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Old 02-25-06, 05:40 PM
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Thumbs up Painted mine yesterday...
I followed Dale's excellent write up and it took me about two hours. I only went through one bottle of Testor's. Sorry the rims got in the way of the pics. I did not have my camera yesterday, but I had the camera today when I washed my car.
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Old 02-25-06, 05:42 PM
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You could do this too.


now that looks nice..i never really liked the painted oem capilers
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Old 02-25-06, 09:40 PM
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Finally finish my caliper with the brush on kit. They actually look pretty good thanks guys for the help.
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Old 02-25-06, 09:52 PM
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paint them gold!
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Old 02-25-06, 10:12 PM
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any pics with the polished calipers installed?
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Old 02-25-06, 11:41 PM
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how did you polish them? did you use a cloth wheel and polishing paste?
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any pics with the polished calipers installed?

Maybe on Sunday. The weather is kind of bad right now.
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