Caliper painting
Colour behind
the spokes.
Wheels off, calipers cleaned back and painted in whatever colour you want, in heat-resistant coating that survives what a brake does. Usually in and out the same day.
It is the smallest job in the workshop and it changes how the whole wheel reads. A dark wheel with a bare cast caliper behind it looks unfinished; the same wheel with colour behind it looks deliberate.
The wheels come off, because painting a caliper through the spokes is how you get overspray on a disc and a finish that flakes in a month. Calipers get degreased and prepped, masked off the disc and the pads, and coated in a paint made for the heat a brake actually reaches.
- Turnaround
- A few hours
- Where
- 9 Tech Way, Cranbourne VIC 3977
What you can have
Any colour, including the ones nobody expects.
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Factory red
The safe answer, and the one that looks right on almost anything.
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Match the car
Picked to the body colour or to an accent already on the car - a stripe, a badge, a brake duct.
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Something louder
Hot pink, mint, orange. Half the calipers through this workshop are not red, and they are the ones people notice.
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Badges and lettering
The manufacturer's script picked out in a second colour, or left bare against the new one.
The work
Caliper painting out of
the Cranbourne workshop.
How it goes
Same day, wheels off.
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01
Up on the hoist
All four wheels off. Nothing about this job is done through a spoke.
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02
Clean back
Brake dust, road grime and old coating removed, then degreased. Paint over dust is paint that peels.
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03
Mask
Disc, pads and bleed nipples masked off, so the only thing that gets colour is the caliper.
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04
Coat and cure
Heat-resistant coating in layers, left to cure before the wheels go back on and get torqued.
Questions we get asked.
Will the paint survive the heat?
It is caliper-specific coating rated well past what a road brake reaches. Ordinary spray paint is not, which is why a DIY job goes brown.
Do you take the calipers off the car?
Not usually. Wheels off and masked on the car is enough for a clean result and it does not involve opening the brake lines.
How long does it last?
Years. It is worth avoiding harsh wheel cleaners - the acidic ones attack the coating faster than the brake ever will.
Can you do drum brakes or the rear on a cheaper car?
Rear calipers, yes. Drums are a different thing and not worth the money - we will say so rather than take it.
Book the car in.
Tell us the make, model and what you are after. We will come back with a price and a rough date.
