Hi all

I'm after some advice regarding painting the front and rear calipers in Red on my Fatboy

For some reason i am drawn to that red caliper as some sort of a custom / performance "look" .

HD doesn't have produce them  in Red for an 03 ( they have for about 05 onwards from memory).

I went to a spray painter today and he mentioned that the paint is quite specific in that the brake dust is quite abrasive and it "affects" the paint that you apply .

I respect his opinion as he was pretty thorough and was effectively turning down the work ???

So has

- anyone had experience at painting calipers 

- is there a special paint to be used

- does the surface have to be sand blasted at all  

Ide be interested in anyone thoughts on the paint system or even someone in Brisbane that you could recommend to do the work

Cheers to all

Not painted a bike caliper, but I did the front and rear ones on my old Prado, and the paint is still ok on them, 4 or 5 years later, bit faded from new, but still pretty good. I just gave them a good clean with acetone when I had them apart and painted with zinc primer and top coated with spray can epoxy metal paint I got at Bunnings.

I did mine in my garage, all it cost was the tin of caliper paint from Supercheap or wherever I bought it.

I painted my VR Commodore with the VHT calliper paint years ago and it did the trick. After I sold it I painted the callipers on my new car with a

Thanks to all you blokes that have provided some input ?

The good brake calliper paint (in a rattle can) usually requires a baking in the oven to properly harden it. Probably best not to do it with the chicken roast though.

Fat Tom

Did you end up getting brush marks in the caliper at all ( as you brushed V sprayed it on)

Be interested in your thoughts

regards

Another one that’s done a car not a bike, I pulled the calipers off, plugged the banjo bolt thread and masked over pistons/seals then sand blasted all the old paint off. 

That's a nice job . Well done . Looks factory .

Yeah looks great - well done

Clean - Tape - Paint.....easy as mate..I used VHT Spray..been on for about a year and a half still looks like i did it yesterday.

That's brilliant .

I assume you took it off the bike to do it

Looks sensational too ..............do you get the odd comment about it ??

Yeah bud..Just hung and supported them from the brake line..

Just curious, Kato but does you bike have ABS ?? Dealer told me I have to bring it in to get the ABS system bleed. Told that that is true if you get air in the ABS pump module.

Ken - No ABS on mine ( wish it did though) Its a MASSIVE step in safety

Pity it cannot be retrofitted

Safer for sure.

VHT caliper paint. It comes in gloss colours and you cure it at 93 degrees C for one hour in your kitchen oven.