After 2 Years of Blue Caliper Paint, It Was Time For a Change..

[LostInTransit]

Although we're on a 2020 Connect, repainting your calipers is easy and can be done on any car, but is very time consuming. You will need to plan on keeping the car immobile for at least 6 hours if you're doing all four calipers. over the weekend had a chance to repaint our old blue calipers red. using brake clean, tooth brush and other sanding or cleaning products, I was able to clean and prep the blue calipers for the new paint. Using Por-15 red and a foam brush, we've found that dabbing the paint on the caliper with the foam brush works better than just using a spray can or paint brush. masking tap is also needed to protect the rotors and brake lines. The best thing about this is that we're able to paint over the blue caliper paint and even though the first red coat looked like crap.. the por-15 is self leveling.. But we will have to recoat these again in a few weeks for the final finish.



We've since lost the center caps and change the lugs. repainted the hub area gold to match the end cap on the lugs.

 

[TyphoonFiST]

Although we're on a 2020 Connect, repainting your calipers is easy and can be done on any car, but is very time consuming. You will need to plan on keeping the car immobile for at least 6 hours if you're doing all four calipers. over the weekend had a chance to repaint our old blue calipers red. using brake clean, tooth brush and other sanding or cleaning products, I was able to clean and prep the blue calipers for the new paint. Using Por-15 red and a foam brush, we've found that dabbing the paint on the caliper with the foam brush works better than just using a spray can or paint brush. masking tap is also needed to protect the rotors and brake lines. The best thing about this is that we're able to paint over the blue caliper paint and even though the first red coat looked like crap.. the por-15 is self leveling.. But we will have to recoat these again in a few weeks for the final finish.

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We've since lost the center caps and change the lugs. repainted the hub area gold to match the end cap on the lugs.

Got a link or more info on the por-15 paint your used? Looks great though! Been pondering on doing mine also. How long was the cure time?

 

[LostInTransit]

https://www.amazon.com/POR-15-Red-Caliper-Paint-Temperature/dp/B00IK21RFW?th=1

@TyphoonFiST or anyone else for that matter, if your in VA, PA or MD I can help you with this. Cure time 24 hours and the car must be on jack stands etc and wheels off. I was able to paint all 4 calipers allowed to sit for at least 4 hours then I was able to drive back home (45mins) afterward. The van sat the 24 hours for curing. But this was a single coat over a 2 coat blue which both covered extremely well. if you more into doing something like this while off the car, this is a bit more detailed and in-depth than I'll do. I paint these while on the car/van.