I want a nice red color probably...it's played out, but I still think it looks the best.

how much will it cost? high heat paint?

including labor please. Please give me an idea

a Honda Stencil would be nice....like a black H with the square around it...


please specify the price for 4 wheels or just 2.

 

i'm sure i could do it myself...but I'm lazy and i'm not very mechanically inclined. I would be afraid to jack my car up and take the wheel off, etc etc. plus i'm sure it'd take a long time for it to dry and the shop probably has some high heat dryers.

 

I recommend you find someone on here that lives close by, so that you can have them do it, if you really don't want to do it yourself. The reason I recommend you find someone on here, is because they most likely will be a lot cheaper than bringing it to a shop. A shop will probably charge you like $100+ because labor at most shops is $60/hr, at least around here. I painted the calipers on my accord black and I think a can of the caliper paint cost likes 7 bucks or something. I sprayed them with high temp primer ($3-4) first, and then the paint. It only took like 2 hours before they were dry and back on my car. I would do it for you for practically nothing, if you lived around here.

$10-15 and 2-3 hours of your time
$100+ and 2-3 hours of a shop's time

Which one would you prefer? It is really really easy and doesn't take too long, but if you really don't want to do it yourself, find someone that will do it for you, on here. Just my .02

 

you dont pay someone to paint your calipers. you buy the kit from autozone/advance and paint it yourself. if you cant do it, then forget about it. you would seriously call a shop and ask them to paint your calipers ricer red?? i know my post is useless, but common in this situation. prepare for flames.

 

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word

 

your best bet is to do it yourself me and my buddy did mine in a couple of hrs....car is a lil dirty but you get the idea i still have to redo and touch um up


http://viewmorepics.myspace.co...84279

 

DIY!! easy easy easy easy. probably the easiest thing someone can do on here. buy the caliper paint...take the wheel off...paint the brake...let dry...repeat...wheel back on...done

 

i don't have the proper jacks, or torque'ing wrenches. -_-

 

why do you need torque wrench? yep, you need jacks. unless you want to do 1 wheel at a time. but torque wrench,not needed.

 

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It's a little more involved than this, but still very very easy.

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While you're at Autozone/Advanced/Walmart/wherever you buy the caliper paint, buy a jack/jack stand kit. One will run you like $20 for the kit and it will be plenty strong enough for your car. I have two $20 jack/stand kits that I use as my second, and third jack in case I need them.

 

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you always have your jack in the trunk to use haha.

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torque wrench would be used to make sure your lug nuts are tightened to spec. dont want a wheel coming off while driving


in all honesty, post this on http://8thcivic.com and find someone in oregon to do it for you. buy them beer and they should be happy. its very very easy.

 

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And if you want to do it right, you should use a torque wrench when you reinstall your wheels.

 

A torque wrench is the proper way!

 

it can be done with a regular honda lug wrench, **like the one found in your trunk**. ive never used a torque wrench to tighten my lugs. ive got an impact gun.

 

Just to clarify. The real steps to painting your calipers would be:

Jack up your car
Place jack stands in proper locations
Lower car onto jack stands
Remove lugnuts and wheel (keep each wheel close to where it was originally located as to not mix them up)
Remove bolts holding caliper on
Remove brake fluid line from caliper and plug or place over drain pan
Take note of which pad belongs where and place aside
Clean calipers very well with brake cleaner and allow to completely dry
Spray high temperature primer on caliper and allow to completely dry
Spray caliper paint on calipers and allow to completely dry
Once paint is dry, reinstall brake fluid line into caliper and tighten
Reinstall pads (you may or may not need to compress the caliper piston)
Slide caliper (with pads) over the rotor
Reinstall the two bolts that mount the caliper
Torque to correct specs
Bleed all four brakes in correct sequence
Reinstall wheels
Install bolts, torque in criss cross torquing
Jack car up to remove one set (front or rear) of jack stands at a time
Let car down and drive cautiously until you are sure you bled the brakes correctly.

I think I am going to do this tomorrow, so I will put up a DIY, once I do it. Look for it.


PS-The steps I mentioned are from memory when I painted the calipers on my '94 accord two years ago. Steps may be a little different as I haven't even had the wheel off of my Si yet, so if I missed/forgot a step, please do not flame...I will have the correct way to do it, along with my DIY.

I just wanted to correct the guy who said the only thing you have to remove is each wheel.

 

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

kit from duplicolor

http://www.duplicolor.com/trai....html

e/learning video tutorial on how to use the kit.


between those links and the detailed instructional list of 2008fijibluesi, you should be able to do it on your own with no troubles....

 

Did I miss anything IT GUY? Like I said, it's been a while. Also, should I even bother posting a DIY, since you posted those links?

 

I've seen people that have gone the brush route, and didn't like how it looked. That's why I prefer to remove the caliper and spray it.

 

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people always appreciate DIYs no matter how simple the project. there's always someone just starting out that needs the info

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pulling everything off and spraying the caliper is probably better, but that being said I'm not sure the OP can handle the extra steps.

 

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pulling everything off and spraying the caliper is probably better, but that being said I'm not sure the OP can handle the extra steps. </TD></TR></TABLE>


True true...but maybe my DIY will help with that?

We will see

edit:crap...I just checked the weather for tomorrow, and it's supposed to snow/freezing rain. Maybe (just maybe), I will feel motivated to get up early enough to do this. Damn, if only I had thought about painting my calipers before I read this post. Today would have been a beautiful day to do it.