caliper paint / pretty AMC brakes

["Widiker, John D" <john.widiker@xxxxxxx>]

I'm using these guys for my brake kits (cross drilled and slotted stuff
for AMC more info to come soon) http://www.brakewarehouse.com/ They
powdercoat calipers and are doing some other cool stuff for me. Check
them out if you want your brake components coated. They do not coat
rotors as has been a recent fad, after installing some for a customer I
can see why, they are a month in and the heat is ruining the look
already, although when they went on I was in awe. 

Since I brought it up I may as well talk about it.... I'm planning to
offer cross drilled and slotted American made rotors and high
performance calipers and pads for AMC's soon. Since I started Triple
Throw Down Motorsports (www.triplethrowdown.com) I've been wanting to
offer some high performance AMC parts and this is my first contribution.
Since I got my 18x9 inch wheels I'm flat out dying to fill the space
with some good looking brakes. Still working out some specifics but
front and rear bad ass looking brakes should come in under what my buddy
just paid Baer for a front set up for a T-bird. 

~John

-----Original Message-----
From: Armand Eshleman [mailto:aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 6:53 PM
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: caliper paint


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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