Tesla Decal for Caliper Paint Project

[Kenne74]

Can one of you supply the name of the eBay seller for the brake decals please? Not sure if it's my phone but the link is dead now. Guess I wanted too long.

thanks,

Ken

 

[dennis]

Can one of you supply the name of the eBay seller for the brake decals please? Not sure if it's my phone but the link is dead now. Guess I wanted too long.

thanks,

Ken

Here is the current eBay link for the Tesla brake decals:

Custom Brake Caliper Decals Stickers High Temp Vinyl Contact US for Your Needs | eBay

 

[Kenne74]

Thank you Dennis. I'll post photo's once I get the work done. Should be in a few weeks. Traveling this week.

 

[MajesticSound]

OK a few of you were going to wait till it got warm and do the project. Please post pictures and any comments/problems you encountered. I just got my S85 2 weeks ago and really want to paint them red with the G2 system and use the hi temp stickers. To clear or not to clear over them???

 

[dennis]

OK a few of you were going to wait till it got warm and do the project. Please post pictures and any comments/problems you encountered. I just got my S85 2 weeks ago and really want to paint them red with the G2 system and use the hi temp stickers. To clear or not to clear over them???

NO clear was recommended to me. After 10+ weeks and half a dozen trips to the car wash they still look perfect.

 

[Burt Court]

Had mine wrapped today (all six) 6 of them, plus the front and back "T"'s, as well as the door pulls (pearl white). Looks good for an old geezers conservative sedan...

 

[Runs Kwh]

Had mine wrapped today (all six) 6 of them, plus the front and back "T"'s, as well as the door pulls (pearl white). Looks good for an old geezers conservative sedan...

Where did you have it done and how much did it cost? I'm interested in this as well - getting my MC Red S85 in a few weeks!!! (picking up in Van Nuys).

 

[Rbats]

Resurrecting this thread as I want to paint my calipers using the G2 kit and high temp decals. Sounds like I have to have all wheels off the floor and removed to accomplish this. I have a jack that can lift one side up but don't have anything that can have the whole car off the floor. What have the DIY's here used to get the entire car off the ground? Any suggestions on equipment needed, where to buy and approx costs? Thanks much!

 

[Burt Court]

Don't know what you can find there, but here I found a local company that are car guys. Jacked up two wheels at a time, used floor jacks, wrapped all 6 (six) calipers, and a re-torqued wheels to specs I gave them. Then wrapped four door pulls, front and back "T"s and the "T" in the center of the steering wheel. Prox 30 minutes per wheel, 10 minutes per door pull and T. Parts and labor $300.00. There is a picture of it somewhere on this site, its the pearl white S with polished stock 19" wheels. Have no idea if this is competitive price or not, don't care.
old burt

 

[kevincwelch]

Resurrecting this thread as I want to paint my calipers using the G2 kit and high temp decals. Sounds like I have to have all wheels off the floor and removed to accomplish this. I have a jack that can lift one side up but don't have anything that can have the whole car off the floor. What have the DIY's here used to get the entire car off the ground? Any suggestions on equipment needed, where to buy and approx costs? Thanks much!

I suggest getting a couple sets of Jackpoint Jackstands. I have used them for swapping out tires as well as doing other projects.

The owner of Jackpoint Jackstands lives in Batavia, IL and he is quite familiar with the Model S.

 

[Rbats]

I suggest getting a couple sets of Jackpoint Jackstands. I have used them for swapping out tires as well as doing other projects.



The owner of Jackpoint Jackstands lives in Batavia, IL and he is quite familiar with the Model S.

Thanks! Those look awesome. Batavia is not too far from me at all so I could go pick them up.

Btw, what were you trying to get done in the last pic? Cleaning rotors? Did you paint your calipers while you had that nice protection on?

 

[kevincwelch]

Thanks! Those look awesome. Batavia is not too far from me at all so I could go pick them up.

Btw, what were you trying to get done in the last pic? Cleaning rotors? Did you paint your calipers while you had that nice protection on?

Cleaning up the rotor hats and priming/painting. The rust is terrible on the rotor hats. If I have to do this every spring, I wouldn't feel overburdened.

 

[In2oil]

How do people plan to protect the decals once applied so they don't peel off with time/wear/washes etc? I was reading on the G2 caliper paint website and they recommend against clear coats since they tend to yellow and deteriorate (and their paints are already high gloss).

Edit:
Actually, on further thought, instead of the decal, we can get a stencil made (ie instead of peeling away the unused vinyl, peel away the logo parts, making a negative) -- then apply the sticker and paint on the logo, removing the vinyl when dry. This would be much more durable than a sticker. I'm gonna write the ebayer and see if he can do this, instead (or basically ship the decals without bothering to remove the 'background', and leaving the transfer paper on.

I would like to do the same and Paint over a stencil. Durability is more important. however, where do you get fonts or better, what company will do the cutting with the proper letters.

thanks

 

[SteveW25561]

I have a computer controller cutter (Silhouette Cameo) and I'm about to try so e test cuts of the Tesla logo into painters tape and see how well that works. I'm still deciding the color of my calipers. G2 now makes a lime green that looks appealing to me on my Pearl White. Still debating though.

 

[kevincwelch]

Steve-

Did you try the Cameo cutter yet? I'm interested in this myself, as I have the Emblem font that I've used for a couple of things in the garage and would probably just apply this way as well.

BTW: what do people think about orange calipers with the blue paint???

 

[bart513]

I'd love something like that for my Tesla roadster 2.5 in Twilight Blue

 

[kevincwelch]

I'd love something like that for my Tesla roadster 2.5 in Twilight Blue

I think the blue/orange combo would be nice.

 

[kevincwelch]

Opinions?

 

[jive_devil]

Personally, I like the blue/blue.

 

[In2oil]

Here's my setup! Painted my Calipers Gecko green! It's the same color as the Jeep Wrangler 2013.. Looks perfect. I used a Very high quality car paint. Perfect paint JOB...