Painting Calipers Options

[elvasoshexai]

ok... yea... i really suck at this stuff.. i wanna paint my calipers... um i have this dupli-colour caliper paint kit... then just as i was about to start... i realized something... how do i paint the rears if i can't turn it so the caliper faces me like the front?

[LewFX]

easier to take them all off, plug the holes and good to go

[elvasoshexai]

easier to take them all off, plug the holes and good to go

uh... how do you take them off? what holes?

[LewFX]

take tire off, take off calipers, plug the brake line with a plug. doing this tho you need to reblled your brakes once your done.

[elvasoshexai]

are these the front and rear jack points:

front:


rear:

[lil_lissa]

i just put the spray paint behind it and tried to get it as best i can
its not like it really matters THAT much because i dont know many people that will be looking behind your wheel to see if the entire caliper is painted...

can't even tell any difference on mine

[tcox22]

i bought some caliper paint from autozone, took my rims off, taped off the edges by my rotors and brake lines and stuff. I spray cleaned the calipers and then brushed the paint on a few times. it was very easy, but time consuming to let the paint dry and repaint and whatnot.

[elvasoshexai]

so are the 2 pics i posted the correct places to put the jack? cuz i dun wanna ruin stuff by lifting on the wrong areas

[LewFX]

wrong spot, if you want, jack the middle piece thats round in the rear...theres 6 places to jack our cars, 1 front (under engine area) 2 sides ( near the tire theres some ridges that stick out, just past the sideskirt) works on both sides of the car and the rear (round piece in the back, cant miss it)

[elvasoshexai]

wrong spot, if you want, jack the middle piece thats round in the rear...theres 6 places to jack our cars, 1 front (under engine area) 2 sides ( near the tire theres some ridges that stick out, just past the sideskirt) works on both sides of the car and the rear (round piece in the back, cant miss it)

of the 6 u are talking about... i think i know where the 4 on the sides are... 2 on left side (1 in front of rear wheel 1 behind front wheel), 2 on right side(1 in front of rear wheel 1 behind front wheel)...

where is the front and rear one? even further under the car? cause those are the only circle areas i see...

[LewFX]

in bewtween the control arms and other bars, in the middle of your car, between the wheels

[elvasoshexai]

in bewtween the control arms and other bars, in the middle of your car, between the wheels

o damn... that's so far in... i'll try again 2nite.. thnx

[playr158]

this is the rear jackpoint...


thats the rear bit...in the right side of the picture you can see the bump where your supposed to jack from (best if a hydrolic jack is use)

[elvasoshexai]

this is the rear jackpoint...


thats the rear bit...in the right side of the picture you can see the bump where your supposed to jack from (best if a hydrolic jack is use)

ooh icic thnx for the pic!
yea i hv a hydraulic jack...

[vsideboy]

I used smooth hammerite and just brushed it on, got a nice smooth covering and just stuck my head in the wheelarch a bit to get the tops/back of the calipers.

If you want to spray them, then just unfasten the lower bolt of the caliper and it will come away still fastened to the brake line so you won't need to bleed them after. If you also unfasten the bolt that hold the brake line to the suspension strutt then the caliper will almost rest on the floor infront of the rear hub. You could always spray it when its on the floor on some newspaper?

This is how my Import is anyway, sorry if its different to yours.

[Cutrara]

I put a bag over my rotors, and slid it underneath the pads. Then I masked off the wheel well. Looks perfect.