Brake Lines and Caliber Paint

[jetmechmarty]

The Dupli-color caliper spray paint can from auto parts store works well too.

Yes, that's what I used. My calipers and master cylinder look good several years running.

[cajun31]

Napahkiin when I did mine a few years back, I originally planed to keep the hard tube center but ended up adding a short flex to replace the tube. The mounts capture the connectors rather well so it's mostly like the original design. I'd suspect that a single run with some reworked grommets to bite the hose will be just as good. Just make sure the flex relief is held close to the pivot and not able to slip in the mount and bulge toward the tire.


---Bax

Like Bax... I went with straight lines and just added some shrink tubing on them where needed to be able to reuse the stock mounting to hold them in place.

[bikerphil]

The Dupli-color caliper spray paint can from auto parts store works well too.

[Radioguylogs]

Paints I have used for calipers:

(1) Rustoleum semi-gloss
(2) POR15

The POR 15 is is more durable and impervious to the brake fluid,... but if it does starts to peel, it comes off in big thick flakes like a plastic film.

[Bax]

Napahkiin when I did mine a few years back, I originally planed to keep the hard tube center but ended up adding a short flex to replace the tube. The mounts capture the connectors rather well so it's mostly like the original design. I'd suspect that a single run with some reworked grommets to bite the hose will be just as good. Just make sure the flex relief is held close to the pivot and not able to slip in the mount and bulge toward the tire.


---Bax

[Napahkiin]

Rebuilding the rear and eventually the front master and Caliber on my 80 xs11 MNS. I was gonna purchase some nicer braded brake lines. In the rear can I just use the OEM brackets to mounts and pass the new brake lines through? Wouldnt be a tight fit but they wouldn't be hanging there at least.

Since I'm taking the calibers off I thought I would paint them while I'm at it, strip the paint off of them and prime and paint them. What's a good paint that you guys would recommend?