Paint rear calipers to match red Stoptechs?

[roger v]

What is the internets opinion?

http://i.imgur.com/diu8CH4.jpg

[stingray84]

Do it. I did on mine and love the color matched front/rear caliper.


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[B8Addict]

Car looks sweet as is but do you have a photo of what it may look like painted? I think it looks better just having the front red Stoptechs IMO.

[roger v]

Car looks sweet as is but do you have a photo of what it may look like painted? I think it looks better just having the front red Stoptechs IMO.

Been trying to find one but no dice. They are powder coated black right now and the rears have matching Stoptech drilled rotors with black hats. (Post this pic)

[roger v]

Do it. I did on mine and love the color matched front/rear caliper.


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Pics?

[stingray84]

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/14/yhy5y4ez.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/14/epe4ugas.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/14/y4a7e5eb.jpg

The lighting makes it hard to see but it stood out a lot more in person.

[raudiace4]

Definitely paint both.

[Pilfer]

I was thinking of getting stop techs as well. I was going to get black calipers to match the black rear calipers. I would say painting the rears would be a great idea.


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[RForell]

Planning on painting my stock calipers, how do you do that?? What brand do you recommend? Spray or stroke on?

Thanks

[drob23]

Planning on painting my stock calipers, how do you do that?? What brand do you recommend? Spray or stroke on?

Thanks

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/600018-Who-s-painted-their-stock-brake-calipers

[John@TAG]

Yes, do it! Give us a call. We do all our painting in house and have painted a TON of calipers and BBKs.

http://nickscarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/IMG_5969-1024x641.jpg

[Petrolhead]

why don't you just get stoptechs in the rear to match?

[roger v]

why don't you just get stoptechs in the rear to match?

Because I like my parking brake. Painted them this weekend looks pretty great.

[roger v]

Don't mind the wheel gap. This was right after lowering the car so everything hadn't settled yet :)

http://i.imgur.com/ykxixh6.jpg

[Mops@Nemesis]

Scuffed them already :(

[roger v]

Scuffed them already :(

That actually happened at a tire place. They bought me a new wheel I just had them replace a different one that had a little more noticeable rash (from girlfriend) sigh..

[VR2V8]

Any reason why you didn't just go with black Stop-Tech's? That's probably the route I would have went.

[westwest888]

Painting the rear is kind of ridiculous. It's like asking if you need a pedicure with a manicure. No one is looking at your feet (rear brakes). It makes sense a bit to match slotted fronts and rears, or drilled in some cases. The rear caliper is more like a bracket. I'd rather not draw attention to it.

Rear BBK makes no sense on this platform.

[roger v]

Any reason why you didn't just go with black Stop-Tech's? That's probably the route I would have went.

Because I wanted red.

[washyourrhands]

Because I wanted red.

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[Pilfer]

I think it would look stupid with red brakes in the front and black on the rears. My opinion, but I would definitely paint the rears to match. That looks great roger


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[roger v]

I think it would look stupid with red brakes in the front and black on the rears. My opinion, but I would definitely paint the rears to match. That looks great roger


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Thanks! [up]

[RForell]

Hey again! I bought a g2 paint set from ebay, I will only need 1 kit right?? stock small brakes.. :/

[mark0006]

red looks good, has anyone painted the rear pads also to see how they will look.

[roger v]

Hey again! I bought a g2 paint set from ebay, I will only need 1 kit right?? stock small brakes.. :/



I only did the rears but there was paint left-over so I could imagine you could do the front too.

[RForell]

I only did the rears but there was paint left-over so I could imagine you could do the front too.

Okey how many Times Did you Paint them?

[drob23]

I only did the rears but there was paint left-over so I could imagine you could do the front too.

The kit comes with wayyyy too much paint, I did 4 coats on all 4 stock calipers, and probably had enough paint for another car. The GTI didn't need it [cool]

[mr shickadance]

painting stock calipers never looks good in my opinion, they become covered in dust after mile #5, and afterwards it just looks grungy, dirty, and awful. At least when they are unpainted that is sort of the norm.

[drob23]

painting stock calipers never looks good in my opinion, they become covered in dust after mile #5, and afterwards it just looks grungy, dirty, and awful. At least when they are unpainted that is sort of the norm.

I think it depends on the paint and how it's prepped. But I don't agree with your statement, this is after 1 year and nothing more than some sonax wheel cleaner, some snow foam and a pressure washer:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/13653249035_4e3d36e258_o.jpg

[Frag]

Is it possible to powder coat the galiper over the stock finish? Or it needs to be grinded out first?

I might be interested to powder coat those while doing my next brake job ...

[mr shickadance]

I think it depends on the paint and how it's prepped. But I don't agree with your statement, this is after 1 year and nothing more than some sonax wheel cleaner, some snow foam and a pressure washer:

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/13653249035_4e3d36e258_o.jpg

this is why it is an opinion, just my thoughts.

They look decent when they are clean, but because of the open nature of the brakes, they get dirty incredibly fast, which leads to them looking worse than before (again, my opinion)

The other thing worth mentioning is that you are only fooling non-car enthusiasts with this. People who are into cars can tell a painted stock caliper from a BBK instantly, and for me personally, it's falling under one of those categories of "pretending you are something when your not" or a cheap tacky mod performed on a car worth over $50k

Not for me.

[drob23]

And that's fine, you are entitled to your opinion, I don't agree that they look all gunked up and terrible after 5 miles. Maybe Roger can confirm whether his front calipers look "fantastic" because they are "awesome bbk" while his rear calipers look "terrible". You are free to judge people's cars based on your opinions about "proper modding", I think it's a little rude to do so on a forum and call people's cars cheap and tacky because of it, but you are free to do as you please. I don't think any enthusiast would assume the idea is to trick them into thinking it's a BBK, there aren't brembo stickers there.

[roger v]

Okey how many Times Did you Paint them?

Four coats.

[roger v]

this is why it is an opinion, just my thoughts.

They look decent when they are clean, but because of the open nature of the brakes, they get dirty incredibly fast, which leads to them looking worse than before (again, my opinion)

The other thing worth mentioning is that you are only fooling non-car enthusiasts with this. People who are into cars can tell a painted stock caliper from a BBK instantly, and for me personally, it's falling under one of those categories of "pretending you are something when your not" or a cheap tacky mod performed on a car worth over $50k

Not for me.

If there was a viable rear BBK option id be all over, but the difference in color between the front and rear was really starting to bug me. The new GT option RS brakes give you red rear calipers which are the same size and style as the S4s, so I don't think it's too out of line to do the same thing here. I'm sure no one will mistake my front calipers for stock brakes because, well, they arent.


I will agree though, some people who paint over their stock brakes and pads make me LOL.

[roger v]

I think yours actually look pretty good. Bet they'd look bitten with some ECS two piece rotors on there.


And that's fine, you are entitled to your opinion, I don't agree that they look all gunked up and terrible after 5 miles. Maybe Roger can confirm whether his front calipers look "fantastic" because they are "awesome bbk" while his rear calipers look "terrible". You are free to judge people's cars based on your opinions about "proper modding", I think it's a little rude to do so on a forum and call people's cars cheap and tacky because of it, but you are free to do as you please. I don't think any enthusiast would assume the idea is to trick them into thinking it's a BBK, there aren't brembo stickers there.

[mr shickadance]

And that's fine, you are entitled to your opinion, I don't agree that they look all gunked up and terrible after 5 miles. Maybe Roger can confirm whether his front calipers look "fantastic" because they are "awesome bbk" while his rear calipers look "terrible". You are free to judge people's cars based on your opinions about "proper modding", I think it's a little rude to do so on a forum and call people's cars cheap and tacky because of it, but you are free to do as you please. I don't think any enthusiast would assume the idea is to trick them into thinking it's a BBK, there aren't brembo stickers there.


I know right, presenting your opinion on a forum is completely not the intended purpose. My bad guys, I sincerely apologize for my horrific opinionated outburst like that. truly, i expect better of myself, and this forum. from now on, nothing by the cold hard facts.


but seriously, cheap[ (fact, paint ain't expensive G) tacky (opinion) but allow me to explain myself:

it's tacky (in my opinion) because painting your calipers emulate that you have BBK ( a mod that runs over $2k normally). But upon closer inspection, the rotors don't have the 'hats' , the caliper is not closed, and you realize "oh, just paint"

In the best conditions, it looks ok from a far, in the worst, it looks like a DIY gone wrong.

but again, different strokes for different folks, but don't call me out on sharing my opinion in non-aggressive nature.

[vwong]

The other thing worth mentioning is that you are only fooling non-car enthusiasts with this. People who are into cars can tell a painted stock caliper from a BBK instantly, and for me personally, it's falling under one of those categories of "pretending you are something when your not" or a cheap tacky mod performed on a car worth over $50k

That's what YOU think, but that's not how I think (probably the same for drob23). For me, I painted my stock calipers because the stock black paint was coming off and the caliper had rust, the S4 logo had faded due to excessive heat from tracking, and the dust boots were torn. Since the calipers were coming off for replacing the dust boots, so I decided to paint them and gave them a fresh new look.

To me, I think this doesn't fit a $50k car.
http://vwong.net/images/b8-brake-rebuild/b8-brake-rebuild-02.JPG

This is much better.
http://vwong.net/images/b8-brake-rebuild/b8-brake-rebuild-08.JPG
http://vwong.net/images/b8-brake-rebuild/b8-brake-rebuild-09.JPG

[aka5]

http://i59.tinypic.com/3523ay9.jpg

BBK ftw

planing on possibly painting the rears but not quite sure it

[roger v]

http://i59.tinypic.com/3523ay9.jpg

BBK ftw

planing on possibly painting the rears but not quite sure it

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http://i.imgur.com/2d1VQXd.jpg

[mr shickadance]

That's what YOU think, but that's not how I think (probably the same for drob23). For me, I painted my stock calipers because the stock black paint was coming off and the caliper had rust, the S4 logo had faded due to excessive heat from tracking, and the dust boots were torn. Since the calipers were coming off for replacing the dust boots, so I decided to paint them and gave them a fresh new look.

To me, I think this doesn't fit a $50k car.
http://vwong.net/images/b8-brake-rebuild/b8-brake-rebuild-02.JPG

This is much better.
http://vwong.net/images/b8-brake-rebuild/b8-brake-rebuild-08.JPG
http://vwong.net/images/b8-brake-rebuild/b8-brake-rebuild-09.JPG



you are not comparing apples to apples, you are showing a dusty, gross, worn out caliper, against a cleaned caliper.

a better comparison would be this:
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh180/bmw0824/80B434B3-56B3-4F26-9BF2-640C8F8EEE5D-969-000000603CFB4A2C_zps22d6287e.jpg

against this:
http://vwong.net/images/b8-brake-rebuild/b8-brake-rebuild-08.JPG


which, i think in my opinion, the OEM part looks better.

[mr shickadance]

also, fwiw,

what your caliper will look like after a week
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t55/sy272004/Projects/legend%20GS%20calipers/IMGP9643.jpg

it's personal preference sure, but i think unpainted looks better.

[Mops@Nemesis]

I painted mine black to further hide them :P And luckily my Brembos are black. Hard to say what I would have done if my BBK was red.


Mops on the move

[drob23]

also, fwiw,

what your caliper will look like after a week
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t55/sy272004/Projects/legend%20GS%20calipers/IMGP9643.jpg

it's personal preference sure, but i think unpainted looks better.

So that's your car (or your friends) after one week? You took this picture?

[mr shickadance]

neither, a few clicks of the google image search led me to this guy, but don't act like this does not happen. it's brake dust, the braking system by design is meant to emit brake dust, that's how they work.

the open design allows brake dust to get on the calipers more easily than a close caliper.

[drob23]

neither, a few clicks of the google image search led me to this guy, but don't act like this does not happen. it's brake dust, the braking system by design is meant to emit brake dust, that's how they work.

the open design allows brake dust to get on the calipers more easily than a close caliper.


Lol [facepalm] OK man, enjoy those opinions. Done with this argument...

[roger v]

also, fwiw,

what your caliper will look like after a week
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t55/sy272004/Projects/legend%20GS%20calipers/IMGP9643.jpg

it's personal preference sure, but i think unpainted looks better.

Yikes I think I'd have a coronary if any part of my car ever got that dirty.

[Audi403]

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http://i.imgur.com/2d1VQXd.jpg
hey which rims are these? I can't see sigs on my smartphone. looks good!

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[drob23]

hey which rims are these? I can't see sigs on my smartphone. looks good!

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Forgestar F14, guessing 19x9.5 and then they don't disclose ET, usually 40-42.

[vwong]

neither, a few clicks of the google image search led me to this guy, but don't act like this does not happen. it's brake dust, the braking system by design is meant to emit brake dust, that's how they work.

the open design allows brake dust to get on the calipers more easily than a close caliper.

So I take that you don't have personal experience on this? drob23 already proved you're wrong with his picture. Mine has be almost 4 weeks since I painted them, and they're still looking very good.

[Audi403]

hey which rims are these? I can't see sigs on my smartphone. looks good!

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is this the piano black finish?

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[roger v]

Forgestar F14, guessing 19x9.5 and then they don't disclose ET, usually 40-42.

These are +43.

[roger v]

is this the piano black finish?

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Semi-gloss. Piano black is full gloss.

[drob23]

These are +43.

Interesting, assuming you had them made for the BBK? They mentioned to me that my wheels might not fit if I get a BBK.

[mr shickadance]

So I take that you don't have personal experience on this? drob23 already proved you're wrong with his picture. Mine has be almost 4 weeks since I painted them, and they're still looking very good.

I have seen calipers at car shows and in parking lots, i did not realize you needed to be a certified caliper inspector to make it happen.

that picture was when he CLEANED (pressure washed to be exact) them, the are obviously going to look nicer than dirty (how this logic is not sinking to you is astounding)

[roger v]

Interesting, assuming you had them made for the BBK? They mentioned to me that my wheels might not fit if I get a BBK.

Yep! Asked them to make sure that they fit over the BBK.

[RForell]

What do you think guys, paint when calipers is on the car or remove them? In that case, how do I do that to a b8,5? Many thanks!!

[Audi403]

Semi-gloss. Piano black is full gloss.

Looks awesome man I want to run a similar setup, debating right now between accuair or coilovers. Do you think +43 with a 9.5" wheel will start to touch the suspension when it starts to camber in as it gets lower? I'm probably going to do a 20" rim, wondering if I would have to go with a lower offset maybe high 30's or something :-/
I'll have to see the specs of other guys on air. I know I've seen slammed on +35 but it was pretty aggressive I'd prefer around 40 if it wouldn't rub on the inside

[vwong]

I have seen calipers at car shows and in parking lots......

This says a lot. [facepalm] I'm done on this topic with you!!!