Hi,

I want to paint my RX8's brake calipers Red... I saw in one of the sites that an RX8 had Red calipers with "RX-8" etched on it... Do you guys have any idea where to get such cosmetic products and how...?

Also, is this a tough thing to 'install' them?

Thanks...

 

How to paint the calipers


https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-painting-brake-calipers-22567/

Polak has the best caliper decals with instructions

http://www.polakgraphics.com/index2....selection.html

 

you can get the paint from tirerack.com or mazdaparts.com its "G2 caliper paint"

 

I got the dupli color caliper paint withstands temps up to 500deg F and is only cost about 17 bucks for cleaner and a small can of paint, comes with a brush and mixer also :D. Came out beautiful I have no regrets.

 

i used duplicolor caliper paint. worked great.

 

For all you duplicolor users, I hope you live somewhere warm. I used duplicolor and it worked great throughout the whole summer, but come winter it started chipping like crazy. I ended up re-doing the whole thing this year using another paint. It held up very good in the heat but I think the cold beats it to hell. I have heard of lots of duplicolor users reporting the same thing in colder states...

Good luck

 

I live in new york and temperatures in the winter are not very tropical :D

 

Thanks a lot guys... I will do it once I get some free time

 

Hey good luck on that caliper paint job, post some pic's of it.

 

Don't go to track day with your red caliper - I burnt mine paint even they are rater 900F

Now it is red with black tip

 

My set up.

 

Bling - nice!

 

oh nice!

Sure guys, thanks for the tips... will find some time to do all the work and post some pics... also buying the decals

 

I used duplicolor and G2.

It's really worth the extra $10 to get the G2. I got it off ebay for $26.

Also, buy some sandpaper attachments for a hand drill, and use it to sand down the calipers before painting. It helps if you make them smooth.

 

I sick of my burn caliper paint..

so that is what I did