Restoring the rusty brake caliper with improvised means that are in every home! The result is impressive. Sorry for sniffing #rusty #brakecaliper #restoration
Exceptional. Thank you for this. I got absolutely hosed the last time I had my brakes done, I'm talking parts ruined, directionally slotted rotors on backwards, original factory hardware re-used at over 100k, the WORKS. I'm about to do the job myself the right way now that I have a garage, and I am really loving how helpful and well done this video is. PERFECT! Thank you!
Bro i just painted my alfa Romeo 147 brakes and now i see your job and i am feeling bas for my self but it just amazing for you how good you restored them, and your attention to detail is for oscar!👏
Awesome job overall. It would have been nice to have some commentary on what product you used for paint, glue, lube etc. You could have added it in after as printed comment on the screen.
This is an excellent video. I recently did something similar to my 1998 z28 Camaro, however, I wasn't as exhaustive as you were. Instead of lemon acid, which I am glad I learned about, I sand blasted the aluminum caliper parts. This is an excellent video. If I ever return to paint my calipers, ill use this as my inspiration.
mine started out red, I guess for aesthetics and the cost to replace or respray with oem cals was astronomical. Respraying myself after a deep clean and changing seals saved me £400 (and that was for refurbished 911 front pads. New would have been £1600 for a 9 year old banger.)
Awesome job and they look terrific. Would powder coating them work better? You’re baking them anyways. It’s just a thought I had. Anyways love the video
The video is nine minutes. Job done properly in this vid, but this is a 24 hour process, and twelve is stewing the calipers And hang the parts in the oven off a rack with short wire to avoid rack lines
what kind of paint did you use? I've been told you need a special high temperature one and even then it doesn't last... How are yours after a year or so? thanks.
The first time I sprayed a pair of front calipers I made a critical error. I primed them and and ceramic coated like I was spraying a car. I ended up with too many layers and ended up needing to sand out several layers for clips to fit correctly. The second I sprayed calipers, I dipped and dried them then sprayed- no prime. Much better result as I respray every brake change regardless due to need to clean dust and old grease out anyway. Cheers
what car are these calipers from? i wanted to do a pad change on my 2004 accord and i have the exact same ones as you do, but i cant find anything on the internet similar to what i have. do you have any tips on removing the two caliper bolts? i managed to remove them 3 but one got stripped. very annoying design.
Great job. But it may be worth the effort for classic cars, when you can't get a new / remanufactured. I'm wondering if anybody tried to clean the caliper with citric acid and hot water without disassembling it (or taking out of the car). That could be much more interesting option. Rubber should be fine, but key points would be what can happen to the guide pins and can water get through the seals to the cylinder.
Why didn't you change the nipples, why did you paint the top of the pistons? I'd assume the paint will soon come off and potentially get stuck in the grease and foul up the seals.
It's special paint, it doesn't fully cure with air contact like normal paint, it must be heated than cool for it to harden. Benefit is it can survive much higher temps than normal pain and more chip resistant as it cures to a hard shell like finish. I would tell you the name of it but it's slipping my mind ... Powder coat paint
This a great job but unfortunately I can't let my car outside with no wheels. I can buy everything new paint them and replace them one by one. It would cost me more but the results are great❤🎉🎉🎉
@@mar-tin702 they have this special heat paint - primer that works on exhaust and hot metals. It gives an extra strength and good adhesive to your paint when u paint calipers
Hello Nice vídeo, but i have a question I am installing my front calliper (motorbike) I did everything ok, and i did install piston inside But if i press front brake my piston doesnt move What is happening?
