Duplicolor's brush-on caliper paint is the way to go. It bakes on like a ceramic finish, is unbelievably durable, and is easy to clean. Sorry my man, but there IS a difference in engine paint and caliper paint. The labor is the same to do it right or wrong, doing a low quality job to cut $10-15 bucks is senseless.
@Jimania Never said there wasn't a difference but mine has lasted me 2 years no problems. Dupicolor may be a better product but I'm just showing an alternative way to do it. Another reason is that most local stores only stock that paint in the two primary colors- blue and red. Engine paint is just overall cheaper and comes in a much better variety of colors.
@tiro00 Well brake rotors and calipers get extremely hot. So regular paint would work for a while but eventually flake off. A can of heat paint is like $5 and it looks the same now then it did a year ago when I put it on.
Trust me save your money, as long as it is heat resistant to 500* like most engine paint and you wash your car more than once a year you will be fine.
Get some smaller rims, get some nice coils after selling those rims, use any leftover cash to revert back to stock body (at least remove all that mesh), and you'll have a nice lowered car that achieves better gas mileage by aerodynamics and also earns more respect among automobile enthusiasts.
Just got done replacing the front end. I agreed with you on that one. The new one makes the rims look somewhat more fit for the car too. If you would like to see it, the video is posted as, "97 Civic Duraflex Bumper Cover - Review"
I like this nigga
playstationpro13 4 months ago
Duplicolor's brush-on caliper paint is the way to go. It bakes on like a ceramic finish, is unbelievably durable, and is easy to clean. Sorry my man, but there IS a difference in engine paint and caliper paint. The labor is the same to do it right or wrong, doing a low quality job to cut $10-15 bucks is senseless.
Jimania 7 months ago
@Jimania Never said there wasn't a difference but mine has lasted me 2 years no problems. Dupicolor may be a better product but I'm just showing an alternative way to do it. Another reason is that most local stores only stock that paint in the two primary colors- blue and red. Engine paint is just overall cheaper and comes in a much better variety of colors.
jrproductions88 7 months ago
would regular paint work? does have to engine heat paint?
tiro00 1 year ago
@tiro00 Well brake rotors and calipers get extremely hot. So regular paint would work for a while but eventually flake off. A can of heat paint is like $5 and it looks the same now then it did a year ago when I put it on.
jrproductions88 1 year ago
@tiro00 serously... yes u need caliper paint not regular paint
astrobot7 5 months ago
@astrobot7
Trust me save your money, as long as it is heat resistant to 500* like most engine paint and you wash your car more than once a year you will be fine.
jrproductions88 5 months ago
Get some smaller rims, get some nice coils after selling those rims, use any leftover cash to revert back to stock body (at least remove all that mesh), and you'll have a nice lowered car that achieves better gas mileage by aerodynamics and also earns more respect among automobile enthusiasts.
JVEsoccer 1 year ago
@JVEsoccer
Just got done replacing the front end. I agreed with you on that one. The new one makes the rims look somewhat more fit for the car too. If you would like to see it, the video is posted as, "97 Civic Duraflex Bumper Cover - Review"
jrproductions88 1 year ago
you can paint engine head cover
kasimov1994 1 year ago
Dude, I like the video but you misspelled Civic. At 0:17. It reads "Ciciv."
Lutherkb 1 year ago
@Lutherkb
Thanks for letting me know, I'll change it for next week's video.
Keep checking back each week for new videos!
jrproductions88 1 year ago
painting your calipers is proven to add 25 hp =O
rocky0240 1 year ago 2