BlackC230Coupe

I was talking to the guy that lowered my car about painting my brake calipers and he said that he would not do it on a mercedes because the brakes are anodized and they would get to hot? is this true becuase i think it would look great to have red calipers on my lowered black coupe with the c7 wheels i just dont want to do it if it will affect my braking will it????

TimmyC230boy

Randy painted his. When he see's this post he will tell you what to get.

C230K

boon e-bay and is quality paint for brakes. Have mine painted for the last two months and they look like new. check out this site
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eb...640344&r=0&t=0 this ebay is local Florida vendor and his good to work with.

Tom

BlackC230Coupe

Tom does it affect your braking at all?

viper

Painting your calipers has no effect whatsoever on the brakes.
The only purpose for the calipers is to hold the pads. Heat is dissapated via the surface area of the rotor. The guy that lowered your car is smoking something funny.

C230K

viper you hit the nail on the head. THis paint is used on aircraft and is made to last It just for looks and with the c7 wheels look great.

viper

C230K yes I must admit it looks great especially with the car being that gorgeous red. I guess the Orion blue club will most likely paint their calipers blue.

BrabusCClass

Where did you get your paint? How much did it cost? I painted my calipers and now its chipping. It's been almost 1 year and I used caliper paint offered at Stillen.

Lynn

Silver.

http://www.g2usa.com/index1.shtml

G2 Manufacturing is also Kleemann USA.

Buellwinkle

Evosports.com sells a two part caliper paint. Think it's about $42.

C230K

Lynn, thanks for the complement, Orion is to common (just kidding) and thanks for the Web page, that's the paint I bought, just could not remember the company's web page. Think it will last a long time, just clean when you do the wheels. The people at my MB dealership love the look with the C7 wheels. Magma red just looks great on the Coupe..
Tom

young

i think silver or black would look pretty good on an orion blue! lynn, you're going to do it? wanna see pics - before/after.

that site's got interior plastic paint, engine cover paint also. are you going to paint the engine cover?




red bull!

actually, i've never considered painting the brake calipers (although i've seen them of course) nor the engine cover... but if i can think of something cool, i'm painting the engine cover!

Buellwinkle

You can get it directly from G2 for $43 or save a few cents and get it here for $36.

http://www.seriousauto.com/hard-part...int-index1.htm

c32k

I have painted my brake calipers.

I got my caliper paint from www.g2usa.com


Like viper said "The guy that lowered your car is smoking something funny."

BlackC230Coupe

ok well i guess that enough replies i guess he did not know what hes talking about. even though a cupple people told me the same thing. but who cares it looks good i am going to order the paint from www.g2usa.com since i hear good comments about it.
thanks.

Lynn

C230k, there was a red, ash cloth C7 coupe at the dealer last Friday that had just been sold, and was to be delivered this week. It was gorgeous. Red would have been my second choice, but I've owned a red car and had never had a blue one.

young, I'll get around to painting the calibers, but not soon. As for the engine cover maybe Kleemann pink when I get the pulley.:p

Brandon @ Kleemann

G2 is not KLEEMANN. KLEEMANN employs the services of G2 for marketing and promotion. The two companies are not one in the same.

With that said the G2 calpier paint is outstanding. We use it on our KLEEMANN demo vehicles all the time. High gloss, very durable and a simple job for the do it your selfer.

tommy

Kleemann - I'm curious. Is there some history behind why you guys chose the godawful Pepto-Bismol color to represent the company?

I guess you'll never be confused with any other company, but I still couldn't imagine wanting that color on my car. Not dissing your company, mind you; simply curious about the color. Thanks.

columbus

Wrong. Yellow.

Brandon @ Kleemann

KLEEMANN Japan had originally picked that color for highlights. Tastes are a bit different over there. KLEEMANN DK and USA has changed the color to Silver Grey with Black Logo type. You are right, however, the color is memorable- just not in a positive way with some people.

Flashman

I painted mine with the same G2 kit from Serious Auto. The paint can comes only half-filled. At first I was worried it was not enough. Then I realized (when done) I had enough left over to paint an entire other car! The kit rocks and the results are impressive.

Buellwinkle

See, if you got it from G2 directly the can would have been half empty instead of half full.

Now on to more serious stuff, I have a Black coupe, chromed 16" wheels, what would look better yellow or red calipers? I don't know why people would paint it silver, it's already silver unless you have factory brake pads then it's charcoal black.