Re: caliper paint

["Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Jerry Casper <gremlingts@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: caliper paint
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx



--- 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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Just so Jerry and all the rest of you guys understand, I was not referring
to calipers or rotors when I was talking about using plastidip rubberized
coatings, I was referring to the master cylinder, although if you didn't
follow the thread from the beginning it could easily have morphed into what
Jerry thought I was saying and asking. I was referring to plastikote caliper
paint for painting calipers. I'll let you guys know if my brakes overheat
because I painted the rotors and calipers. I kind of think they will be just
fine. I wholeheartedly agree with Jerry, I would not recommend using
rubberized coatings on things that must dissipate heat.  However if you
recall, radiators are painted black (albeit with a special type of heat
transfer paint), except for aluminum radiators because black transfers heat
better than any other color (I think I read that in Carrol Smith's racing
books). I do not use my Javelin for a daily driver,  I  do use it to take
cruises, the reason I want to protect these parts is corrosion that occurs
while the car sits in the garage. I did ask questions as to what some of you
may have used on your vehicles and liked or disliked for painting brake
parts of any kind.

Thanks
Armand