Dupont Caliper paint!

**blackSS01** · 10-17-2009, 06:13 AM

Is junk, plain and simple. This is the paint designed for calipers which comes in a little paint jug with a small brush. I have bought this shit twice and followed instructions and it never sticks like it should. I brush/brake clean the calipers til they are spotless, let them dry for about a hour then apply. At first they look great and hold up for about 6 months, but some how when I park the car for the winter in the garage......BOOM! The paint drops off like shit. Now this paint doesn't see salt/high pressure water/strong abrasives and it just won't hold up for more then 6 months. I don't recommend, if you want colored calipers then get them powdercoated

**tatertot91** · 10-17-2009, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by blackSS01

Is junk, plain and simple. This is the paint designed for calipers which comes in a little paint jug with a small brush. I have bought this shit twice and followed instructions and it never sticks like it should. I brush/brake clean the calipers til they are spotless, let them dry for about a hour then apply. At first they look great and hold up for about 6 months, but some how when I park the car for the winter in the garage......BOOM! The paint drops off like shit. Now this paint doesn't see salt/high pressure water/strong abrasives and it just won't hold up for more then 6 months. I don't recommend, if you want colored calipers then get them powdercoated

Get the spray kind
not a lot of complaints on this
VHT ftw!

**blackSS01** · 10-17-2009, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by tatertot91

Get the spray kind
not a lot of complaints on this
VHT ftw!

I'm just going with Cadilliac CTS-V calipers. Fuck our stock calipers FTW! I don't get how a spray kind would be better then a thicker paint on but either way it doesn't matter to me anymore. Just keeping people away from the shit I used.

**camaross1** · 10-17-2009, 07:40 AM

i used vht engine enamal, worked great, abby

**pajeff02** · 10-17-2009, 07:53 AM

I used Eastwood's Spray Gray back in March -- calipers still look great. Same prep process as outlined by the OP, brass brushes and brake clean. Previously, I had tried a brush applied product on another car and it did not hold up well at all.

**zeetwentyeight** · 10-26-2009, 10:20 PM

get that zinc cromate primer specially made for aluminum i did mine with the spray and the zinc looks great and has held up pretty good

**Smittro** · 10-26-2009, 10:25 PM

Powder coat FTW!

**00z28bubba** · 10-27-2009, 11:49 AM

high temp spray paints have worked for me. on the intake manifold and the calipers. i initially tried the brush kind and i didnt like it at all. so i spray painted them and now all i do is clean them and the paint is fine.

**blackSS01** · 10-29-2009, 03:51 PM

Wish I would have known about all this stuff before I did mine.....but at least I can stop someone from making the same mistake

**Y2KPewterSS** · 10-29-2009, 04:12 PM

Powdercoat>spray paint>brush on kit

**00z28bubba** · 10-29-2009, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS

Powdercoat<spray paint<brush on kit

fixed. im sure your right but all ive dealt with are the brush(complete garbage) and spray paint. so i have no input on the powdercoating.

**Y2KPewterSS** · 10-29-2009, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by 00z28bubba

fixed. im sure your right but all ive dealt with are the brush(complete garbage) and spray paint. so i have no input on the powdercoating.

I am confused by your post, you say the brush is complete garbage which I agree and I had it initially posted as the lesser of the three options. But then you change it say its greater than the 3 options?

**00z28bubba** · 10-29-2009, 07:20 PM

nevermind i thought i read it wrong. for whatever reason it just doesnt look right to me like that. no clue why.

**zeetwentyeight** · 10-29-2009, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by blackSS01

Wish I would have known about all this stuff before I did mine.....but at least I can stop someone from making the same mistake

i messed up too i had a whole bucket of paint thinner and a old tooth brush scrubbing calipers in my garage for about 3 hours

**blackSS01** · 10-29-2009, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS

I am confused by your post, you say the brush is complete garbage which I agree and I had it initially posted as the lesser of the three options. But then you change it say its greater than the 3 options?

Me too

**zeetwentyeight** · 10-30-2009, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by blackSS01

Me too

I think i'm missing a few thousand brain cells haha

**jeffsWS-6** · 10-31-2009, 09:46 AM

powdercoat is the best bet and it usually only about 25 dollars a caliper. that not to bad considering it will last for years. i was also a victim of the cheap ass spray on shit.