Painted Calipers - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion

Mar 12, 2009 | 06:15 AM

soysauce21

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Painted Calipers

my calipers are painted red from autozone and now i wanna remove the paint because its already chipping and also i think it looks cheap but any who how can i take off the paint?! anybody has any tips? thanks

Mar 13, 2009 | 07:40 PM

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sand down the calipers and repaint them black. Did you use a spray can or paint brush?

Mar 13, 2009 | 08:17 PM

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brake cleaner removes paint doesn't it?

Mar 18, 2009 | 07:29 PM

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SOme paints...not all.

To get paint off calipers I soak them in brake fluid. Requires taking them off the car though. But after 2-3 days of soaking the paint just peels off and you have a bare clean caliper.