So i will be doing my brakes soon and i bought slotted and dip drilled rotors as well as hawk preformance pads.. now my question is i want to paint my callipers but im not sure what color, its either black with an acura white vinyl or red with the same decal i dont want it looking to ricy either.. just wanted input from ppl on honda-tech
P.S. the car is blue



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Any one got pics of their done???


Modified by 25Type-s at 7:58 PM 6/15/2006

 

hate to break it to you but just painting your calipers is ricer

 

hey everyone has their own tastes..i seen many cars that come woth painted callipers stock and no not just the high preformance callipers bu i think the black with the white letters would look a lot better than just the ugly metal now..but hey i asked for opinions so thanx for the input.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc5RickK20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hate to break it to you but just painting your calipers is ricer</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's ricer now to paint calipers? Wow... I beg to differ... If you paint your calipers to look/match better with your car - I say go for it. I had a milano red 97 prelude and painted the calipers 'racing red' and it looked 200x better than the ugly metal color.

It all boils down to what you want - forget about what someone else thinks - after all, it's your car...

Just my .02 cents.

 

after all, in my opinion, that pic of the rsx with the 'RSX-S' decal on the racing red caliper looks hot...

 

what color is your RSX?

 

[QUOTE=25Type-s]
P.S. the car is blue [QUOTE]

My bad, didn't read that part. I'd say red w/ the white sticker. It will stand out more

 

Neat idea and all but I don't think the vinyl decal will last long with the heat generated by your brakes.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ff_terror &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Neat idea and all but I don't think the vinyl decal will last long with the heat generated by your brakes.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can always get the decal, cut a thick piece of post board to match the decal (using a razor) and use that as a stencil for using white caliper paint... Takes a little more work, but worth it if those vinyl decals don't last

 

so this is what i decided i think the red is a lil much for the blue so im going with the black calliper with the white acura decal..im going to paint the caliper whites stick on the decals and paint the whole thing black and later on take of the decal so ill have a nice solid lettering .. thanks fo the ideas as well as all the input

 

where do you get the brake calliper decal?

 

well if you must paint them why dont you paint them white put the decal on them then paint them red or black whatever your going to paint them and then peel the decal off

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc5RickK20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well if you must paint them why dont you paint them white put the decal on them then paint them red or black whatever your going to paint them and then peel the decal off</TD></TR></TABLE>

he said that already...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hurleyrob &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">where do you get the brake calliper decal?</TD></TR></TABLE>

her you go http://www.vinzdecals.com/ use the decal as a stencil like someone said b4

 

so which one should i go with i like them both





p.s. they dont come that big lol

 

i still think it's ricer i say you cant fake or imitate the look of real brembo break calipers and my brother painted his calipers red on his dc2 type r and regreted it big time it's too hard to keep clean and sooner or later the paints going to start chiping off and fade

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc5RickK20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i still think it's ricer i say you cant fake or imitate the look of real brembo break calipers and my brother painted his calipers red on his dc2 type r and regreted it big time it's too hard to keep clean and sooner or later the paints going to start chiping off and fade</TD></TR></TABLE>

x2. I'm lazy, not really worth it to me to spend the time/money painting them, and then have them flake off and look like **** later on.

Then again, I've got a somewhat cavalier attitude towards my RSX because it's my daily beater

 

please dont do this just leave them until you have the cash to do it right.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc5RickK20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i still think it's ricer i say you cant fake or imitate the look of real brembo break calipers and my brother painted his calipers red on his dc2 type r and regreted it big time it's too hard to keep clean and sooner or later the paints going to start chiping off and fade</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's what your wallet will allow. If you're just itchin to customize or can't afford the Brembo or Willwoods they make high heat paint that will last as long as you have the calipers on there. ( I painted mine 8 months ago and they still look bitchin as the day I did it) Go with the decal that IS NOT in itallics. If you decide to put the decal on in an arc around the curve of the caliper it will look better. As far as "imitating Brembo" I didn't know they made calipers with Acura on them. You're not imitating or being fake, <U>you're putting an Acura label on an Acura part.</U> Now when you see a single piston OEM caliper with a Brembo sticker on it then you have the right to critisize. Should look good.

 

The "acura" one looks good, like the ones on the 2006 TL 6-6 but in red. I say go for it!

 

Any one got pics of their done???

 

I second the one saying that the paint wont chip if using high temp paint. For those of you who say their friends peeled off, I highly doubt they used paint made for calipers or basically: high temp paint. You also need to apply 2/3 coats, not just 1.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by reset2k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I second the one saying that the paint wont chip if using high temp paint. For those of you who say their friends peeled off, I highly doubt they used paint made for calipers or basically: high temp paint. You also need to apply 2/3 coats, not just 1.</TD></TR></TABLE>

they last longer if you prep it right, which is something like this

sand down

clean up(acetone)

mulitple light coat

clear coat

but no matter how many coat you put it will only take a rock chip to get the paint off the caliper(unlike powdercoated and anodized aluminium)

it did it during my rice day , the only color that i could think of that is less rice is black or cast iron grey

 

get ur decals at decalgirl.com.... its ftw.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by outdated &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">please dont do this just leave them until you have the cash to do it right.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah that