Can you tell me from experience a good paint to use to paint brake calipers Nothing from Autozone please, high quality
If you are not going to use them on the track, good old PPG body paint and clear coat work fine, with the decals under the clear coat. What color do you want and we can give you the PPG paint code?
Thank you, Suprised to hear PPG could work because of the high temperatures but I am no professional. I want yellow , the same color yellow as on the badge on the side, with the horse.
If you remember, good brake fluid boils ar 600ºF, stuff that has been in the car for 6 months no better than 500º. So, we are not talking about the temperatures of the pads (1200ºF) or rotors (1000ºF), but something way lower. If you don't take the car to the track, and don't find a need to decelerate from 160+ to 55 MPH as fast as possible, your brake calipers won't get that hot and most paints can deal with those kinds of temperatures.
The paint has to be unaffected by brake fluid. Otherwise paint (especially around the bleeders) will come off when changing brake fluid.
Just had mine done as you want - to match the yellow shields. The paint brand wasn't anything special, but was a very high temperature type. Then clear coat with the new Ferrari decals. I'm really stoked with the result. Didn't want the Allen bolts black. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Giallo Modena is the color on the calipers and that is PPG 84028, same color on my calipers. Image Unavailable, Please Login
That looks good but what about painting the word Ferrari is there a trick for that. Or was it decals, could you put decals there for the Ferrari writing?
High temperature brake decals. You can find them on the internet in the size you want or get OEM ones from Ferrari.
Brake calipers have rubber seals inside, rubber hoses attached to them, so they do not get that hot or else the rubber would degrade. Which does happen in racing, on tight circuits. But that's why regular paints, especially enamels which are often advertised for engine blocks, are ok. Regular paints with organic ingredients are good to about 400F. To get the higher temp capability, ceramic or aluminum silicones are part of the solids, sometimes in a two part epoxy type of blend. The downside is they typically need to be heat cured at about 300F, which if your brakes calipers don't get that hot the paint won't cure and will flake off. And curing the caliper in a oven at the required temp will do no favours for the rubber parts, unless the caliper body was fully disassembled with no rubber parts left on. The stickers will probably be heat capable to a lesser degree. But since they work well for many, that tells you that the calipers don't get that hot. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Ferrari-HI-TEMP-PREMIUM-BRAKE-CALIPER-DECALS-STICKERS-CAST-VINYL-/362071223258
Anyone have any recommendations for a vendor that can do both? Powder coat or a brake fluid resistant paint & rebuild the calipers with new seals? Basically so it looks OE with the Ferrari logo.
Use a self etching primer as a base coat under the color and then clear. The primer will help with adhesion and longevity
