Had my sport calipers powder coated by Mike
 

If you are thinking about doing this I highly recommend that you use Mike.

He is a forum sponsor and his customer service is top notch. Every question (even the stupid ones) were answered promptly.
When I decided to have the work done he made the process painless. Even though I made it more difficult than it needed to be. What I mean by that is, Mike offers a core swap of your calipers. He sends you a set that he has on hand done in the color that you want. Then you send yours to him and those become the core set. It saves down time.
I made it a little more difficult because I wanted my original ones back. I was concerned about getting older calipers than my car.

Well, my calipers came back today after a little less than two weeks. I removed and shipped them out on September 24th.
I was amazed that they looked brand new. I knew they would have to be cleaned to be coated but I wasn't expecting them to be spotless inside and out.
As it turns out I probably didn't need to worry about getting older calipers. If they are all this clean then you will be good to go.

Here are a few pics:
Stock color
http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...nda-boring.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...tock-color.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...ure22901-a.jpg

Lookin good!
http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...ay-factory.jpg

Like I said. These look brand new.
http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...l-job-mike.jpg

Much better!
http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...2897-front.jpg

Even the tiny rear calipers look mean in this color.
http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...22896-rear.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...than-stock.jpg

Sweet!!
http://www.the370z.com/members/dembf...ure22894-a.jpg


There you have it. Hell of a job Mike! :tiphat:

Nice Looking Brakes!! :tiphat:

Very nice, I'll be contacting Mike once I decide on a color and a wheel

Nice, looking good. Should have gone with blue! lol

Nice job!!

Are the sports package brakes made for Nissan by Akebono?

Yes.

Looks great!

those red calipers really pop on your MB car! looks great!

Thanks!

Looks great! I want to get this done when I put the Z up for the winter.

looks great!

:yum:

beautiful calipers! great job mike!

Mike does do awesome work. Seen his shop and some of the stuff hes had done for other people.

Might have to do this while I'm bored over the winter.
Can you do the stock Nissan emblem so the calipers look like the 40th?

Very nice bro:tup:

Looks really good. Mike does TOP NOTCH work! :tup: :tup:

Those look great! Awesome job Mike!

thanks all, yes I can do that, most people want akebono though, but I can also do Nissan

Looks great, one day I am going to have to drive over to see you and have mine done :tup:

Mike can you pm with the price to powder coat with the factory red color, I could send you mine this winter. With either sticker.

hey mike, how much for a set of Pearl White painted calipers with a black akebono sticker on it?

Price is 350 for base members, 300 for premium members and 30 flat rate shipping.

Ima get mine done in pearl white someday too!! Im craaaawzeee like that

Do y'all think pearl white calipers with a black "akebono" or red calipers would look better on a pearl white Z?

OP, how much time did you spend taking off/putting on the calipers, or did you have a shop do it?

I removed and reinstalled them myself.
Removal was easy enough. Took about 1 1/2 hours max.
The reinstallation was just as easy. Getting the lines free of air bubbles took a bit. I tried using one of those "one man brake bleeder" kits from autozone. For some reason it still left some air.
I had a friend come over and we bled them the old fashioned way and that did the trick.

Total time for reinstallation was about 4 hours.

Oh man that looks great. :tup:

so you did that twice? or you didn't bother doing the exchange thing.

No. I didn't do the exchange. I was concerned with getting calipers that had more miles then my car. I decided to put my car on jack stands until I got them back.
I removed them a few days before I left on a cruise. They showed back up at my house three days after I got back. So my down time was negligible.
If I were to do it again I'd probably do the exchange.

only with no dust ceramic pads.
http://www.thepowdercoater.com/galle...te_akebono.jpg

nice looking calipers :tup:

Mike has the best customer service, I highly recommend using him if you want quality work from someone who stands behind it.

This could be a nice "winter mod". Hmmmmmmmmm............

Um...who is Mike? lol..................

:iagree:

Is that if you're doing the Core Swap or without? I'd be down for the core swap even if it doesn't cut the price down, that way I can just get them swapped same day and a new set headed to you.

thats with the core swap, I think he prices it the same either way but asks for a deposit until he gets your set back.

Look through this thread. :) a guy is posting called "Mike"

hes Mike the Powdercoater.. Aka Mike the Man.. Aka Mike the GTR's are Too slow Man.

yes.. im bored.

how dare you talk about Mike that way!