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Advice on painting calipers


mtbtimr

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I want to paint my gold brembo calipers fluro yellow like the ones from the late model STIs. 

 

I've found high temp primer and clear, but no high temp fluro yellow... 

 

My question is... can I use a regular base coat if it's protected from both directions by high temp primer and clear? 
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Am I better off getting them powder coated? And how much should I expect to pay for 4 calipers? 

 

Thanks!

 

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I have never used high temp paint on calipers for a car that doesn't get abused on the track. They wont get hot enough on the street to effect regular paint. 

 

If you are planning on hitting the track then use the High temp primer, you will be fine with a normal base. 

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i've got this on my list of ever growing stuff to do, haven't quite decided on what colour yet though.  when was researching found lot of conflicting info about whether need high temp stuff or not, only used high temp caliper paint for it in the past.

 

note this vid suggests to ensure you use white base coat under the fluro yellow to get that brightness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLf5Z25P7fk

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Given that the car is unlikely to see much track-thrashing, I'm going to risk using a high temp primer with a regular base coat. Will report back on build thread. 

 

Does anyone know where I could get some of those black STI decals? 

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2 hours ago, mtbtimr said:

Given that the car is unlikely to see much track-thrashing, I'm going to risk using a high temp primer with a regular base coat. Will report back on build thread. 

 

Does anyone know where I could get some of those black STI decals? 

I got high temp white 4 pot subaru decals off ebay, assume those would be on there too

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