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POR 15 Caliper Paint - Reviews?
Hi guys,
I am currently deep into a suspension & brake overhaul on my 77 911S and I will have to strip and rebuild my calipers. I would like to give them a good protective paint on reassembly and I was wondering if you guys have used this POR15 Caliper paint before. It's an American product, which we can get in the UK & Europe, so I thought I would ask the Pelicans for their opinions. I have gone through the usual processes of searching this forum and I have found some good threads and advice already, however, I have not seen any mention of this particular product. I would rather order something that you guys can recommend from experience. BTW, This job started as 'just' a suspension bushing overhaul, but my god there are a hell of a lot of 'whilst I'm in there' jobs cropping up!  Cheers, Jason.
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POR15 breaks down in direct sunlight so needs a top cover of some type. Base coat and top coat.
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We use a painted hard-bake finished process, sorry we have never had or seen anyone use POR-15
 
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So what color? I've been thinking of painting the calipers on my SC, and I think black is probably best on the stock calipers.
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I have used it and it works great. I did mine in black. I really didn't want them to be any color other than their natural finish but my hawk DT-10s are harsh on everything in the wheel well. It seemed like painting would help keep race pad gunk from building up on calipers. IMO it does.
BTW - I have read that POR15 is nothing special and that other's sell similar for less. However I can tell you I have never had a bad result with any POR15 product I have used over the last ~ probably 20 years 
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You guys are over thinking this, my painted calipers:
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^^^ Brilliant. Who needs zinc coated rotors when you can just hit them with paint!!!
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At least they didn't get paint on the bearing cap.
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Great stuff.
Thanks for the feedback fellas. I would have preferred to do them in either the gold/zinc colour but I can only find POR 15 in black, red or silver. Will probably go for the silver. Loving the 'all red' calipers............and discs, bolts lines etc! 
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Loving the 'all red' calipers............and discs, bolts lines etc!
Lol, looks like a 'no rust' ebay sale.... 
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The nice thing about painting your calipers is if you don't like what you get, you can change it easily. The job is easy and fast. A bit of masking tape and a towel or two to cover things up will get you a fine result. This also argues for using any paint you want. Any rattle can will give you a year or two of very good service. If it fails at that point, do it again. Whether or not the paint fails after a year, the caliper will be filthy and will benefit from cleaning and respray anyway.
Ignore all this if your car is headed to Pebble Beach for the concours.
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Mine is going to pebble beach but just continuing on down the road.
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