EBC Brake Pad Painting-What Kind of Paint to Use?

[Motor City Mad Man]

I have read several old post about painting the EBC brake pads, but have not read what paint you guys used. I have some 900 degree VHT brake and caliper paint. Will that work for the pads? I have the EBC greens and thought it would look kind of stupid showing thru the calipers. I also plan on painting the calipers red.

 

[GTS Dean]

I like the paint on my pads charred and peeling.

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Caliper lettering kind of a dull brownish-orange.

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I like sqeaky brake pads and wheels covered with black brake dust.

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That way, I know they are working.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GTS Dean:
I like the paint on my pads charred and peeling. Caliper lettering kind of a dull brownish-orange. I like sqeaky brake pads and wheels covered with black brake dust. That way, I know they are working.

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Dean.

Sean, for posing VHT should work. Maybe Vipermad can chime in here? I think he wet sands them with 1200, polishes them with 3M and finishes them off with the Zaino treatment.

 

[Janni]

Amazing what passes for "pretty" on a track car, isn't it?

 

[Motor City Mad Man]

Yeah, I am a self-admitted poser. My racing is confined to only a few drag race events a year. Although my calipers are a brownish orange and the caliper lettering brown from the previous owner. Oh well, hey I want it to look pretty so I want to paint it all red. Bought some Eradispeed cross-drilled and slotted rotors too to add to the posing. Went to the local Ferrari dealer and those cars sure look sweet with the cross-drilled rotors and red calipers. I have read the cross-drilled rotors won't hold up at the track for road racing and such, but I don't plan to do any of that for fear of wrecking the car and insurance not paying for it.

 

[red98GTS]

The high temp VHT black works fine for a street car if you want to get rid of that nice bright green look on the pads. pete

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vipermad:
Each time I move I get closer and closer to you and the POSER might rub off!!

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Maybe racing will rub off on you?

 

[shifter]

I used the Duplicolor paint that matched the valve colors and it worked O.K. The rear pads get fused to the calipers pretty good when painted, and I doubt I'll paint the next pair.

Sean, were you crusin' down 8 mile in Novi yesterday? I saw a Viper very similar to yours, coincidentally shortly after seeing Brett in his car driving down Orchard lake near the Ferrari Dealer. You guys were out at about the same time I think. I yelled at Brett but since I wasn't in my car, I think he thought I was your average Viper fan and he gave me the standard directionless wave

I tried catching up to you, but that was wasn't going to happen in my SUV.

 

[Motor City Mad Man]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by shifter:
I used the Duplicolor paint that matched the valve colors and it worked O.K. The rear pads get fused to the calipers pretty good when painted, and I doubt I'll paint the next pair.

Sean, were you crusin' down 8 mile in Novi yesterday? I saw a Viper very similar to yours, coincidentally shortly after seeing Brett in his car driving down Orchard lake near the Ferrari Dealer. You guys were out at about the same time I think. I yelled at Brett but since I wasn't in my car, I think he thought I was your average Viper fan and he gave me the standard directionless wave

I tried catching up to you, but that was wasn't going to happen in my SUV.

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No, that wasn't me. I was last out on Sunday and in Novi, but was around the 12 Oaks Mall area. Didn't make it down as far as 8 mile. We'll have to meet up one of these days. Was Brett eyeing a new Ferrari? I stop by Cauley Ferrari from time to time to check out what one of my future cars will be.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vipermad:
I've been practicing in private saying "I have 2 Vipers" and I think I have it down!!

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The trick is to have other people say it about you.

 

[Tom and Vipers]

Regarding the painted rear pads fusing to the pistons... Would it be possible to mask off the piston contact area and paint outboard only?

I guess the paint can't act like an insulator and keep a modicum of heat from the pistons?