Painting the Brake Calipers

Ok, here's the equipment for painting the brake calipers.  As you can see the paint comes in 2 cans, one paint, the other a hardener.  I bought paint brushes that I could throw away.

Car jacked up and caliper before painting.  Note the tire placed under the vehicle as an extra safety precaution.

Part way through painting the front caliper.  I recommend a light first coat, followed immediately by a slightly heavier second coat.  The paint dries FAST!

First coat is done.  Note I preserved the "R" on the front brake by painting around it.  Just in case I ever got confused! :-)  I did the same with the "L" on the left side.

Close up of the painted caliper. I did the best I could with the caliper on the car, sure, I could have done better taking it off and spraying it, but I didn't want to mess up the brakes! :-)

The wheel back on with the caliper showing through, picture taken from behind looking forward.

Another shot with the wheel on, this time looking down. As you can see I painted everywhere you could possibly see.  The yellow is slightly darker than the body color, but it is a pretty close match.

Front caliper painted, back caliper not yet painted.  For those who might just want to paint their front calipers this is what it would look like.

Back caliper painted.  The back caliper has more area to paint and has some tricky curves to contend with, plan on the back taking longer than the front.

Another shot of the back caliper.  Note that my brake line also has a yellow stripe on it, from the factory, not from me!

Both calipers painted and the wheels back on.  Now just the other side of the car to do!  I estimate it took me about 90 minutes per side, but I was taking my time and painting carefully.

Another shot of both painted. I need to get a shot of them in the sun, it looks really good!  I got the paint from MG Racing, you can find their info in the Spyder Forum.