Caliper painting

[motley1987]

My calipers are pretty rusty so I want to paint them. I've painted calipers before so the "how to" isn't an issue. My question is, how many people with the stock wheels have painted their calipers? I'm not sure if they would look good with a color that stands out or if I should just paint them a gray color and make them blend in more. I've search a few sites and haven't seen many 3's with painted calipers so that might be my answer. Thanks!

Ben

 

[SedonaBound]

I think it depends on whether your wheels really display them and allow for keeping them clean. I find its a PITA on my Porsche...have to move the car mid-wash to rotate the wheels to get at all of the red calipers.

 

[poweraidon]

Red looks good

 

[benlaud87]

I don't think I'll ever paint mine anything other than black again

 

[derian06]

I did mine in yellow, they are chipped pretty bad now. But they still look good, i used duplicolor paint on kit. Because it was the only kit that matched my color. Spray on would have been alot easier and alot cleaner.

You can kind of see them in this photo. I should have some on my 2007 hummer h3 i5 build thread.

 

[zackcrum]

I paint mine grey after a good wire brushing sometimes just because it's easier than cleaning them lol

 

[motley1987]

I was thinking since I have an orange diff cover and an orange "H3" decal on the front skid plate, that I'd try painting the calipers orange and see how it looks. For some reason orange seems to be my accent color on the my blue 3. Thanks for the input guys!

Ben

 

[benlaud87]

I painted mine orange and they looked nice until they got covered in brake dust and other grime.

 

[derian06]

I painted mine orange and they looked nice until they got covered in brake dust and other grime.

Simple green/purple power cleaned mine pretty well.