Has anyone painted their calipers?

[ducatiz]

I did on my previous Monster. There is paint made specifically for calipers, but it's a touch of a pain to work with. It's more like an thin epoxy or resin as it was two parts and gives you a limited working time and it was brushed on. On the the other hand, it was tough as hell. Evidenced by the drop I got on my shin that only came off when the underlaying layer of skin did too.

I don't recall the name of the stuff I used, but just found it on google. The directions did have one mix up everything in one go. I opted to halve both parts so I could do a 2nd coat/touch ups. The kit had plenty as it was intenteded for auto calipers

G2 caliper paint

[Raux]

as seen on ebay

[Autostrada Pilot]

as seen on ebay

My eyes! 

[hooligan machinist]

 I think it could do with a tiny splash of color, red possibly.

[BK_856er]

Screw paint - go for the chrome!

BK

[Rudemouthsky]

Not digging the chrome personally but that does give me an idea, maybe a brushed aluminum look to match my pressure plate, levers, and other bits.

[Buckethead]

Most calipers are cast.

You could do a bare aluminum look pretty easy, but the flat, smooth surface for "brushed" would take some doing.

Not saying you can't.

[suzyj]

Most calipers are cast.

You could do a bare aluminum look pretty easy, but the flat, smooth surface for "brushed" would take some doing.

Not saying you can't.

Well if you're going for bare aluminium, ya might as well go for machined monoblock calipers. Then you could have them anodised to match anything you like.

http://www.yoyodyneti.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=X10.48.13

Of course cost is of no concern, right?

[Buckethead]

Of course cost is of no concern, right?

Pssh. Of course. 

[ducatiz]

Not digging the chrome personally but that does give me an idea, maybe a brushed aluminum look to match my pressure plate, levers, and other bits.

check out the 4-pad calipers on the 749 then

[Rudemouthsky]

Well if you're going for bare aluminium, ya might as well go for machined monoblock calipers. Then you could have them anodised to match anything you like.

http://www.yoyodyneti.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=X10.48.13

Of course cost is of no concern, right?

Daaammmn, those are nice.

check out the 4-pad calipers on the 749 then

Might be able to achieve that look just by cleaning, stripping, and buffing my gold ones.

[ducatiz]

Daaammmn, those are nice.

Might be able to achieve that look just by cleaning, stripping, and buffing my gold ones.

The standard gold type have the casting texture and it's very hard to remove the gold without buffing the texture off.

[Slide Panda]

And is that gold color actaully anodizing? Anyone know for sure?

If it is ano, you don't want to strip it off as it is a harder protective layer

[ducatiz]

And is that gold color actaully anodizing? Anyone know for sure?

If it is ano, you don't want to strip it off as it is a harder protective layer

I am pretty sure it is anodized coloring.  Find a gouged caliper and you can see the penetration.  They are not painted.