How To Restore Faded Brake Calipers Without Re-Painting (5 EASY STEPS)

Are your brake calipers faded like mine? Repainting them can be time consuming and expensive. I'll show you how to easily restore your faded brake calipers in 5 easy steps on my Porsche Cayenne Turbo. See below for links to supplies used and step-by-step instructions.
Step 0: Lift car and remove wheel
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Step 1: Clean wheel with all-purpose cleaner
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Step 2: Polish brake caliper to remove paint contaminants
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Step 3: Touch up paint imperfections with matching brake caliper paint
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Step 4: Mask brake rotor and surrounding components
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Step 5: Spray 3 layers of clear coat (1 light, 2 medium) and wait 10 minutes between coats
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[@deezznts]

Excellent video to refurbish faded brake caliper paint.

[@gustavosanchez6729]

Need to do on my S7

[@GUnSNRoSeSrOcKzz]

Great solution! Will do it tomorrow :)

[@jessesoto3272]

This is awesome, strongly considering doing this until I can afford a complete restoration. So what was the final verdict?

[@hman05]

I have a silver model 957 with great alloy wheels that really gives it a good look. My callipers are black but i am tempted to paint them, what colour do you think works well with shiney silver 957 models?

[@bluemoth1879]

Sweet…:) 🤙🤙🤟🏼🤟🏼🥂

[@garyny4073]

Why not use 2 k clear coat

[@jonathanl2748]

Beautiful result! What about the Porsche logo? How was that not affected by your prep work?

[@CarFanatic]

I just lightly polished over the letters. It faded the lettering a little but it's good enough for me. Thanks for watching!

[@jbshirl]

Looks good but you should have also detailed those wheels and tires when you had them off and made another video of that...

[@Ramzes945]

Are you planning to do another Cost of Ownership Review of your 911 like the one you did in 2018?

[@CarFanatic]

I should do that at some point! Thanks for the feedback!

[@TheBsavage]

Hmm. It almost seems like it might kinda work. Except my calipers are totally faded gray and stugley. They need SOMETHING to "pep them up." The calipers here just need a bit of a wash to make them look good. Wouldn't work for mine. this video is kinda a rip. I guess I have NO CHOICE but to break out a caliper rattle-can & rattle my way to good brake looks. I'd ask you to wish me luck, but clearly I don't need your assistance, as it's worthless. (IMO) (So far.)

[@jacksampson7711]

So this really does not work for baked on brake dust. Also you are actually repainting the brake caliper. Might as well just strip it and paint it the right way.