tdbarnes

I have an 08 crm coupe and thinking about painting or powdercoating the brake calipers. What color have you other crm owners painted yours? pics if ya got em. tdb

Monterey C6

Mine is Monterey Red but thought you might get a good idea of how yours would look.

peter pan

Get them either powder coated in CRM or ZR1 Blue

jbust3

very nice

Mike Campbell

I have a Monterey Red too & will (when I get the loot) have them powder coated Monterey Red as well. If I were you, get them powder coated Crystal Red.

HOXXOH

Silly me. I just used a rattle can of Krylon latex. The 2612 Indian Ocean Burgundy is a match for CRM.

Swiftrider08

Yep, silly you. That won't last long. They look really good when fresh. Tried oh so many times before and then done the correct way via powder coating.

STEVE MC

Yeah, ya get what ya pay for.

STEVE MC

I would powdercoat them CRM to match your car.

RRVettes

Mine are CRM, powdercoated by forum vendor Mike at the following link.

http://www.thepowdercoater.com/galle...?album=2&pos=0

Here's a few pictures.

HOXXOH

I've got roughly 40K on the car since I did that. I'll check the date/mileage, then take another pic and post them side by side.

I will need to wash the car first. It's a DD, not a garage queen and the rain here has been off and on for a couple weeks.

STEVE MC

Now that's what I'm talkin' `bout

You can't get that out of a spray can.

Justasheet

Go with Mike the Powder Coater all the way. I have Crystal Red calipers with my black rims.

sxeC7

What's silly about it? I sprayed mine almost a year ago and they still look good. I can spray 'em every time they start to look bad for the next 20 years before it equates to the cost of powder coating.

KFR-2008

Just finished putting CRM calipers on my 2008 CRM vert. Mike "The Powder Coater" did the excellent power coat job. By all means contact him no matter what color you decide on!

http://s1017.photobucket.com/albums/...t=P2260056.jpg

tdbarnes

I appreciate everyone's input. Some great pics...it is nice to see what it looks like. What is a fair price for powdercoating? tdb

crabman

True that. Especially a good idea if you take it to the road course because the calipers start looking pretty sad from the heat. With the rattle can method you just refresh as needed. Not a knock against powder coating but sometimes the cheap and easy is not so bad and can make sense.

0corvette pilot

and in fact, I recommend against powdercoating if you do a lot of track days as it will discolor (unless you go with satin black, then they hold up ok).

Powdercoating cost is 250 plus 30 shipping and exchange is available with a 300 refundable core charge.

STEVE MC

If you track your car, powdercoating is not the way to go.
For day to day driving, powdercoating will give you a much more professional and polished look.

KFR-2008

I paided $250 plus $30 shipping. It was worth every penny. Plus Mike's service is outstanding. He recieved my brackets and calipers on a Friday morning and they were on a UPS truck back to me by Saturday night!

There are several postings here on the forum on "How to remove and re-install" plus Mike has a "Vette" magazine article on his web site with a "How to do" article.