Well I was bored today so I deciced to paint my front calipers. It only took one little 1$ bottle of Testors Model Paint too! Sorry my wheels are really dirty but heres a pic...

 

hmm... i would have never thought to go with the "red x pattern"

maybe its just me, but i can't see the picture

 

Shows up for me and I linked off the forum... maybe I should upload directly to the thread.

 

ahh... that works
when i tried to follow the link for the first picutre, i told me i didn't have access to that page

so wait... all you did was paint the "MAZDA" part?

 

Just curious.....How well will model paint hold up?

 

Here's my how-to on painting the calipers with Testors model paint -

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

I've done this on MANY cars over the years, and it holds up GREAT. Best part is if it gets dull and tired looking or scuffed up, another 99 cent bottle and you can freshen it up super easy.

Took me like an hour, tops, to paint all 4 of my calipers.

Dale

 

If you want black lettering, a permanent marker with heavy ink works well and is easy to control. Mine has been "marked" for close to a year and no wer yet. Best of all if it does wear off, I can re-do it in 5 minutes.

 

Like Dale said, the paint holds up very well as its acrylic. Its super easy to do and once I get some new wheels it will make the car look a whole lot better. To answer puggs question, I painted the entire caliper black, and painted the MAZDA silver.

 

Nice, I painted mine the same color scheme too. Looks good with my black stockers

 

That looks really nice! Dale, keep up all of the good work on your site. The write-ups are excellent!

 

Hehe - thanks!

Dale

 

bringing this back up........ dale have you had any trouble with chipping?