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Painted the Calipers today

Old Feb 6, 2011 | 05:39 PM
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After 7 hours, tons of scrubbing, and the jack falling out (dont worry its alright. I finally got the calipers painted red and i think that it was defiantaly worth it. if you guys have any questions about how to do it or what i used then your more than welcome to ask and ill anwser. some before and aftersare below

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Old Feb 6, 2011 | 05:49 PM
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very nice work, they look great! Now go grab a beer for a job well done and watch the Super Bowl.......
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 05:51 PM
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Nice...... I'll be doing mine in Spring... What type of cleaner/degreaser and Paint did you use?...... Thanks,
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 05:55 PM
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well what i used i wouldnt recommend lol. i used a bucket with car wash soap in it and some green scubby pads lol. its only because there was no way in hell i was gunna take the calipers off and bleed the brakes. id recommend using some clr or soaking them in coca cola overnight.
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by keithcole
well what i used i wouldnt recommend lol. i used a bucket with car wash soap in it and some green scubby pads lol. its only because there was no way in hell i was gunna take the calipers off and bleed the brakes. id recommend using some clr or soaking them in coca cola overnight.
Bottom line... They still look great... Good job...
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 06:10 PM
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Looks nice
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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looks real good, you did not take the brakes off or anything?? that is good, i was thinking you would have to take the callipers off and everything to get them to lok as good as you got yours, it loks awesome!!
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 07:19 PM
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Looks good. I'm going to be doing mine silver in about a week. Any suggestions?
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 07:23 PM
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Looks good! Nice touch of color
 
Old Feb 6, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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get a bucket with a cleaning solution in it and take the front part of the calipers off but leave the rear part with the brake line attached. clean the front and spray paint them, while you waiting on it to dry put the bucket directly under the rear part, and scrub right over the bucket then put some newspaper over the caliper and set the rear peice on it and spray paint it right there.

A big help was the wife's blow dryer, i did look quite weird blow drying my wheels after i painted it, but it saved tons of time so screw it.

i got my caliper paint at autozone it comes in a normal spray can.
 

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