Red break calipers
08-10-04, 04:43 AM
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Red break calipers
Last saturday I took 4 hours to clean and paint my break calipers. My new rims should come in this week so hopefully they'll show them off well. Sorry if anyone thinks its rice, i think it looks great w/ it being so close to the color of my car, to each their own.
ps. yeah i know my car is dirty...it'll get a good wash when the new rims arive.
http://www.geocities.com/x_iamtherut...?1092055248031
ps. yeah i know my car is dirty...it'll get a good wash when the new rims arive.
http://www.geocities.com/x_iamtherut...?1092055248031
08-10-04, 08:28 AM
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Theres nothing rice about painted brake calipers at all. -Joe
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i do have one comment though.....i see u got the single piston.......shoulda went ahead and picked urself a set of 4 pistons...
You could pick up a used set of 4 piston calipers pretty cheap - and spend some time repainting them. Then when you put them on - they would look great through the new rims. That and you'd get impropved braking!
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Originally Posted by gergrx7
how the hell does he have 5 lug and 1 piston calipers? i thought only base with 4 lig cars had teh tiny brakes? or is this an s5 thingy?
Engine Enamel, last pict is after a snow storm.
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08-10-04, 09:13 AM
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Nope, Ive had my calipers black for a while, an recently changed to red.
I took a wire wheel to each caliper (off the car) until I had gotten all of the dirt and brake dust off. I then used high temp engine enamel, with a clear, and baked them under my baking lamp.
I took a wire wheel to each caliper (off the car) until I had gotten all of the dirt and brake dust off. I then used high temp engine enamel, with a clear, and baked them under my baking lamp.
08-10-04, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by OverDriven
Theres nothing rice about painted brake calipers at all. Looks good man.
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08-10-04, 10:02 AM
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why not just take the caliper off, gives you a chance to inspect and clean everything as well as maybe replace pads, or rotors.
I painted mine red, VHT brake caliper paint, looked awesome till I cleaned them with simple green and they faded orangy
I painted mine red, VHT brake caliper paint, looked awesome till I cleaned them with simple green and they faded orangy
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Originally Posted by wpgrexx
why not just take the caliper off, gives you a chance to inspect and clean everything as well as maybe replace pads, or rotors.
08-10-04, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Sir Rupert Hobo
cause then you'll have to bleed them...
08-10-04, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Sir Rupert Hobo
cause then you'll have to bleed them...
Most of these cars could probably use fresh brake fluid anyway.
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not to mention most of us are still on our original master cyl..... the extra pumping could easily cause it to fail....
changing out the master cyl. is a pain in the *** as well. but have fun finding that out one day.
changing out the master cyl. is a pain in the *** as well. but have fun finding that out one day.
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nope, take mine to a shop and have it flushed. but who said anything about fluid?
i was thinking more of the hassle it is to get the RIGHT PARTS from the parts store instead of having them screw you over ~3 times.
bottom line, if you like bleeding the brakes more than you need to, then go ahead and have fun
i was thinking more of the hassle it is to get the RIGHT PARTS from the parts store instead of having them screw you over ~3 times.
bottom line, if you like bleeding the brakes more than you need to, then go ahead and have fun
08-10-04, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by torean
i do have one comment though.....i see u got the single piston.......shoulda went ahead and picked urself a set of 4 pistons...
oh and sorry i keep misspelling "brake" i knew it looked funny, I posted at like 6am last night so yea, i was a lil out of it.
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Originally Posted by OverDriven
OK now that is rice.
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