Calipers
 

So has anyone here painted or powdercoated their stock calipers?
Any aproximate cost that I should look for so I don't get effed in the A by a powdercoater?...

And more importantly, anyone have a good description of how to take apart the calipers, get all the little bits out, so you can get them powdercoated?

Well that would probally come in the manual I am asking for for x-mas

While you're at it, get me one, too.

I was gonna paint mine, but the task of cleaning 2 years worth of brake dust off them seemed like too much.

In terms of taking them apart, if you look at it, i think it will seem pretty obvious. Most of the little parts snap out.

Most of them. The pistons, etc, are usually pretty difficult. I've been told the easy way is to put a piece of wood inbetween the pads and shoot some air into the fluid coupling. Dunno if that works for ours, tho.

... Could always just mask it off... Flashbreaker tape works wonders... Yall think a body shop would know what they were doing or would I be better off masking it all myself and taking it in and having them clean and coat them?

they sell lots of do it yourself kits...i personally wouldnt spend the money on something like that when you could put it toward more aggressive pads or a big brake kit, maybe even just a flush with some racing fluid...but thats just me

Well I am going for looks more than performance with painting/powdercoating them... I was going to do it when I swap out my pads and rotors...

yeah...thats cool, i was thinking of doing mine gloss black, but got lazy

Yep... that is a major factor there...
I am trying to decide to enaminal them or have them professionally powdercoated...

IMO if you paint the stock calipers paint them a matching color ar opposed to a contrasting color. The stock calipers are small and cheesy looking anywhay, do you really want them to stand out?

I have steves/ireland brakes on my car and I am going to paint the calipers today ( stock calipers ) , mostly because they look cheesy that funky silver color. My car is black my wheels are anthracite, I am painting the calipers black so they dont stand out.

I was debating on black or red... jut to get rid of the funky grey... and I heard they are easier to clean because it is a smooth surface...

yeah i would just re-paint em what they came from the factory, stock calipers are not something you usually want to see =)

They are unpainted from the factory...