guys do NOT paint "over" rust.

There's an old saying in the Navy: "once over dust, twice over rust"
That is a big NO-NO.

painting right over rust, does not "protect" anything. All you did was cover the problem, not fix it. The rust will continue to eat-away on the inside.
What's worse is that you won't know it's happening until it's too late, and all you see is how pretty and shiny your calipers look from the outside.
Pretty soon the only thing holding it together is the paint.

If you're going to do something, do it right !

Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

 

there was a guy on eBay selling high-temp stickers for calipers a while back.
I think it was XenonMods or something like that. They could do custom sizes, colors, and just about any custom logo too.
////AMG, Brembo, StopTech, Mercedes-Benz, etc...

Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

 

Do you have any close ups?

 

+1 on the Duplicolor! It spreads up really good and the paint contains ceramic with dicipates heat faster. I painted all 4 of mine and looks as if they were bought that way. Follow the instructions in the box and they come out looking GREAT!

 

did you do a brake upgrade? which set of brembo's did you go with?

on a side note- i once saw a civic with painted calipers, that were clearly stockers and he had a "Wildwood" sticker on them first off, he was a poser, second off- it's "Wilwood"

 

Now that’s funny! I kinda figure the homies he’s hanging with wouldn’t notice the difference either.

 

I haven't done a brake upgrade. But I figure since our cars (05-07 Sports sedans) come with 2 piston Brembos, why not put the name on? I mean, we're slow enough as is, at least we can show off our stopping power. I'm still not sold on Red or anything too flashy, its just that my car has a pewter and black, so I feel like black calipers are gonna just go unnoticed. Any ideas?

 

C32 and some pre-2005 C Sport Sedans had the same 4-piston calipers made by BREMBO.

 

Yay! Brembos for everybody!

 

still not real sure why the dude picked that brand. for the most part- they are known for light weight/drag racing setups and disk conversions on older muscle cars and resto-mod projects.

 

XenonMods is the guy that I bought the ones that are too big from. He said that he could not make them small enough as the lettering would not cut right at that size and he could not strip out the waste. Didn't get my money back either. Would I buy from him again? No. I even offered to strip the waste out myself but he quit returning e-mails. The AMG decals were a little too big also but they worked and only I'm the only one that knows that the size is wrong.

 

wow... interesting story. I did not get brake caliper stickers from him, but my other sticker business ventures with him were very quick and painless.
I'm surprised he didn't offer a refund and just completely stopped communication. He was extremely friendly and accomodating with me, even doing quite a bit of custom work. Sad to hear, but then again... you never know who you're dealing with on the internet.

Carlos

Saprissa@aol.com

 

Paint em silver or silver grey - it's a Benz guys!