does any one have any advise on how to go about painting break calipers and the rear drum breaks? i was thinking mabey taking them off and sand blasting the rust off and then mabey spray primer and then high temp paint over that

Why would you want to paint brake drums? They're hideous, sorry for performance, and look stupid painted.

That's just my opinion of course

I'm sure someone can give you an answer.

well come on would u rather see brown rusty color behind new rims or a nice red color? lol

o yeah and my car is black and i wanted to accent the hole car with red like the calipers and the z28 emblems and stuff

i painted my alumin drums when i bought them. i painted them a nice silver/alumin color that u use on rims. and so far they look good. ill have to get some pics soon to show.

yeah id like to see some pics

well if you do decide to paint them Id do the calipers in red maybe to accent the car but the drums dont look right red, Id do them in black.

I agree, do the calipers in red... drums in black..

-LJ

Yeah, drums would look better black.

I did my calipers red and they look good. I also did my drums red and they look good too. Sorry, I don't have any pics right now. But, you could also do what my friend did. He has a Probe and he did his calipers red but painted his drums silver so that they just look like brand new drums.

Steve

I would go for any color over a rust on the brake drums any day There is nothing worse then a nice set of wheels with a rust background.

I say paint them, but hide them (read: black!)


Gray and rusty:



Painted Black:





Ken

This picture was before I changed to a 4th gen rear with disk brakes.

thats a good idea i never thought of black for the back but i definitly want the front calipers red although the red in the back in that one pic doesnt look so bad eather

Okay, we all agree that the rear drums look like @#$ in any color other than black. Now, is anyone gonna answer the man's question?

"does any one have any advise on how to go about painting break calipers and the rear drum breaks?"

Thanks. I'd kinda like to hear some opinions on this myself.

Caliper: I painted them with a brush, so I wouldnt have to take them off and re-bleed the brake lines. When I put my rear disks in I spray painted them, just taped off the parts I didnt want to paint, and sprayed.

Drums: Just took them off, wire brushed and sprayed.

I went the easy route and combined it with buying new drums, so all I did was de-grease them and then spray them with hi-temp primer and flat black.
I also did the calipers in red (and a little bit of silver) which was also done in hi-temp paints, but brush painted in place.

Close ups:

Rear:



Front:




Ken

I just did my calipers.
I was rebuilding the rear calipers. I took the drivers side one apart and painted the caliper red with Caliper paint, and the bracket and all the associated parts silver, then put it back together. I messed up the paint re-assembling the caliper so when I do the pass side, I'll assemble it and then mask of the parts and paint them.

The front,


and the rear,


And the car,

here are my freshly paintd calipers.

did you paint the brake pad too?

Ya, I had some "stop squuek" on them tht was read and the pad was red (raybestos) So I just painted it to make it look cleaner.

finally got pics of my alumin. drums i painted with a metallic rim silver

car is dirty in these pics i just took, gotta clean it up for the car show tomarrow.

zepher, hows the LT1 coming along?

it's coming along slowly. It will be on the road very soon I hope.

thanx for ur guys help i think ill use a brush to paint it becuse i dont feel like taking hte calipers off and ill do the back in black

I just brought a pair of calipers and I just wanted to know if you completely paint the calipers.
Do you paint both sides?
Do you paint where the pads lay?
What don't we paint?

I painted only the parts that are visible.

Thanks, tomorrow i'll buy the paint and paint away!

Has anybody tried powder coating their calibers. I would image it would look better and last longer. If so how much did it cost.

However, there may be parts on the caliber that you should not be painted or powder coated not sure though.

any opinions

I'd powder coat them if I could. One of our club members had his coated and they looked good. They were done by another member that bought one of those powder coating kits that you use at home.

Where can I find the brush-on high temp paint? At kragen all I saw was high-temp spray paint. Since I don't want to take the calipers off, I need the brush on. -89IRO

spray the paint onto some clean cardboard or something and use a brush to lift it off of the cardboard and paint the calipers with the brush.

Have you checked www.eastwoodco.com ? They have a wide selection of automotive paints. That where I got mine, cept it was a spray.

Yeah, I know about eastwood but I don't know if they have a gloss black brush on. I want to do my calipers black but don't want to take them off the car, so I need a brush on. I'll check them out anyways. -89IRO

Sorry to be off topic, but could you please tell me the size of your wheels and tires? I love the look of those.....Also, have you lowered your car? If so, how much?


Thanks, Matt

EDIT: NVM, All I had to do was read your sig!!!

I painted the drums on my '90RS black. I removed the drums, applied dual-etch (from Sherwin Williams, it's a phosporic acid based cleaner, similar to naval jelly) brushed them with a metal brush, dried them, and then I sprayed them with black epoxy paint that I bought at a paint store (not a spray can, but I think it would work just as well). I could only find glossy black, but that prevents dust from sticking to it, and it is not noticeable that it is glossy instead of flat black. I think the flat black would turn grayish or brown when it is covered with dust. I used this same paint to paint my T-top edge rails, and look great.

I left my calipers alone, since they're nearly invisible behind the RS wheels. However, if I were to paint them, now there's hi-temp spray paint specially for calipers. Haven't used it so can't tell about the results, but I think it would be a better option than brushing.

My 15x7 firebird rims don't show very much of the drums but if I paint them I'll go for black. Actually if I still have a can of high temp black, I'll do it tomorrow.

/edit: damn, none left.