How to REMOVE paint from brake calipers...?

[GotDriftS14]

well, i have a set of used brake calipers i'm gonna throw on my car, but the previous owner had painted them bright red, which is really not my style. i did a search but only found ways to put paint ON the calipers. i'm wondering whats the best way to take paint OFF the caipers? i dunno if i should use any harsh paint strippers cuz they might get on the rubber dust boot and ruin it or something...

[Heartwork]

i used oven cleaner to get some of mine off...
go to Orchard Supply and look at their paint remover section....but be careful, that shit burns!

[MakotoS13]

aitplane paint remover is the pimp of all paint removers. you can find some at autozone.

[projectsilvia]

you can probably find a local sand blasting company that will blast it for like 20bucks... or bead blast... etc... they are fast, and ok priced...

[twitchy]

leave it on.....the red paint adds 20 percent to your stopping power!

heh

no oven cleaner...let it soak and leave them out in the sun a while.

[sr240mike]

Sand/bead blasting will get them down to clean metal. A lot of auto shops will have a blasting cabinet. I used my uncle's and now I use it to clean a bunch of parts. You're gonna have to rebuild them if you do this though, which is probably a good idea anyway. Are they 300zx calipers?

[projectsilvia]

polished aluminum Z calipers, would be very nice...

[cdlong]

just soak them in old brake fluid, it'll take the paint right off and it obviously isn't bad for the rubber parts.

[Halz]

How about.. brake cleaner?
http://www.rawnamerica.com/images/brake-cleaner-cutout-01.jpg
Or if that fails.. acetone!

[cdlong]

brake parts cleaner only takes off the oils and stuff, you'd need something that removes paint.

[shinhed]

I used a dremel and it's various sanding tools.

[holisticbeatz]

JASCO - It'll remove paint off calipers and flesh off bones.