Brake Caliper Paint Thread 04 Tahoe

[04whitetahoe]

I’ve been planning this for quite a while and finally took a couple days off of work to paint my calipers.

I first thought I was going to go red because I thought red calipers are cool and have seen them on different cars and like the look. After looking at so many with red calipers though, thought how chrome, white and black would look good together, so I decided to go black.

This is my first day off, so I get the back wheels off and got to work:


Driver side rear before clean:





Passenger side:





Getting apart and cleaning:




Wire wheel drums and brackets:








After wash:









I'm taking a break, back at it soon!

 

[04whitetahoe]

MORE!(tm)

I made some more progress.



Sprayed the rear drums:





I used Rustoleum high heat silver paint:






Masked off:









First coat of POR-15 Gloss black.









Will paint another coat of this, then 2 top coats of gloss black; I’ll be up late tonight!!

 

[Leedogg]

very good work on cleaning them up...tuned in...

 

[YukonXL04]

Sweet! Your putting more effort than I would have lol. Good job!

 

[04whitetahoe]

MORE!(tm)

very good work on cleaning them up...tuned in...

Thank you Sir!!!

Sweet! Your putting more effort than I would have lol. Good job!

Thanks Shawn!!



2nd coat:

 

[JochenWoern]

That looks GREAT Joe!!!!!

Glad you went with black and not red. I think red would not have looked good on your white/black rig.

Good choice, nice work!!!!!

 

[04whitetahoe]

Coat!

That looks GREAT Joe!!!!!

Glad you went with black and not red. I think red would not have looked good on your white/black rig.

Good choice, nice work!!!!!

Thanks Jochen!!


Here's more - 1st coat of topcoat:











ONE MORE COAT!! I'm setting my alarm for 3:30 AM to do the last coat!

 

[YukonXL04]

Hold up... You are not painting that inside the garage with your truck right? Or is it not a spray paint?

 

[04whitetahoe]

Hold up... You are not painting that inside the garage with your truck right? Or is it not a spray paint?

Hey Shawn, I only sprayed the drums (on my side yard), the other items are brushed using this POR-15 system:

http://www.por15.com/


http://www.tcpglobal.com/autobodydepot/por15.aspx

 

[GalaxyBlackEsky]

What brush did you use to paint on the Pors?. I helped my father inlaw do Pors on his 64 impala frame.