Cerakote for HPDE car?

Zellion_GT · Thursday at 9:45 AM

Wanting to paint my PP1 Brembos orange. I was gonna powder coat them but I’ve been told Cerakote is better. Looking at their C-128 Hunter Orange. Spoke to a representative, color can handle 450°F before dulling out. Coating can handle 1700°F. Is this fine to use? Anyone else use Cerakote? Any objections? I want my calipers orange so don’t tell me leave them black lol.

mwjscn · Thursday at 12:49 PM

Applying a heat barrier coating to a caliper may be less-than-stellar for brake fluid temps, I think, but I'll let others weigh in.

Zellion_GT · Thursday at 2:05 PM

mwjscn said:
Applying a heat barrier coating to a caliper may be less-than-stellar for brake fluid temps, I think, but I'll let others weigh in.

What would you do if you wanted to Chang the caliper color then?

mwjscn · Thursday at 2:23 PM

Strip em down and have them powder coated if you want something nice. Or just VHT caliper paint and clear if all you care about is the color and it being a quick and easy job.

Junkyard Dog · Thursday at 3:19 PM

Orange? If you brake hard enough, they turn orange and glow.

GAR944 · Thursday at 3:28 PM

Zellion_GT said:
Spoke to a representative, color can handle 450°F before dulling out.

That's not very hot before "dulling". Porsche road/race car we ran had lovely bright red calipers at the beginning of the season. By the end they were a dark burgundy. Any bright colour is going to "bake" to a deeper shade.
Just be aware if you are tipping a reasonable sum of cash into it to get your nice shade of orange. If you get them hot enough, enough times they won't stay the shade you liked.
Just looked up a local coaters website, the only thing i'd be concerned about is the stripping process. Make sure they know and actually do what is required. Last thing you want is residual blasting media in fluid passage ways or blasted piston sleeves.

Zellion_GT · Thursday at 4:35 PM

GAR944 said:
That's not very hot before "dulling". Porsche road/race car we ran had lovely bright red calipers at the beginning of the season. By the end they were a dark burgundy. Any bright colour is going to "bake" to a deeper shade.
Just be aware if you are tipping a reasonable sum of cash into it to get your nice shade of orange. If you get them hot enough, enough times they won't stay the shade you liked.
Just looked up a local coaters website, the only thing i'd be concerned about is the stripping process. Make sure they know and actually do what is required. Last thing you want is residual blasting media in fluid passage ways or blasted piston sleeves.

what about G2 paint or 2k high temp spray paint?? G2 says on their site it can whit stand up to 980°. 2k i would assume is self explanatory.

GAR944 · Thursday at 5:09 PM

2K isn't a temp rating, its a paint system. Like a 2 part paint.
Doesn't really matter what "high temp" coating you use. If you track your car the calipers are going to get way hotter than a normal road car usage. Pretty race car components don't stay pretty in that environment long.
The point was don't pay big bucks for looks as you will probably have to redo to maintain those looks. Any of the caliper paints will look good for a while. Depending on usage, "number of track days" will determine how long you will be happy with those looks before a recoat.

Zellion_GT · Thursday at 6:15 PM

GAR944 said:
2K isn't a temp rating, its a paint system. Like a 2 part paint.
Doesn't really matter what "high temp" coating you use. If you track your car the calipers are going to get way hotter than a normal road car usage. Pretty race car components don't stay pretty in that environment long.
The point was don't pay big bucks for looks as you will probably have to redo to maintain those looks. Any of the caliper paints will look good for a while. Depending on usage, "number of track days" will determine how long you will be happy with those looks before a recoat.

I’m maybe will HPDE the car 5 times max a year. I’m not near a track and they’re costly. Car will see more autocross than HPDE in its life

Zellion_GT · Thursday at 6:17 PM

GAR944 said:
2K isn't a temp rating, its a paint system. Like a 2 part paint.
Doesn't really matter what "high temp" coating you use. If you track your car the calipers are going to get way hotter than a normal road car usage. Pretty race car components don't stay pretty in that environment long.
The point was don't pay big bucks for looks as you will probably have to redo to maintain those looks. Any of the caliper paints will look good for a while. Depending on usage, "number of track days" will determine how long you will be happy with those looks before a recoat.

Also so if there’s really no answer cuz any option leads to a paint over time. Which one will do the job the best for longest? Cerakote, G2, powder coat, 2k, anything else?

Dave_W · Thursday at 11:19 PM

Made for what you want to do, and comes in orange --

VHT CALIPER PAINT - VHT Paint

www.vhtpaint.com

They also have a paint that withstands even higher temps, made for exhausts. It needs heating to 650F to cure (see Applications section).

VHT FLAMEPROOF™ COATING - VHT Paint

www.vhtpaint.com

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