Caliper Painting = Catching Fire?

[chatyak]

I read somewhere that painting the calipers on anything other than the "speed/sport" will result in them over heating or catching fire? Can someone shed light on this? I'm trying to learn more about adding things to my car and I know diddly squat.

I have a 2010 Mazda 3 sedan (the " i " version).

[ottoyu34]

if it's high temp paint, no problem.

[bubba1983]

I use tremclad for yeaaars with no issues. I call bullshingles for daily driven...

[Zuluwun]

lol no. someone lied to you.

[Booter22]

Share whay you found. It would be a good laugh to read. But no it wont matter what calipers on what car are painted.. unless the calipers seize it would be the only way I think they would catch fire.

[Cab0oze]

Share whay you found. It would be a good laugh to read. But no it wont matter what calipers on what car are painted.. unless the calipers seize it would be the only way I think they would catch fire.
Even if the caliper seized it still wouldn't' catch fire. The brake pads will probably disintegrate and fall out (happened on a friends car).
If the calipers are not seized, if it ever got hot enough to become a concern your rubber brake hoses would expand or your brake fluid would boil and pressing your brake pedal would result in nothing happening (i.e. losing your brakes... happens if you're driving your car really hard at the track). Once they're cooled down you can start using them again.

... but this has nothing to do with caliper painting lol

[Amir]

Even if the caliper seized it still wouldn't' catch fire. The brake pads will probably disintegrate and fall out (happened on a friends car).
If the calipers are not seized, if it ever got hot enough to become a concern your rubber brake hoses would expand or your brake fluid would boil and pressing your brake pedal would result in nothing happening (i.e. losing your brakes... happens if you're driving your car really hard at the track). Once they're cooled down you can start using them again.

... but this has nothing to do with caliper painting lol

That's true, had a painted caliper seize. All it did was finish my pads and rotor real quick.

[ottoyu34]

and your gas too.

[chatyak]

So the consensus is not to worry then. What would cause the caliper to seize (other than the hard driving at a track... which I won't be doing)? Just normal city/highway driving... looking for a quality paint... red to match my car's color.

Thanks fellas

[ottoyu34]

People cheaping out on maintenance and not lubing their calipers.

[Amir]

People cheaping out on maintenance and not lubing their calipers.

That was the cause in my case.

For the paint, I got the kit from Canadian tire, comes with caliper cleaner, a brush and the paint. I don't know if it's considered good quality but its been 3 years and the paint looks the same it did when I painted it.

IIRC, it's 25$ and comes in black, blue, red, silver and maybe white.

[Kiewan]

I talked to jimmy about if I should paint mine whenever the weather warms up. He warned (with the amount of deposit currently on mine [previous owner]) they might overheat, and if I do with the G2 kit, to make sure I dissolve and clean each very thoroughly before adding a layer of paint.
Overheating maybe, catching fire is very unlikely.

[Cab0oze]

Calipers overheating because of paint on a daily driven mazda 3 is just silly. While many of us like to pretend it is, this isn't a race car, and driving to the movie theater is NOT like being on a track.
...and even if you go to the track, the paint isn't going to cause your caliper to overheat.

[Booter22]

75,000 km + on my painted calipers. havent caught fire yet. serviced every 24,000km. still original pads and all.

dont worry. they will be fine.

[Souls]

I use tremclad for yeaaars with no issues. I call bullshingles for daily driven...

x2 I painted mine like 4yrs ago with red Cnd Tire rust paint, and this week I'll probably redo them (not that they need it), only cuz I need to re&re my front rotors/pads.

[midnightfxgt]

http://i.stack.imgur.com/jiFfM.jpg

[nepal1344]

Another cause of caliper seizing is letting it sit too long. But by too long we're talking several months but agreed on the main problem in improper maintenance.

As for painting them, I bought my car in 07 and painted them with CT caliper paint and never had heat issues. I have to touch up the paint every couple years due to chipping but nothing serious.