Powder Coated Brake Calipers DIY!

[Leifmb]

Hello my friend. This is great work. You did exactly what I want to do on my truck! It's very beautiful Could you provide a photo from the side of the entire truck and a video of it in motion to show what it looks like on the road?

I'll get the side photos but not sure on the video as it would require someone else to assist!

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[Ken in Miami]

I decided to powder coat my brake calipers "the hard way". This involved removing all 4 calipers, disassembling them (except pistons- the shop did that), marking areas NOT to be coated and then waiting to reassemble/reinstall. I also had to bleed the brake system as I mistakenly let the fluid drain out of one of the lines due to an improper silicone plug placement. The result looks MUCH better to me as it adds a little color to the truck. I also did the front tow/recovery hooks. Powder coating is stronger and more durable than paint and better resists brake fluid (and other fluids) and heat. I followed the service manual procedures including:

1. Removing front trunk lining
2. Removing Front Facia
3. Removing Under hood Apron - Rear
4. Removing Wheel Cover - Front
5. EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) Service Mode (Keep FRUNK open before engaging and don't close as it will not open if so)
6. Removing Front Calipers
7. Removing Rear Calipers
8. Brake Bleeding and Brake Stiffness Tests completed multiple times. (use a pressure bleeder @30psi and the correct Pentosin Dot4 LV fluid or factory)

I dropped off the Calipers and hooks on a Monday and picked them up that Friday. On the TESLA logo- I decided to use "TESLA" instead of the various Cybertruck/Cyberbeast styled variants mostly because "TESLA" is what the factory puts on their High Perf brakes AND the stylized writing is already hard to read so I wanted something factory looking and easy to read! The logos are put on after the RED Powder coat and THEN a clear power coating is baked on top to seal everything up. I also cleaned up the rotors and painted the insides an out with high temp black paint as I felt it was them RUSTING that was creating what only appeared to be brake dust on the inner diameter of the wheels. Oh, also, before reassembly, all the calipers (and wheels) were ceramic coated. The cost for the Powder Coating was $600 incl the hooks, $550 without. The brake fluid was about $90. Any other questions, lmk!

Excellent job. This is not for someone who is not familiar with brake jobs or does not have the ability to remove all calipers at same time. My guess for the powder coating part of expense came in around 325. It’s amazing what a good powder coating shop with good ovens can do. I just had my Hummers wheels done and was amazed how much work goes in to professional powder coating work.

 

[Leifmb]

Excellent job. This is not for someone who is not familiar with brake jobs or does not have the ability to remove all calipers at same time. My guess for the powder coating part of expense came in around 325. It’s amazing what a good powder coating shop with good ovens can do. I just had my Hummers wheels done and was amazed how much work goes in to professional powder coating work.

The powder coating job including the recovery hooks was $600. Base coat-clear coat, with logos.

 

[Ken in Miami]

The powder coating job including the recovery hooks was $600. Base coat-clear coat, with logos.

No logos available here!
I gave up on powder coating and bought the covers. You did it the right way.

 

[resellpanda88]

Amazing work! Wish I could do the same.

 

[Leifmb]

No logos available here!
I gave up on powder coating and bought the covers. You did it the right way.

Yeah, for better or worse-I don’t like taking shortcuts! It’s like I’ll sleep better just knowing it’s done “right”, even if you can’t even see it!

 

[Leifmb]

Amazing work! Wish I could do the same.

Go for it! Get help! It’s actually quite easy, fun and rewarding!

 

[TL4]

I decided to powder coat my brake calipers "the hard way". This involved removing all 4 calipers, disassembling them (except pistons- the shop did that), marking areas NOT to be coated and then waiting to reassemble/reinstall. I also had to bleed the brake system as I mistakenly let the fluid drain out of one of the lines due to an improper silicone plug placement. The result looks MUCH better to me as it adds a little color to the truck. I also did the front tow/recovery hooks. Powder coating is stronger and more durable than paint and better resists brake fluid (and other fluids) and heat. I followed the service manual procedures including:

1. Removing front trunk lining
2. Removing Front Facia
3. Removing Under hood Apron - Rear
4. Removing Wheel Cover - Front
5. EPB (Electronic Parking Brake) Service Mode (Keep FRUNK open before engaging and don't close as it will not open if so)
6. Removing Front Calipers
7. Removing Rear Calipers
8. Brake Bleeding and Brake Stiffness Tests completed multiple times. (use a pressure bleeder @30psi and the correct Pentosin Dot4 LV fluid or factory)

I dropped off the Calipers and hooks on a Monday and picked them up that Friday. On the TESLA logo- I decided to use "TESLA" instead of the various Cybertruck/Cyberbeast styled variants mostly because "TESLA" is what the factory puts on their High Perf brakes AND the stylized writing is already hard to read so I wanted something factory looking and easy to read! The logos are put on after the RED Powder coat and THEN a clear power coating is baked on top to seal everything up. I also cleaned up the rotors and painted the insides an out with high temp black paint as I felt it was them RUSTING that was creating what only appeared to be brake dust on the inner diameter of the wheels. Oh, also, before reassembly, all the calipers (and wheels) were ceramic coated. The cost for the Powder Coating was $600 incl the hooks, $550 without. The brake fluid was about $90. Any other questions, lmk!

Outstanding!!!!

 

[Leifmb]

Hello my friend. This is great work. You did exactly what I want to do on my truck! It's very beautiful Could you provide a photo from the side of the entire truck and a video of it in motion to show what it looks like on the road?

Here are the SIDE pics of each wheel and the truck. No video-sorry! BTW, these tires were installed today and are the new Pirelli XTM AT's (EV rated tire)! They are very aggressive looking and still very quiet on the road, so far!

 

[btcrealm]

So can I just powder coat everything in brown and get it over with?!?

 

[Leifmb]

So can I just powder coat everything in brown and get it over with?!?

That’s what most people do!

 

[Cosmos78]

Here are the SIDE pics of each wheel and the truck. No video-sorry! BTW, these tires were installed today and are the new Pirelli XTM AT's (EV rated tire)! They are very aggressive looking and still very quiet on the road, so far!

Looks very nice Thank you!

Looks very nice Thank you!

 

[Leifmb]

Looks very nice Thank you!

Yeah, I think it would have been/be cool if TESLA would offer FUN options like these colored calipers-a little personalization = SATISFACTION

 

[BengalBoy]

Excellent!

 

[CybertruckPilot]

I'll give you forty bucks $ (plus parts) to do mine
Looks Awesome!

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