I will be replacing pads and possibly rotors over the winter. While doing this , I'm thinking of painting the calipers and am looking for colour suggestions. Everybody seems to paint them red but I think I'd like something different. What do you guys think ? Here's a picture of my car. Maybe "racing green" or black ??? Cheers for all input

 

British Racing Green would be subtle and it would compliment the white paint job.... I like your idea to go with a different colour

 

Did mine silver grey, I think that's what they are when new. I also always paint the hub part of the disk which is usually rusty. Last time I did them I used grey because I had some heat resisting grey paint left from another job.
Agree with above though, yours would look good in BRG

 

We used the Duplicolor Ceramic Engine Paint on the Calipers. Cleaned and degreased with brake cleaner, then sprayed with the Racing Green (Hunter) Engine Green Ceramic paint. It cures and hardens above 250 degrees F. Used my heat gun and H.F. infrared temp gun to heat and check them . They have help up well over year now.

 

As I keep telling our Admin JimC64 (a fanatical brake caliper painter), life is too short for caliper painting.

Graham

 

I used POR15 when I did my rotors and pads. I did front and rear both about 6 years ago, then did the front rotors again when I replaced them this last year. All parts had the paint holding up fantastic. Despite the name, I do not recommend painting over rust, I sandblast anything I paint first.

I did black on my Carnival Red XKR and XJRs. I think bright red is a little garish and not really fitting on my cars, especially since I don't have brembo. Silver or black would be my vote.

 

i saw a white car such as yours with rotor details and calipers the same color as the car. on a white car it was stunning. if i get bored, would like to do mine some sort of flat black or charcoal grey so that they just disappear. the dark paint versions of our cars are too elegant for flashy stuff. white works differently and does not lose class with white underpinnings.

 

I went with silver on the calipers. Used gunmetal grey on the brackets and on the back of the outer pad.

 

I just purchased a kit from Dupli-Color on Ebay, along with white "jaguar" decals. With this kit you paint the calibers with a brush. Purchased bright yellow. Going to do it after the Holidays. Prior to this I sprayed my calibers on my Volvo C-30 a bright blue using VHT spray paint, when changing my brakes. They still look great.

 

I did mine in silver, cleaned well with brake cleaner and used high heat engine spray paint, did the hubs also, still look great after two years.

Best thing I did to keep the wheels and calipers clean was switch to cermic brake pads.

 

beautiful, my compliments

 

I say go for a favorite color, something different. But that's just me. I have had my coupe about a year...I was on a QUEST to make it all grey monochromatic changed everything to grey (center caps & side markers) or clear, to make things disappear.

Then, last few months I felt I wanted change. and here it is now. Never in a million years would I have thought metallic purple Calipers. But purple was my late-daughter's favorite color, and I was obsessed with Aston Martin seastorm paint,,,so there it is. I think your car is elegant, so perhaps you won't get crazy like me

 

Thanks all. I like Whitehat's suggestion and will try white on the calipers and maybe use green as an accent on the details. Thinking of doing the "Jaguar" lettering on the engine covers in white as well.

 

One of the sign material supply houses that I deal with, in an article, suggests that brake calipers can be wrapped with reflective vinyl. They suggest using a material called 3M Scotchlite 680 CR or 3M Scotchlite 680. To be honest, they are a little vague in that they suggest the 680, but show photos of calipers wrapped with 680 CR. The CR is easier to apply because it uses an air release (no bubbles) system, but the 680 has a permanent (tackier) adhesive and the article says it might better resist lifting.

Though I am in the business of wrapping commercial vehicles, I have no experience in wrapping calipers and no plans to get into this activity. I'm mentioning this because it might be easier than painting your calipers, especially for a do it yourselfer. The reflective material might look kind of neat at night too.

"Engineering Grade Reflective Vinyls" from other manufacturers are also said to be able to withstand the heat of a caliper. Avery and Oracal are other manufacturers that make quality products.

It shouldn't be too hard to find enough material to do the job, at a reasonable price, on eBay, if not an Internet source. Or you could try a vehicle wrapper that works on passenger cars and is familiar with the process.

Finally, no guarantee your wrap won't burst into flames. Again, I mention it only because I read an article on the process and reflectives come in a lot of colors.