painting brakes
 

i was wondering if its ok to paint the brake cailpers. just to make them look newer. does any body do this or have pics.

Its ok just what is the proper procedures from cleaning to prepping and what kind of paint or just have them powdercoated?? I wanna know too.:icon_hyper:

Autozone or any other car parts store will carry brake caliper paint. It has instructions on how to do it. Get a good wire brush and some mineral spirits and make sure they are spotless before painting, also only paint the outside, stay away from the actual calipers. It cost about $15 to paint all the calipers on the bike.

the autozone paint looks like crap though, just my opinion... getting them powder coated is much butter...

+1 on powdercoating... that's why i was saying make sure you get them spotless. I've seen that paint go both ways. my friend cleaned his up and used that stuff and it looks great, I also see people just spray over all the grime and it looks like crap. ha ha.

If you get them powder coated you should grab a caliper rebuild kit while your at it since the seals and everything will have to be removed anyways =)

i will go and see how much it cost to have them powder coated as there is a place that does that about 5 blocks from where i live. but how hard is it to rebuild the brakes tho

Its not a hard process at all- you could try to re-use the seals from the calipers if they are all in good condition.But personally I wouldn't. new kits will run 50-70 for all 3 calipers. here is a generic walk-thru on the process

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/ca...ean/index.html

Won't the oven for the powder coat melt the seals on the caliper?.. Or are you taking it completely apart? (Pistons and all)

Yes, that's why i suggested rebuilding them if they get powder coated- no use in taking them all apart and not cleaning/ rebuilding them.

Was talkin more towards the refinishing the outside(a different color) of the calipers not rebuilding the internals.:icon_shrug: To go from black to gold.