Painting Calipers

[tddockery2]

I just painted the calipers on my 987 last week, also not to appear as an "S", but as they were starting to look quite grubby.

I used the DupliColor red brush on caliper paint kit aquired at Pep Boys for around $20. It took about 2 hours from start to finish for the wheel removal/prep/base coat and initial dry time.

A week later, I pulled the wheels, wiped the calipers down, added a set of 'Brembo' decals and clear coated them.

I'm a stickler for detail (I work in quality control!), and though they did not come out as nice as having them disassembled, glass beaded and powder coated - this method was MUCH cheaper, had a faster turn-around time - and the end result came out quite well.

A couple of notes:

1. Mask EVERYTHING you don't want paint on.
2. Clean, clean and clean again - a great paint job is ruined by poor prepping.
3. I used a good quality artists' brush for the small areas, and a firm foam type for the large sections.
4. Take your time.
5. The brush on paint is 'self leveling', once it's dry, you cannot tell it was brushed on.

You can see a picture of the end result in my PCA Bosxter Register garage:

http://boxsterregister.org/dto_garage.ph...le_id=1226

Hope that helps!