Re: caliper paint

[Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Armand Eshleman <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ..I still haven't tried the plastidip rubberized
> stuff. > Armand


  Before you guys start coating your calipers, you
need to THINK first. A rubberized coating is an
insulator...you need to dissipate heat from the brake
parts, NOT hold it in! Anything like that would, in my
mind, tend to hold heat IN, and be detrimental to
brake cooling. Sounds good for a show car, but NOT for
a street-driven machine! If you're one of those
trailer-queen, take-a-wheel-off-at-shows kind of guy (
or lady ), fine, works good that way. NOT for a
regularly driven car, though. Not that I have any data
on coating calipers, but it just seems foolhardy to
coat it with something that will hold heat in
potentially, and maybe cause your brake fluid to get
extra hot? There IS a reason they leave some parts
unpainted at the factory...

Jerry


		
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