Help Painting my calipers
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Help Painting my calipers
Hey guys does any body have any good tips on painting brake calipers I’m going
to be using the paintbrush kit. What im trying to do is to make the Mazda word on the caliper stay silver but it really isn’t silver right know how do you guys get it to be silver looking? If any body have a step by step with pics that be great.
Thanks
to be using the paintbrush kit. What im trying to do is to make the Mazda word on the caliper stay silver but it really isn’t silver right know how do you guys get it to be silver looking? If any body have a step by step with pics that be great.
Thanks
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After the sanding give them a good buffing process with metal polish and you will see what a bright silver you will get. I have painted mine a year ago and they are still sun bright.
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i would use primere first!thats if your painting red!! use gray primere the paint settles easy!! then paint it red!1 make sure you hang the calipers while you paint!!and make sure you hang them really well so they dont fall off!!
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I never had any luck with the paint sticking very well unless I sandblasted the calipers clean first. Used 2 coats of caliper primer. First primer coat is just a peppering with 50% coverage. Second coat 100% coverage. Repeat the two coats with the caliper red. Allow to dry for 24+ hours. Drive the car to allow the paint to heat cycle a few times. After that you can sand the lettering clean and put a light coat of clear over it to seal it.
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I wire brushed my calipers and then washed them with thinner before spraying. I had no need to use primer. Just applied the 6 light coats one 15minutes after the other.
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http://www.clubrx.org/default.asp?id...ntent=37&mnu=5
There's my writeup. Cheap and easy to do, mine were done almost a year ago and they still look great. That will also show you how to get the Mazda logo shiny.
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There's my writeup. Cheap and easy to do, mine were done almost a year ago and they still look great. That will also show you how to get the Mazda logo shiny.
Dale
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Polished calipers an alternative to paint
Originally Posted by vellj001
After the sanding give them a good buffing process with metal polish and you will see what a bright silver you will get. I have painted mine a year ago and they are still sun bright.
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Originally Posted by snkydvl
Damn! Those polished ones look sweet!
Thank you very much ! ! !! They could have been better as they were a little rushed (-:
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I'm almost finished with mine. I used a Dremel to sand off the small Sumitomo letters and then used VHT red caliper spray paint in 4 coats. I finished it off with Testors white paint to the Mazda letters. I'll probably spray on a coat of high temp clearcoat as well.
I'm really glad I didn't settle for the Duplicolor paint on brush set, seeing as it doesn't look like you could avoid brush strokes in the paint.
I'm really glad I didn't settle for the Duplicolor paint on brush set, seeing as it doesn't look like you could avoid brush strokes in the paint.
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[QUOTE=CantGoStraight]You could do this too.
I did that but only for the mazda wording. I wanted my calipers to be red to contrast with my polished aluminum rims. All chrome calipers would have blanded too much an not stan out.
I did that but only for the mazda wording. I wanted my calipers to be red to contrast with my polished aluminum rims. All chrome calipers would have blanded too much an not stan out.
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Originally Posted by CantGoStraight
You could do this too.
I got them on last weekend. They look great!!! Jack I sent you a PM, more parts to polish... I will post pics with the calipers on later.
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The painting part looks covered. As for the Mazda lettering, you can also use a wire brush wheel on the end of a dremel to get them silver. These calipers were done with Hi-Temp red engine paint from Advance Auto Parts.
BTW: This picture is also a good example of why one needs larger rotors when going with larger wheels
BTW: This picture is also a good example of why one needs larger rotors when going with larger wheels
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