Thanks for the kind words folks.
I was torn between doing the top carrier and leaving the grey bar and undersides, or doing the entire thing in red and only leaving the bar unpainted.

I still may go back and check for touch-ups and decide to paint the rest of the assembly red.

Kragen.....$16

It's a DupliColor kit. They have them in Black, Red, and Blue.

I used the brush-on kit. No clear coats, no primer.
I washed the calipers, sanded them down in case I missed the tough stuff, washed them again, sprayed on the caliper cleaner and started laying coats.

The stuff dries fairly fast. I'd say about 85% dry in 5 minutes. Once I got to the back, the bottom, and then the nooks and crevices - the top would be dry and I would start with the next coat.

Since I'm self-admittedly OCD, I probably laid about 5-6 coats to make sure I got everything (still missed a few tiny little spots) and had it shiny the way I wanted it.

See above.

I'm 99% sure I'll be joining the gang for lobster.
Looking forward to the next GTG.
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1. My Obsessive Compulsive nature almost guarantees that I will have to take the wheel off and do a tiny touch-up to the spots in the black boxes.
2. The rust looking stuff on the rotor wipes right off. That's over-spray from the caliper cleaner.
3. Should I paint the sections where the arrows are pointing in the pic or leave them like they are?
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1: definitly touch up the boxes
2: dont paint the arroe sections it looks fine as is

 

i did paint that area on mine, mine are a bit different tho, i think yours look good as is tho, caliper paint does wonders... ill show you mine if your at the next gtg

 

Sounds good. You'll be there for the Lobster GTG or the next one?

 

It sucks.

I'm kinda' not feeling my own mod......lol.

I did a perfect job, the paint is as good as it's going to be done by anyone using a brush-on kit, but something about isn't working for me.
I think I expected to be a little more wowed by the result, but I'm kind of indifferent towards it.

It doesn't look AMAZING.....it doesn't look DREADFUL......it's just kind of.....there.

Any ideas on removal in case I decide to get crazy?

 

hahaha you're nuts!! it looks great! makes it look bigger!! if you take it off you'll miss it!

 

heres mine, i did them about a year ago.

 

that looks so clean...that was just the spray wasn't it?

 

looks real clean man. i painted the lower bar on mine black instead of red(my car is red with black). i had 10 years worth of brake dust on mine so i used a pneumatic drill and a wire brush to clean them, you might take the paint off the same way if you decide to. i think it looks great tho. and those nicks in the paint are gonna happen unless you go with the powder coat. good job.