Caliper paint
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my truck's factory colors are silver.
but i want this:
but fuck off to paying for it.
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Fronts are big, but relative to the size of the hyoooge car they aren't that big. I was mostly referring to some of the pics on the prior page though
I'm just saying if I'm going to make the calipers the first thing you see, they're going to be giant ass brembos on a vehicle that can use them, not no-name factory stuff
In my case, the brakes are upgrades, and I figured $120 to clean them up before they got installed made sense....
Would I rather have these:
Absolutely. But $4,000 all around for brakes right now isn't really in the cards, the upgraded 2004 Cobra brakes all around to slow down a car thats a ton lighter will work for now at least.
I used POR-15, the aluminum color.
Scrub them down with a rag and rubbing alcohol first. Paint them and then I recommend letting them cure on their own for 24hrs.. Then cooking them in the oven for 20min at 175*. Let that cure 24hrs., and do another coat and cook again. Will come out looking mint!
Scrub them down with a rag and rubbing alcohol first. Paint them and then I recommend letting them cure on their own for 24hrs.. Then cooking them in the oven for 20min at 175*. Let that cure 24hrs., and do another coat and cook again. Will come out looking mint!
I tried to paint my Flex's black, just so I didn't get the rusty shitty finish after a few thousand miles.
I used some sort of Rustoleum or other name brand spray...worked like shit, brush on would've probably been much much better.
Also my tiny GTI calipers come painted red from the factory...it's gaudy and stupid IMO....even worse is that the performance pack brakes have a "GTI" logo on their calipers, which further promotes that I didn't get the performance pack
Yep, I pretty much took mine down to bare metal w/ wire wheels. Was a lotta work, but the payoff was worth it.
My take: Just like painted finger and toenails on a woman, they likely aren't the first thing you see, but rather a highlight that you happen to notice. But then again, I don't get the point of ponying up for big brake kit just for looks or to flex "I got Brembos, bro" unless a car is going to see track duty or regular situations where brake fade would enter into the equation.
Might as well just do this if your going to paint and not powdercoat tiny calipers
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Why not? It looks better than seeing some discolored, corroded calipers through the wheels. Black, grey, or silver doesn't draw much attention. Basically just makes the calipers look like new. Caliper covers look tacky and out of place on anything.
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