5TH Gen Refresh and While I'm in there Disease Rehash

[mello dude]

While I'm in there disease in action....
Since my OCD wouldnt allow the calipers to be untouched.. strip down!


Turned out to be a good idea for the rear..

[mello dude]

New powder coat on calipers...


Ran this delink setup for many years on the rear, with bridge line connecting the two separate bore sets...
(I was one of the first to do a full delink on the 5th gen)


Decided to ditch my bridge line and do the center piston bore drill out (rear)


Assembly

[mello dude]

Front assembly (RC51 calipers)


--Using these ProBolt titanium fasteners -- little jewels! (wow)

[mello dude]

I had been running with a silver wheel in the rear, and a black wheel in the front,
it always bugged the crap outta me.... NO MORE! Powder Coat Porsche Silver...
(burning up the credit card..ouch)


Since the OCD was tugging on me... Ceramic Coat the living shit outta the new paint parts!

[Worfje]

That looks awesome!
I also have very positive experiences with ceramic coatings (cerakote, I don't have shares).
So, seeing the brush: you did it yourself (prepare / coat / bake)?

[mello dude]

I paid a vendor to do the powder coat...then I let the now fresh finish out gas for about 3 weeks.
I wanted to get ahead of any future cleaning and the "latest" technology is with graphene ceramics...
On the inner wheel surfaces, I pour a bit of coating into a shot glass, brush on the tricky spots.
On the easy to get to spots, I applied normally per manufacturer recommendation.
On calipers, it was brush it on all the way.
3 coats everywhere!

[JZH]

What does it do, exactly?

Cheers,

JZH

[mello dude]

What does it do, exactly?

Cheers,

JZH

It leaves a hard slick shiney surface, lasts for years, dirt and brake dust is hard to stick to it, and makes any cleaning an easy wipe off.

[mello dude]

Ran this brake manifold for years, I like that is looks clean as a setup, but suspicion is it leaves an air pocket because the internal bore is "large"..


So... more OCD...





Red!


Assembled

[Worfje]

Looks familiar!