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Posted by BOW TIE BOY (Member # 430) on :

A Mechanic Friend of mine had a comment about
me wanting to Paint my Brake Calipers.He said
if they are Aluminum, painting would hamper the cooling ability of the Calipers.
Wadda ya think ????

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Posted by SS2513 (Member # 545) on :

Haven't had a problem with mine. I think if it did hinder the ability of the brakes it would be so minimal you would never notice.

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Posted by SS3816 (Member # 732) on :

I haven't had a problem either ... besides .. are the ones on the vette (Z06) not powder coated/painted?

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Posted by 99 HOSS (Member # 109) on :

These are mine with 30K and about a dozen track sessions. I had just taken off the 'R' compounds to put the 'streets' back on when I took this. Nov '00.

Just make sure you clean them reeeeel good.

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Posted by NBM98SS (Member # 186) on :

Well I painted mine with high temp paint you put on exhaust headers. So far I haven't had any problems with stopping.

You can go hear for pics.
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Posted by SSBOB (Member # 813) on :

I don't think that you have any mechanic friends! Ha! Hey, if you don't take that thing out and drive it why are you worring about painting it? Are you ever going to show up at Andrettie's??? And where;s Frank?

Posted by RickS (Member # 585) on :

NBM98SS-

What brand/type of paint did you use to do that? It looks great, gotta do it to mine!

Rick

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Posted by NBM98SS (Member # 186) on :

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Originally posted by RickS:
NBM98SS-
What brand/type of paint did you use to do that? It looks great, gotta do it to mine!
Rick

Rick,

If you go to www.eastwoodco.com thats where I got the paint. part # 10175Z It resists heat up to 1200 degrees F. This is exhaust paint and seems to resist dirt build up too. I haven't cleaned them since I painted them. Just washed them off with the hose.

Paul

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