SBT Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Red works for me. See my pic with dirty rims. Please don't slam me. I've since washed the car. Red is a great color and it's likely what I'll go with on mine. I've noticed the casting ridge and marks on all of our calipers and was wondering if anyone has taken the time to smooth it all out before painting. Would like to get a really clean, smooth surface (can anyone say grinding/buffing wheel here) before I put on the paint. That said, if it's too smooth the paint would likely need some kind of primer to adhere to before putting on the top and clear coat. Just curious. SBT - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new2subu Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 I thought about it for a second and decided against it for three reasons. As you mentioned, the paint might not adhere as well. Also, I had a fear of damaging something (like a brake line). Third, most folks won't notice. I used a kit from a store called Auto Barn. The kit comes with paint, brush, tape, spray cleaner to prep the surface, and even a stick to stir the paint. It was very easy to do. The paint adhered so well that I didn't even bother to use the masking tape. Good luck with yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanoswrx Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Gold FTW. As in just put Gold STI Brembo's on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Gold FTW. As in just put Gold STI Brembo's on. Too expensive to maintain (sound of moths flying out of the wallet)...lol But I do like gold calipers too, especially on a blue or black car...the hawtness. Won't look very good behind my gold wheels though. SBT - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pman2g Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Anybody paint their callipers with an atlantic blue car like mine??? if not what color do you think would look best....pics?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Anybody paint their callipers with an atlantic blue car like mine??? if not what color do you think would look best....pics?? Red would be the hotness imho. Dark carmine red or bright Ferrari red. SBT - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dplacen Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 It looks good. Maybe I should paint my calipers silver too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Specb122 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 I didn't want my stock calipers to attract attention, so I just went with black. I think the way they look stock is so ugly that they have to be painted with something. To really point in making them stand out, but I had to make them blend in better. Before: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/158-5892_IMG.jpg After: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/OCDetails/158-5893_IMG.jpg I think it had to be done. Here are a couple more for reference. The silver wouldn't have looked as good on blue, but it definitely looks better than that crusty looking color they come stock as. +1 for caliper painting. Looks really nice OC.... Do you regularly wash the rims? Seems like it would add a lot of time to my already extensive car washing routine. Give me a brief run down of how often you clean and how.... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Specb122 Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Finished mine....3.5 Hours ...$4.99 can of 500 temp gloss black...7.99 for subaru caliper logos...I read that someone paid $160.00 to have them done at the dealer...CRAZY !!! [ATTACH]13253[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13254[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13255[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]13256[/ATTACH] It looks like everyone is painting the entire caliper and nto masking off those two round parts in the middle that ARE NOT the cast metal. They look like thin peices of metal. Is that ok to paint the ENTIRE caliper and not mask certain parts off? I just want to be safe...but it does look better with everything painted even the center hub where the lug bolts are.... like OC said.... because of that I might be going with Black instead of RED....even though I have red interior.... black looks good.....matches the tires and the center hub area....might need some more high temp paint though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
automaticsti Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 looks nice, I painted mine sliver a while ago, then they started to flake so I ended up re-painting them black, I was much happier with the overall apperance after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewLegGT67 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Looks really nice OC.... Do you regularly wash the rims? Seems like it would add a lot of time to my already extensive car washing routine. Give me a brief run down of how often you clean and how.... thanks I wish my calipers looked like 2006Specb122's in the first pic. Mine are rusted, especially the front left. Painting the calipers will be my first project this spring. I haven't decided on black, grey or silver yet. I'm probably the only person that has Wu-Tang Clan and Paul McCartney on their mp3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxHound Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 looks good, like that wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06spec411 Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 nice job man. but i was wondering. did you sand them before or anything? or did you just clean them up nice then start painting? and where did you get the paint and primer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Specb122 Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I actually just got done a few hours ago. I will post some pics this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05gtlimited300 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 did everyone take apart their calipers or just paint them while they were still on the car? i have always considered painting mine, just never went through with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Specb122 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 No you leave your calipers on. Most do at least. Dupli Color Kit is the easiest kit and isn't expensive. It is ONE part paint with ceramic. This makes it nice because you don't have to worry about mixing paint and using up all the paint quiickly like with other systems. It came out great and no complaints yet. It takes more time than you would think so be sure to block out some time to do this job. Start with removing wheels. Clean calipers with supplied caliper cleaner. Mask everything in and around the caliper and rotors that you don't want painted. Paint and give it two or three coats until covered well. Let dry. Repeat for all four calipers. There is a video on dupli color site but it is pretty simple and straight forward. Masking takes some time and just taking your time for painting with the brush takes a while. I will post pictures soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2006Specb122 Posted January 21, 2008 Share Posted January 21, 2008 Pictures I promised..... http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1652262#post1652262 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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