The red calipers go great with our dark gray Volk wheels. Our two piece rotors also give everything a cool look!
The rear looks equally sharp.
Our great impression remains when the car is on the ground. The calipers look great and compliment the wheels.
The good looks continue onto the back of the car!
It is amazing how much of a difference refinishing the calipers have improved the look of the car. The old and weathered calipers actually made the car look tired and dated even though the cars paint looks great. The red gave things a nice bit of pop without looking gaudy. Repainting the calipers was a nice cosmetic update to the car and well worth the cost of getting it done.
We were very pleased with how are car came out and the fact that our car was only out for part of a day was great too. If we were to do this ourselves it would have taken the better part of a week and the result might not have been so good. We highly recommend West Coast Calipers for both convenience and quality of work. The fact that they will stand behind their work even for track driven cars is reassuring as well. Thank you West Coast Calipers for making our IS-F look great again!
PS, They can also fix your curbed wheels!
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14 comments
Should you really be getting paint on the brake caliper piston boot?
No, some OEM Brembo calipers do! It’s not going to hurt anything,
It won’t stick to the boots well, so if the boot needs to flex the paint will flake away from the boot, no problem. That’s my experience after having used high temp epoxy paint to refinish my own brembo calipers.
What do they typically charge for this service?
(I also find it odd painting over the caliper piston boots)
$600 which is reasonable because the process is about 10 man hours.
That sounds worth it for the quality of the job.
I’m curious to know which Brembos have the pistons and boots covered in paint. (I’m genuinely curious, I’ve just never experienced it). They look amazing afterwards. Could you have had the Lexus logos put back on them if you wanted?
not all of them but I have seen it on some cars like my STI. I think it so the finish won’t be damaged assembling them, they normally paint over the bolts are everything. You can put anything on them.
I have some high-end Brembo Monoblock calipers sitting on my desk and the boots are covered in paint from the factory.
Wow, the end results are impressive. Really nice to see the care that’s taken during the prep too.
FWIW, I bought a used set of front Brembo calipers taken from a 997 911 4S and the stock seals had red paint on them.
Nice work, but no signs of safety glasses, even when using power tools.
I am wondering if it wouldn’t be easier/better to pull the calipers and hang them in the wheel wells on a stiff wire, rather than doing all of that masking.
I was curious about doing this with my Brembos but looking more towards the powder coating solution. Did you consider this as well or did you know re-painting was the way to go?
Powdercoating isn’t a very temperature tolerant coating and tends to easily discolor. West Coast Calipers tells me that the paint they use is.