Regular paint vs. Powdercoat
 

Hey guys,

I'm looking into getting my sport calipers painted (most likely red or an orangish red). I found someone to do the job with a high-heat paint with a gloss product to seal/finish it. Would this setup be less durable than doing a powdercoat. If so, then how much? I am planning on keeping the car for only 4 years, so would this setup hold up for that long?

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A high heat paint should hold up better than powder-coat in terms of discoloration. Unless you track though both will hold up fine.

Paint will look the best when initially done but it will be easier to notice imperfections and scratches on your rims from road debris after a while unless you repeatedly apply new coats of paint.

Powdercoating offers a more durable finish; however, the process tends to be harsh on rims and might affect their durability. The end result will be more or less the same for either option, you just have to balance the pros vs cons.

rims? talking about calipers bro lol

:icon17: I saw powdercoat/paint and immediately went with rims. In that case, powdercoating would be the best option for the calipers. I would do that over paint :tup:

lol thanks for the input. but if I were to go with the high heat paint with a gloss finish/sealer, would you really be concerned about them not holding up for 4 years?

The stock finish is paint plus clear, can't imagine why if properly done that you shouldn't get similar results.

personally i'd get them powdercoated. mike (thepowdercoater.com) on this forum does a great job of it for cheap :tup:

lemme fix that for you.

winning! :tiphat:

Oh really?!! I didn't know that, I thought they were powdercoated. That's good to know....worries are all gone. Thanks for the info. I was leaning more towards high heat paint and clear coat simply because powdercoaters are very scarce here. I found a place that actually does this and then applies any custom decal to the calipers once painted. Takes them two days to do the whole job.

I would but I don't want to go through the hassle of sending my calipers out, especially since this is a daily driver for me.

Mike i believe has a core exchange program, but I think there is a wait. Not sure on that one 100% though.

Hmm... then you might have to go with the high density paint as Chris noted above. Just be aware that you might need to paint it every so often during the course of the 4 year interval.

I'm sure if I go with paint + clear coat it will hold up since this is what comes stock.

cant really compare the 2 paints. Also I think the 40th anniversary ones were paint but the gray sports one were a hard annodize?

A good high-temp paint and clear coat would be your best bet.

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I don't know what the finishing is on the stock calipers. It's something really tough though. I burn off the original costly on factory painted calipers before media blasting them, and all other brands of calipers, stock and aftermarket, the paint tur s to a fine ash. These don't. It burns off but still requires a lot of work to finish the media blasting, so nOthing will be as good as original, other than the hard anodizing that comes on stoptech trophy brakes.
PProfessionally painted will hold up finish wise, but may chip easier

Thanks for the info Mike. Much appreciated. If I was closer to you, I would get you to do this but unfortnately..... and its a daily driver so I don't want the car to be out of commission for long.

I do offer exchange, but shipping to Canada adds to the cost.

for those who are interested, its 300 for premium members, 350 for base and 30 shipping continental USA, 95 to Canada, and a refundable 650 core for the exchange.

i prefer powdercoating, but both will do the job if done properly