So I am planning to either paint or powder coat my calipers. Which do you guys prefer? I am leaning to paint for the hopes they can do it on the vehicle.

As far as powder coating my powder coated said the color I want is only good to about 300F what operating temps do the brakes get to? Also what has to be removed from the calipers. I have new seals but a shop recently told me they have to be gutted...I figured every think but the seals should be fairly heat resistant. I guess I mostly have concerns because the powder coater seemed to be warning against it....so I am looking for advice from those that have powder coated painted calipers what was required and how is it holding up.

 

I'm not sure how hot the calipers can get but ceramic paint is good to around 500 degrees.

 

My AP Racing and my Wife's Rotora BBKs are both painted, holding up well, nice thing with paint is being able to touch up blemishes. I think with the sheer mass of 6/4 BBKs in general, it'd difficult to heat the paint into the range where it would discolor.

 

My calipers are powder coated.

Caliper pistons were never disassembled for powder coating since there designed to handle >1000 F.

StopTech logos are painted on from factory, StopTech sent me vinyl decals for logos and are holding up to the heat.

 

Paint is cheaper, easier and will have no problem holding up.

Power is longer down time, more expensive, does require disassembly, but is much more durable. I always prefer powder due to longevity but its a personal call.

If you are going to do powder, contact Mike the Powdercoater. He fully unassembles, coats, reassembles and ships in a very fast turn around.
http://www.thepowdercoater.com/

 

I have paint on mine and still holing up for about 3+ years now

 

Go with paint Gord. The paint on my calipers has held up fine for over 4 years. Powdercoating is not worth trouble.

 

If your calipers need rebuilt then tear them down and pc them if not its easier to just repaint them..

 

So I went with both, I bought new calipers for the front and had them powder coated and rebuilt Mike the Powder coater did them and even put brembo stickers on and cleared over them they look amazing. For the rears I had paint that matched the fronts made up and I painted the rears. I am still waiting on new rotors before I swap the fronts out then I will post some pictures.

 

How do I get in touch with Mike about getting some work done ?

 

depends on how much you use your brakes. over 300 is easy. If you go track, over 600 isn't too hard, but that is pretty heavy use of brakes. A lot of it depends on how good your brake pads are too. more sport oriented pads can get it to higher temperatures.