like the craziness of yellow.
I think that just about any color could look good with a silver car. If you decide not to go with the classic red calipers, then why not do something even more crazy than yellow? How about Acid Green?
As others have said - although technically the color is used to designate the type of brakes within the Porsche world - the rest of the world is clueless so I wouldn't worry about it. I wouldn't do yellow calipers with a red car (id: McDonalds). But, lime green would look cool. Red / red would also be great. Its all up to your personal preference though.
brake dust is a good color
I never realized it but the calipers on my 01 C4 are silver, I think all C4's (non C4S) were silver but I could be wrong.
Either way I don't mind Red or Silver I guess!
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