Painting Brake Calipers

This week Jr Productions shows you how to add color to your ride by painting your brake calipers.

Car is a 1997 Honda Civic

Disclaimer : Jr Productions is not liable for any damages done to your car while following these instructions.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• 1997
• honda
• civic
• color
• spice
• mod
• ride
• car
• cool
• brakes
• calipers

[linespermillimeter]

This paint may be fine for a Civic , but for performance cars you need the caliper paint. More speed/acceleration=more hard braking=hotter brakes.

[jrproductions88]

@linespermillimeter

Exactly! Well said.

[Jimania]

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.

[jrproductions88]

@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.

[playstationpro13]

I like this nigga

[jrproductions88]

@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.

[astrobot7]

@tiro00 serously... yes u need caliper paint not regular paint

[jrproductions88]

@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.

[tiro00]

would regular paint work? does have to engine heat paint?

[jrproductions88]

@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"