Caliper Powder Coat

[bighead]

Hi,
I have a set a of 993 calipers that I want to get custom powder coated/ceramic coated. I had a shop do it and I got ripped off. I'm looking for a reputable shop that will do the job right. I'm not looking for a cheap job, I'm looking for someone to do the job right. Any suggestions you have would be great. I prefer the shop be in Texas, but open to other shops if they do a great job. Thanks

[RDM]

I do live under a rock on the far side of the planet, but I haven't heard of powdercoating brake calipers before. PC doesn't seem well suited to the application. Is this a common thing?

[Mike Andrew]

Contact Shaun @ TRU6 and get his recommendation on coating your calipers.

[Mike80911]

I did mine myself with spray on ceramic coating from a rattle can. The came out perfect. As always prep is the main thing. Only cost me about $60 in paint.

[woodyTPA]

Look up PMB performance. All they do is brakes. They advertise in Panorama. I have used them, and they are clearly experts in porache brake calipers and systems. Also, last year there was a multipage article on this in Pano. You can search their archives.

[RDM]

Originally Posted by woodyTPA

Look up PMB performance. All they do is brakes. They advertise in Panorama. I have used them, and they are clearly experts in porache brake calipers and systems. Also, last year there was a multipage article on this in Pano. You can search their archives.

And Eric posts here sometimes.

[Marc Bixen]

Powder coating calipers is not as easy as painting. Because PC requires sand blasting, the calipers must be well sealed on all ports, then it is recommended to perform an extensive cleaning, and a complete reseal. On Brembo calipers, since each piston, scraper, and seal, comes as individual kits, $$$

[Harpo]

Last time I spoke with Eric he was not powder coating calipers. Shawn has redone some 930 calipers that turned out extremely well but I believe he used cerakote.

[Ctopher]

Where in Texas are you located? I use Enigma for my powder and Cerakote, he does an amazing job on either type. I’ve also used Eastwood powder to powder coat my own calipers on my Si. I did that around 6yrs ago and have held up well but going forward if I was going to coat a caliper I would do cerakote.

Enigma Coatings
3675 County Rd 279, Leander, TX 78641
(512) 645-5988

CTopher

[AG81]

Originally Posted by bighead

Hi,
I prefer the shop be in Texas

^ Talk to Joe or Paul at Top Kote 817 478 0797

They did mine when I did a full brake rebuild. Been using them for years.

Small shop very reasonable and extremely knowledgeable.

[Tonger]

Originally Posted by Harpo

Last time I spoke with Eric he was not powder coating calipers. Shawn has redone some 930 calipers that turned out extremely well but I believe he used cerakote.

Although the Cerakote finish is going to look really great, is there any concern that the insulating properties are going to keep heat inside the caliper?

We chose Cerakote as an exhaust and turbo coating/insulator to keep heat in the exhaust to better spin the turbo.

[Bigtoe32067]

Performance Powdercoating is just north of Houston and does everything from calipers to full frames. Where in Texas are you?
Tony

[Ctopher]

Originally Posted by Tonger

Although the Cerakote finish is going to look really great, is there any concern that the insulating properties are going to keep heat inside the caliper?

We chose Cerakote as an exhaust and turbo coating/insulator to keep heat in the exhaust to better spin the turbo.

You may be confusing a swain coating that is meant to retain heat on exhaust/turbos. Cerakote makes coatings that can withstand very high heat(as well as be nearly impervious to chemicals and corrosion) but isn’t meant to retain the heat like the swain coatings. If you are wanting to try to dissipate more heat then try their dissipating coating, otherwise it isn’t much of a difference compared to painting a caliper. Remember Cerakote coatings are about 1mil thickness.

I had my front oil cooler, both oil lines and the braided lines to the front oil cooler coated in a cerakote heat dissipating black coating. I’ve consider having the hubs painted with this coating to help dissipate heat faster.

CTopher

[Shaun @ Tru6]

People have powder coated calipers before. We restored these a while ago. After stripping off the powder, we determined they were too rough for anodizing and high heat Cerakote was a good option. Customer didn't send pistons so we weren't able to build them back up but they came out nicely.

I asked Cerakote about retaining heat and they said their high heat coatings don't. Also because they are applied with such a thin layer, any barrier would negligible.

At that time Cerakote didn't have it's new heat dissipating series out. The only thing to watch out for is the the tech data sheet says it's only good for 500F. Driving around I'm sure that would be fine. Track work, probably not.

Cerakote Heat Dissipating Coatings are a line of submicron coatings. Arctic Black is typically used on applications requiring a high thermal conductivity to transfer heat away from the energy source.