powder coating calipers

[IndianaVX]

hello all,
so correct me if im wrong......will ANY powder coat work on the calipers, or is there a high temp powder coat??? eastwood has a nice "foxfire" powder that i would like to do my calipers, but dont want to waste my money if its just gonna flake off.
answer anyone, anyone, bueler...bueler

[morgan-tec]

Yes any powder will work just fine, just remember that you have to completly tear apart the calipers and remove anything that will not withstand 400 degrees. I use the Hotcoat powders from Eastwood, they are good stuff.

[IndianaVX]

morgan,
do the calipers get hotter than 400 degrees? i think that they say to bake the hotcoat at around 359 to 400.....
are you talking about rubber??? what would i need to take out???
thanks in advance
dave

[morgan-tec]

You bake the hotcoat to 400 fpr 10-15 minutes. I mean that you need to tear apart the calipers and remove all the brake fluid, seals pistons , everything. It is a lot of work for a look. If you want a suggestion go for the caliper paint kits from eastwood. I used that on my Axiom and have had no chipping in almost a full year of 15k+ driving. It is a two part epoxy paint that really keeps its gloss and looks great, plus it is a two hour job at most.

[IndianaVX]

(in whyining voice)
But i want burgundy (foxfire) calipers

[kpaske]

Myself and a few others have used the "G2 paint kit". Just do a search on eBay or Google for "G2 paint" and you'll find tons of dealers. It's basically a two-part paint that you mix together and it hardens within 4 hours. Just to clarify, you might get the calipers painted in two hours, but you've still got to let them dry overnight before you can drive with them. I think you've got to wait at least 4 hours before reinstalling them on the vehicle, but I would just let them dry completely while everything is still apart.

I think www.tirerack.com is one place that sells these kits.

[kpaske]

OR, you could contact www.G2usa.com directly and see if they'll do a custom color if you REALLY want a true "foxfire" match. That would look T-IZZ-IGHT!!

[morgan-tec]

Or you could just go to a good body/paint shop and have them shoot the calipers with real "foxfire" singlestage paint.

[transio]

Or you could just go to a good body/paint shop and have them shoot the calipers with real "foxfire" singlestage paint.

Don't you need high temp paint for calipers? :shrug:

[IndianaVX]

ok morgan, or whoever can tell me,
i am pretty mechanically inclined.....would i have any trouble dissasembaling,and reassembling the calipers? i know, you dont even know me.....i guess im asking, is that a real complicated thing to do with the vx calipers. I know on smaller, older calipers, off my subaru 360's, i used a greasgun to push the piston out of the caliper. would i do the same here? are there that many parts in the vx calipers??
not made my mind up yet, and havent heard from g2 people on a mix.
thanks again in advance to you guys.
david

[morgan-tec]

Its not really all that hard. The bbest way is to get ahold of an isuzu matinance manual off ebay or whatever and it will walk you through the entire process.

[IndianaVX]

thanks morgan,
im gonna be getting ahold of you soon about an intake in the near future. gotta get thru a surgury first, then its back to working on the vx!!!!

[morgan-tec]

Sounds good man. just keep me posted. Good luck under the knife, recover fast.