pics of painted calipers
11-24-02, 08:57 PM
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pics of painted calipers
Thinking of painting my calipers this winter when I put in my GSL rear end. I know there is special paint for it. I wanna know how it would look. Anyone on here done it? got pics? I'm not sure what color to do them. The car is sunrise red, hmmm, a blue might look kinda cool. myabe I can even paint a little "type r" symbol on them...... 
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11-24-02, 10:38 PM
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I have red calipers on a sunrise car with black alloy wheels. It looks great. Blue would not be noticeable, but I have seen yellow which was distinctive.
You need special paint because of the heat, one rated 900F or 490C at least. Some firms such as VHT, produce a caliper, drum and rotor paint, but if not available a exhaust one would do as it would have a higher rating.
You need special paint because of the heat, one rated 900F or 490C at least. Some firms such as VHT, produce a caliper, drum and rotor paint, but if not available a exhaust one would do as it would have a higher rating.
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Thing with painting your calipers is that you have to take your wheels off every couple weeks and scrub them clean to get the brake dust, etc off them... otherwise it looks like crap.... like mine....
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11-24-02, 11:24 PM
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Originally posted by Manntis
...or get thin-spoke alloys and just hose 'em off @ the car wash... like mine...
...or get thin-spoke alloys and just hose 'em off @ the car wash... like mine...
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12-11-02, 04:14 PM
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Just make sure to get off the most rust you can if there is any. If you don't the paint won't last very long on there. I painted my rotor sliver to match the wheel and Caliper Blue... Looks pretty nice. Also Make sure that you don't let the brake dust just sit on there for long periods of time or else it will be very hard to clean off.
12-11-02, 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by JIMMY54
Just make sure to get off the most rust you can if there is any. If you don't the paint won't last very long on there. I painted my rotor sliver to match the wheel and Caliper Blue... Looks pretty nice. Also Make sure that you don't let the brake dust just sit on there for long periods of time or else it will be very hard to clean off.
Just make sure to get off the most rust you can if there is any. If you don't the paint won't last very long on there. I painted my rotor sliver to match the wheel and Caliper Blue... Looks pretty nice. Also Make sure that you don't let the brake dust just sit on there for long periods of time or else it will be very hard to clean off.
dude, you painted your brake rotors?????
12-11-02, 05:26 PM
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go buy motorcycle paint that stuffs rated at 1000F stuff works great i usto use it on my wheels to make them look like armor all usto last atleast a month on the tires =) this was before my gsl
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