yeah i think red looks good.

quick question,
does the G2 paint kit come with enough paint for 2 cars?
I was thinking me and my friend could split the cost and get both our cars done.

 

That is a good question: I see the Chrome, White or colored Pony on the Caliber. Are they Stickers, stencils, etc? Where do you get them?
I love the Look of a Torch Red Caliber on a Torch Red Mustang, Looks Great...

 

I'm partial to red & black



-danny

 

That's what I'm trying to figure out... I'm guessing these are high heat adhesive decals, but I'm not certain. Where can I get a custom text decal?

 

just found some at xenonmods.com... you can choose any custom text that you want. Just ordered. I will post pics when they get here.

 

How quickly do the calipers get dirty? The pictures in this thread all look great, but I've seen pictures in the past where the calipers either look very dirty, or as if the paint is coming off. Is this paint durable?

 

I've had mine painted for close to 1800 miles and they don't seem dirty at all. Mine are black, but the Pony decal I have is as white as ever. When I wash the car if the calipers are in the open I run a sponge over them, but thats a random thing.

All in all they stay fairly clean in my opinion.

 

I painted my calipers red with the G2 kit and that was about 6 months ago and they aren't faded or chipped at all. I also used the black Dupli Color paint on my vent screens on my hood and they haven't chipped at all. Before I used caliper paint on them , they would chip all the time. IMO , the G2 is the better of the two ...

 

Agree with G2 as the better paint. I used Dupli-color and its chipped in a few places (easily fixed)

 

what is the G2 kit?

 

Black deep dish w/ black calipers.....

 

G2 is the brand and comes as a two part kit with a hardener and resin and dries to a very hard finish. The Dupli-Color kit comes premixed in a single can and is about half the price. As I said above , I used it on the vent screens on my hood and it works fine for them , but it didn't seem to dry to as hard a surface as the G2 on my calipers ...

 

Thanks for the info. Is the G2 kit available in stores, or online only? I think I remember seeing it at Tirerack online before...

 

Dan nice looking wheels calipers..........

I really like the way you have the center pony caps painted black. Did you do this or buy them pre done?

 

+1 on G2 caliper paint...a bit expensive but really worth it. The finish is like a ceramic coating...Seems very durable, and looks like just painted after 2 months...

(Only posted a pic since I didn't want the Yellows w/red calipers to be left out...)

 

Interesting. The Duplicolor kit that I used is advertised as actual ceramic brake caliper paint. Seemed to dry on pretty hard...and nice and glossy, too.

 

Do you use a brush with the G2 kit like you do for the Duplicolor? Or is it a spray application?

 

As far as I know the G2 kit only comes as two parts that have to be mixed just before you use it , so it has to be applied with a brush. Dupli Color comes in both spray and brush , which is already mixed and can be kept for a while ...

 

I had painted mine blue and used a couple of coats and had enough left over to do another car IMO. The only problem you can have is that the paint starts to get sticky/thick after about an hour or so. I had done what someone suggested and split the paint and hardener in half....then did the front wheels first with the first half of the mixture since it takes a little time and patience to paint these right. If you mixed all of it together at once, by the time you got to the other set of wheels the paint would be too gooey to put on properly. But the outside temp most likely played into this a bit as well since it was about 85 degrees when I painted them.

 

If I separate the paint/hardener does it have to be exactly 50/50%? I don't want to have to rush but I also want the right amount of paint/hardener in each half.