hi i was just wondering where can i get my stock calipers on my 87 iroc 4 corner disk brake car caliper's painted and how much it is? they do have rust on them and i would like them to be painted sapphire blue the same as factory paint or as close as possible. and can somewhat rusty looking rotors be made to look like new and shinier? thx how much would this all cost me to get done somewhere?

 

You might consider doing the work yourself. Though you probably can't match the color with the following suggestion, Duplicolor makes a kit:

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/caliper.html

You might clean the rust from the rotors with a Scotch pad or some such thing, but at the first hint of water, the rust will be back. You could always paint the hub with POR-15, if you wished.

JamesC

 

hey man thx for your help i really wanna do this. im thinking of actualy painting them silver because im not sure if it would look kinda ricy with blue calipers could you possibly find me a pic of a blue thirdgen with blue calipers? thx man

 

Check out VHT's line of Brake & Hi-Temp line of paints.
They're all available in a basic selection of colors.
(I used red on the rotors, to match car, and gold
on the calipers for contrast. And then clear for extra
protection. Oldest son says it looks like a pimp-mobile,
but good taste is not one of his better attributes. )

I use the Clear on several other parts, with good results.
When "cured", the surface is very hard.

VHT was purchased by Duplicolor, and the products are
now marketed by O'Reilly's. The stores don't carry all
colors of all types of paint, but I had part numbers from
the VHT web-site, & they would order anything I wanted.

As far as rotors, check the price of new ones, vs.
your time for cleaning/prepping rusty ones.
And you'll be much happier if you do it all yourself.

Good luck, and post some pics of the results.

 

sorry i didnt get back to you. i didnt know you could paint the rotors how do you think silver rotors and silver calipers would look? or would it look nicer with silver rotors and blue calipers? wont the paint on the rotors be to slick and cause the brakes not to grab as well and wouldnt it just come right off? ya i deffintly will get some pics i might not do the rotors but im pretty sure i will do the calipers and the wheels and whole car should look lots better with the painted calipers, highly polished lug nuts and the recently polished wheels along with the high polished valve caps. i really wanna repaint the rims and do all that sanding and stuff but i dont know if i'll have the time. anway thx for you help.

 

sorry i didnt get back to you. i didnt know you could paint the rotors how do you think silver rotors and silver calipers would look? or would it look nicer with silver rotors and blue calipers? wont the paint on the rotors be to slick and cause the brakes not to grab as well and wouldnt it just come right off? ya i deffintly will get some pics i might not do the rotors but im pretty sure i will do the calipers and the wheels and whole car should look lots better with the painted calipers, highly polished lug nuts and the recently polished wheels along with the high polished valve caps. i really wanna repaint the rims and do all that sanding and stuff but i dont know if i'll have the time. anway thx for you help.

 

Hey man you are the man. I recommend get this stuff at walmart in the auto department, it rust-oiliium rust converter primer -> or something, you sand very little and use brake cleaner first, then you spray this primer, it converts the rust into primer. it stops the rust and stuff. its like 5 bucks, then pick up a can of the dupli-color spray paint, not the brush kit, the spray can kit is good value at 8 bucks at autozone. good luck, with some masking tape, youre good to go dude. pro quality paint job for less than twenty.

 

thanks never new of this stuff, what grit of sand do you need and do you just swipe over the rust a couple time's then do the next steps? do you know where i can get rotor paint like the other guy suggested? because i would really like to paint the rotors silver then the calipers blue i dont care if it makes it stop not to well i already have HORRIBLE I MEAN HORRIBLE brakes lol. im just mostly going for the look for now tell i can afford better brakes. thanks for the help

 

its cheap, just replace the master cylinder, it solves crapy problems. plus it require complete flush, which will restore your brakes firmness. autozone like 30 bucks.

 

You can purchase reman calipers for like $12-15 each from one of the chains. You won't have to clean the rust off and you'll know they're good. They will come with a light coat of oil on them that will have to be cleaned before you can paint them. Let the paint cure a few days before installing them and be careful when bleeding. Brake fluid is paint's enemy. I've used POR 15 on them with good luck too.

While you're there you should consider replacing the brake hoses as well.

Do not try to paint your rotors. If they're lightly rusted the brake pads will sweep that clean once they start getting used. If they're pitted you'll need to have them turned or replace them. Do not replace with cheap chinesium rotors. Get a name brand.

 

well see i wasnt really wanting to start fixing up the brakes yet because the car wont be driven for several more years and i was just going safe up the money and maybe buy everything in a kit and get good quality stuff.

 

like i mentioned to the other guy im not really looking for brakes right now i was going replace everything at once. thanks for the info though i might throw on those calipers you mentioned to see if they do any better.