Our high temp brake caliper paint will dry to the touch in approximately 6 – 8 hours depending on temperature, however we reccomend allowing it to cure for a full 24 hours before driving the vehicle extensively.

If you use the PreVal sprayer, or any sprayer for that matter, you cannot thin the paint. You’ll have to make sure the spray head will accomodate the thickness of the paint without thinning it in order to use it.

Our paint can stand up to the harshest of chemicals so there is no worry about wheel cleaners and such.

Finally, we would be happy to supply you with a custom color match G2 Brake Caliper Paint Kit matching your 2004 VW Jetta GLI, we would simply need the color code.

You can order your custom color kit here:

http://g2usa.com/colormatch.shtml

Please keep in mind that we will match the color code exactly with a high temperature two part epoxy formula. This means that, although the base color will be exactly the same, the actual appearance may not match your vehicles finish exactly. This occurs because your car has a basecoat, clear coat finish. It is especially noticeable if you have a metallic or pearlescent color. It is virtually impossible to exactly match metallic and pearlescent colors for several reasons, the most obvious being metallics look very different when brushed on versus being sprayed on.

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Do you recommend avoiding certain wheel cleaners?

Is it possible to get Tornado Red?

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Thank you for considering our brake caliper paint for your project. We truly appreciate it. The prep work required is basically the same for all applications, however if your calipers have already been painted once before you will need to hit the area to be painted with some fine to medium grit sandpaper or scotch brite in order to rough up the area and give it some extra tooth. Your aim here is not to remove the previous coating, it’s just to rough it up a bit to be sure the new coating will properly adhere.

Once this is done you can apply the paint as normal by following the steps below.

Scrub the calipers or drum with a Scotch-Brite pad or scrub sponge and a bucket of water to clean as much brake dust, rust and dirt off as possible. Detergent isn’t necessary as you’re really just trying to remove the loose particles at this point. Allow the surface to air dry then apply the brake cleaner to break up the tougher brake dust and rust. Alternate spraying the caliper or drum and then brushing it with a wire brush. If necessary go back to the bucket of water and scrub pad to get whatever remaining brake dust you can. Allow the surface to air dry again then spray it one more time with the brake cleaner.

The surface should be ready for paint application at this point.

No enamel is required, our paint is formulated to cure to a high gloss finish.

Removal of the previous coat isn’t necessary. Simply hit the surface with some light to medium-light grit sandpaper and then prep it as normal.

Being an epoxy, our paint has great tooth and will adhere to almost any surface.

If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to ask!