before and after
 

Well I thought I would post some before and after shots of my brakes I refinished.... I have been putting this on the back burner for awhile now , because of the time it was going to soak up...

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Very nice!!

Sweet. Did mine last month. Dupli-Color Red on the calipers and High Heat Engine Flat Black on the hubs. Looks real clean man. :icon_tup:

That is the pettit bbk right? looks absolutely amazing, I can't believe the difference, great job :)

yes, it is the pettit bbk. It is a huge difference from what it was. They look new again. I am happy with it :)

Nice, you make me want to go order some stoptechs but then I look at my bank statement and credit card bill and change my mind :p:

I used dupli color also. I hope it holds up well

Do you think I need to spray a clear coat on them to hold up better. They have about 5 coats of paint as they sit now.

I would say yes.

Looks amazing! I did mine about a year and a half ago using UHR Caliper paint (red) with no clear coat and they have held up very well (5 coats as well).

Again great job!

Big transformation. Gotta make sure you have some open rims to show those babies off!

I am bringing this back up because I wanted to show the lettering on the calipers... did anyone notice in the before picture there is no lettering, and in the new there is the logo....I am pointing this out, because I am making the rx-7 license plate in the group buy interest section and I wanted to give another example of some lettering I have done by hand.... :) check out the plate in the group buy interest section....

Man oh man, what a difference.
BEFORE:
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...hmentid=173281
AFTER:
https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...hmentid=173285

Those are some nice looking brakes now. I like the lettering too. I was in Autozone last night looking at some caliper paint. They had the Dupli-Color that you put on with a brush and it's rated at 500 degrees, and they had VHT (very high temperature) spray on paint rated at 900 degrees. Which one would be better? I'd rather use a brush to put it on that way I don't have to tape off anything and I can just go around the MAZDA letters too.

BTW, here's my brake caliper painting writeup -

http://www.clubrx.org/default.asp?id...ntent=37&mnu=5

Testors model paint and about an hour. Dirt cheap, holds up great, and looks awesome.

Dale

lookin good!

I like using the spray, but brushing it works good for others as for the lettering i would just paint all over it and then once it is all dry sand the lettering down...

^I don't know why I hadn't thought of that before reading this thread, haha. I'm thinking about doing it Dale Clark's way.

I haven't yet. I wanted to see if I was even gonna like them painted this way first. I will probably clearcoat them in a few days. By the way, mine are staying pretty clean but once they get dirty...man they really get dirty! I try to clean keep them as much as possible.

Oh, and even though I'm against using high pressure carwashes too often, I used one the day after I painted my calipers and they weren't harmed at all. I'm pleased with the Dupli Color Paint. :icon_tup:

Also, anyone painted theirs with the yellow? I would like to see some painted yellow. Especially on a VR but any color will do...as long as it's a FD :biggrin:

That's odd. I have the same calipers and they do have Outlaw written on them and it looks just like yours?