I am thinking of painting my calipers red. Can anyone recommend a shop in St Louis area?

 

I don't let anyone but Scott Witzig from ProTech Auto do work on my cars. He painted my spoiler and rear valence on my 991. And has worked on several of my cars over the years. He does paintwork for many of the local high end dealerships. Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Aston, etc. He is not convenient to get to, but worth the effort. Painting calipers would be a piece of cake for him.

ProTech
122 N. 1st Street
Pacific‎ MO‎ 63069
United States of America
(636) 271-6095
protech1997@hotmail.com

 

Assume you are doing this on a base....?

Just know that there are folks out there which consider it bad form and will consider you a poser.... (This is a running debate) Personally though I agree red looks better than black on a 911.

Assuming you are capable of removing your wheels.. Just get caliper paint ( sun coast and others carry it) which will handle the temperature and do it yourself... Also get the replacement porsche decals.. It isn't rocket science...

 

I second this opinion

 

I've heard of Porsche snobs before but considering it bad form to paint black calipers red is the height of ridiculousness. Personally I prefer the black calipers with my 20" 911 Turbo Design Wheels.

 

you can get G2 red caliper paint very easy DIY and get your self a can of high heat clear caliper paint and some stickers from ebay..
if you do spray paint you need to cover the car very good or you would get a lot of over spray


you can't see the caliper with black paint, thats why I like the red better and also oem balck after few months looks grey

 

I have always thought that with the way we P-car lovers like to configure and tweak everything, Porsche would offer an option (at a nice cost, of course) to paint the calipers to match the exterior color or to deviate them to whatever color you choose. Go for it. The red does look good with any color exterior.

 

Have you considered silver?

 

did mine, remove wheel, clean with brake cleaner spray with red paint, attach decal,,i didn't take off calipers, jujst tape them off, no oneis the wiser

 

I went for Gloss Black (the normal blacks looked cheap, sorry personal opionion =P )

 

I really like the gloss black. Did you paint them yourself or did you have them done professionally?

 

Professionally done
I usually do them myself (on my other cars) but this a Porsche and I can't afford screwing up =P

 

Yes I am considering this for my base 911. I just think it looks better. I also have 20" S wheels which I paid for as an option. Is that considered being a poser as well??

Just trying to dress the car up a bit and love red calipers on most cars. Not just 911's

 

Go for it! It's calipers! Who cares? Anyone that would have a comment on what color and why you should/shouldn't do it is grasping for straws.

It's not like you're putting a Porsche badge on a Honda Civic. Then I'd be leaning towards the poser label.

 

For what 911's cost, they should all come with painted calipers!