Hi I am thinking about painting my brake callipers. One thing puzzles me though. The callipers already seem to be painted with a clear lacquer. I expected them to be bare metal. Can I paint straight over the lacquer, or do I need to remove it first, and if so any ideas how?

yes paint over em

ive thought about painting mine but i think they will spoil the look ,look a bit tacky to me

hahahahahaha!

wait 'till they start corroding - that'll change your mind

Without painting the calipers will soon start coroding, and then they'll look tacky

I've painted mine silver with black Lexus stickers (purchased from the club) : subtle, and definitely not tacky

Nige

show me some pics then,i didnt know they corode

give them a good old scrub with a wire brush to remove any loose bits and make sure to get all the dust off first

Besty,dont go down that route,painted calipers tacky.........dont even get me started on this one.

Its the one single thing you could do to enhance the appearance of th 'IS' is to PAINT your calipers
its so simple,you'll be amazed at the outcome!!!!

i`ll give it a go.i hope your not gonna wait for me in the playground after school

Besty mate, just fo it

I Painted mine when the car was 5 days old and it's aplatinum ice one too ....... look at the pics on the link ........ it also shows a slightly corroded one too ....

callipers

Mine look well tacky now....
Guess my hands will look even more tacky taking the things off to paint..

My next stage though... I found some rubber gloves..
Not sure on the color though. I have a Granite Sky.. Was thinking silver...

Granite sky=Black callipers,chrome stickers..........

Cheers Pee.i

Sounds like a good combo.
What to you think about silver calipers and black stickers...

Off topic I know. But I was at Lexus Nottingham yesterday having number plates fitted, and in the customers car park was a customised blue Lexus IS with a very distinctive number plate. I have seen a picture of it on the site somewhere.

nice job steve,hand painted i take it,have to get my brush out

a blue IS in Nottingham with a distinctive plate could be Ifraz?

The plate is made to look like LEXY ?

Our Very Own Ifraz...........

Enter stage right..................

Yes it was moi.....

Gosh someone recognised me /mycar

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