I'm not sure if the original lettering on the stock calipers are painted or decals, but I am certain they are not recessed. When I prepped my calipers to be painted, I used ultrafine sand paper to smooth out the rough edges/surfaces of the stock calipers and the OEM lettering simply wore off to a smooth surface with very little effort. In other words, the surface of the caliper is perfectly flat in the area where the OEM lettering was positioned.
Here are a few pics of mine. I used the G2 kit and it turned out great IMO.
It's time consuming, but totally worth it. As others have said, painted calipers gives you about a 10 hp boost in power!!
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Beautiful. I'm going to do mine soon also.
