Model 3 Painted Calipers... a different approach

[E.Potter]

So
i wanted to paint my calipers, but I didn't want to do it RED like everyone else, and I also didn't want to use White stickers because they look too big...I love the stock slim lettering....so the goal was to change the color, but keep it looking stock. I love the end result, and the anodized paint really shines through...once I get the new rims I think it will look even better. Let me know what you think.

I did also bake them for 2 hrs, but with a heat gun sitting on a bucket...hahaha... you can see I got a little paint on the rotor, but it went away when I hit the brakes so I wasn't concerned about such a small amount

 

[Adam3]

Looks good. Can we see a picture of the entire vehicle?

 

[Spdrcrj]

Well done! I paid $575 to have mine done. Did you do the entire “sand down” process, prime and paint? I’ve always thought blue and yellow complimented each other. I didn’t want red either.

Congrats on your great looking result.

 

[6spdcoupe]

It looks great! Same color I want.

How did you put the car on jackstands to paint the calipers?

 

[MaskedRacerX]

Well done! I paid $575 to have mine done. Did you do the entire “sand down” process, prime and paint? I’ve always thought blue and yellow complimented each other. I didn’t want red either.

Congrats on your great looking result.

Looks great! I was about to say, the yellow would look great with blue (and black), maybe MSM.

 

[civicdrivr]

Looks great. What paint did you use?

 

[E.Potter]

So No...I did not do the sand down process as I feel it was not necessary for such a "New" car....what I did do is a wire wheel that took me literally 5 min. per brake.

Paint I used was Duplicolor color cast

I bout some stands on Amazon that worked very well...2 of them for $50 they are very beefy...I'll post them here soon

 

[E.Potter]

Sure I'll send a pic of the entire vehicle....there really isn't that much done to it Yet...I promised myself I would not go Wide-body like I did with the 350Z...but I will drop it and get some coilers, rims and a simple lip kit

 

[IChillinz]

Sweeeet. What is funny is I literally just was going to research and talk about painting calipers because I want to do mine too. I I have metallic grey for my model 3. I want to do green. I’ve seen some with that combo and think it looks perfect.

Anyway how did you get the stock letters to be so clear? Did you like hand paint around the letters if they arnt stickers?

 

[E.Potter]

No NO NO...that is Literally the stock lettering...I painted over it and it still comes through the paint even after 4 layers...

So The duplicolor color cast is a "tinted clear coat" that shows the base surface....that's how I got it to show through...I Used painters tape to mask off the lettering, and then used an exacto knife to go around the edges so that I wouldn't get the base coat (metallic silver for the rest of the caliper) on the lettering. I was lucky that the base coat is EXACTLY the same color as the "TESLA" part of the caliper. The photo below shows the rest of the caliper painted but the front unpainted (the TESLA part)... after the base coat...I took off the tape and it looked like this:

 

[E.Potter]

The rest of the car is just small carbon fiber accents...once the suspension and wheels come in...it will be closer to my vision, but I intend to start laying my own CF and/or Paint my own parts

 

[c615586]

So
i wanted to paint my calipers, but I didn't want to do it RED like everyone else, and I also didn't want to use White stickers because they look too big...I love the stock slim lettering....so the goal was to change the color, but keep it looking stock. I love the end result, and the anodized paint really shines through...once I get the new rims I think it will look even better. Let me know what you think.

I did also bake them for 2 hrs, but with a heat gun sitting on a bucket...hahaha... you can see I got a little paint on the rotor, but it went away when I hit the brakes so I wasn't concerned about such a small amount
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Looks great! Are the letters on the calipers stickers?

 

[E.Potter]

no they are the original letters from tesla

 

[Kwame]

Sure I'll send a pic of the entire vehicle....there really isn't that much done to it Yet...I promised myself I would not go Wide-body like I did with the 350Z...but I will drop it and get some coilers, rims and a simple lip kit

I remember that BRS wide body 350z….

 

[E.Potter]

I remember that BRS wide body 350z….

ohhhhhhhh snap....he's back...what's up bruthahhhhh!!!!!

so wait you got a Tesla now??

 

[Kwame]

ohhhhhhhh snap....he's back...what's up bruthahhhhh!!!!!

so wait you got a Tesla now??

Yessir.

I’ll send you a DM

 

[E.Potter]

I remember we couldn't keep up with this dude Kwame man....he only had the finest parts on his car...lol...man was a BOSS on the streets with his 350....great minds think alike...now we are on this forum with Teslas...lol....been like 20 years bro!!!!