I finally got around to painting my Brake Calipers with the G2 paint kit Lisa got me for Father's day. I've been wanting to get it done for a while but I haven't really had the time. So, I took the time and since it was a Father's day present I decided to have a go at it with help from my oldest son Dante! He was my parts man. He took the lug nuts and put them on the counter. He was a big help to me!


The kit came with brake cleaner, the paint, the activator, a brush and a stirring stick. Oh, instructions and a sticker. Here is a picture of some of the parts.


The instructions were written clearly and I was confident that it would work out nicely! The first step (after jacking the car up and removing the wheels) was to clean the calipers so they would be free of rust, dirt and oils. The brakes had no rust so I just had to give them a good rub down. However, half way into the second caliper the brake cleaner that they supplied started to malfunction. The sprayer nozzle stopped working. Somehow it got clogged and I couldn't get it working right. It still sprayed but it got all over my hands and frankly it did a good job of making them numb. I was able to keep it off of the body paint and rubber parts and the job got done.


Here is what the brake looked like once i got it all cleaned up and ready to go.


The two part paint mixture was surprisingly nice. It even had metal flake in it. The instructions said it would dry with a high gloss if I did everything like it said. They said to paint one complete caliper, wait 15 minutes and apply a second coat. I don't know if the humidity was too high but when I went to apply the second coat the paint on the caliper seemed to tacky so I let everything dry for two hours before applying the second coat. This seemed to work better and the end result was nice. The picture below is a shot of the front caliper. It was still very wet at the time.

Once it dried and the metal flake ran into place it really looked nice! I gave it 24 hours to dry before mounting the wheels and I was able to spray wash with a hose later on without any issues. This stuff is tough paint and has it's only hard-coat built into the mixture. Here are a few shots while it was still in the garage.

Here are a few pictures of how it looks in natural sunlight. Paint always looks a little different when it's outside. Although the calipers seem to have a little more metal flake in it then the actual paint on the car, it looks nice and the only way you would notice a difference is if you are inspecting for it. All in all, this kit was a win!



Since I've decided to keep 16" rims I won't be able to use the wheels I originally wanted to use so I'm going with a set of Budnik Pentacle rims so when they come in, they will show a lot of these breaks and the overall look will have more impact.