One of the things that has always bothered me about my car was the condition of the brake calipers. A previous owner (or possibly the dealer) at some point tried to respray them, but didn’t do a very good job.

Three of the four blistered and pealed. The forth one was just faded. I finally had some time to do something about them this past week. I thought about changing the color to red, because everyone knows red is faster. Besides the fact that I would have to remove the calipers to change colors, I didn’t want to seem a poser: Red calipers came on turbo six-pot calipers for this generation 911. Also, I’m trying to stay stock as much as I can.

You’ll need ceramic caliper paint that can withstand braking temperatures; solvent; stencils to replace the PORSCHE script (eBay); some fine-grain sand-paper, and masking tape.

1. Safely put your car on jack stands and remove the wheels.
2. Remove brake pads and thoroughly clean the calipers.
3. Sand calipers and remove the PORSCHE script (paint or stickers).
4. Clean the calipers with paint prep solvent (I used brake caliper primer).
5. Mask off any areas you don’t want to paint including the rotor and hub.

6. Paint each caliper with several thin coats of caliper paint, waiting 10 minutes between coats, but completing all coats within 1 hour.
7. Let paint dry overnight and remove masking tape.
8. Reinstall brake pads.
9. Let paint harden 7 days.
10. Apply stencil mask.
11. Mask around stencil.
12. Apply several layers of paint to the stencil, waiting 10 minutes between coats, but completing all coats within 1 hour.

13. Wait an hour before removing stencil. Carefully remove centers of “P”, “O”, and “R” with a sharp knife and tweezers.

14. Reinstall wheels but wait 24 hours before driving.