Chris Ciccone

I took my car in for 20,000 miles service and my dealer says that the rust on the outside of my left brake caliper is NORMAL..it looks like ****!!!

Anyone else have this problem?

thanks,
Chris

Tony

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Cris

I painted mine red on Brilliant Yellow. They are as easy to clean as the wheels themselves.
Of course, if red is too flashy for you... You can go with black or silver. That way... they don't stand out, at the same time.. they don't look like (in the famous word of Chris Ciccone) "****"! =)

Cris

George H

and got the same story from the dealer. However, and informal look at various calipers on other cars tells me they shouldn't be rusting like this.

Chris Ciccone

My point exactly...I have not seen it on any other LUXURY car!!

ErikR

The calipers are just cad-plated iron. The brake dust is quite aggressive, if you leave it on it will darken, and possibly damege the cad. Have you tried scrubbing one to see if the cad is really damaged?

Chris Ciccone

I haven't tried scriubbing the actual caliper, but I was the car EVERY weekend...I'l try that next.

_rl

What kind of paint did you use on the calipers? Is it the stuff from folla tec? or was it a home made job like a couple of my friends have done. I'm thinking about painting them a medium blue to complement my center caps and bring out the "blue" tone of the 98.5 silver.

_rl 98.5 qtip - a!/lltek/jahn/kamei/nitto/axis

Cris

<center><img src="http://131.107.68.28/a4org/clbbs1.jpg"></center><p>I've also heard you can use FHT (?) brand of engine paint....but the Folla Tec finishes really nice. 2 coats of it and that's it.

The pic is slightly on the dark side... but it really looks good. IMO, of course. And maybe some others too. =)

Cris

AlAgAvant

Agreed, looks great. What brand of rotor is that and $$$, if you dont mind.