Painted calipers and cross drilled slotted rotors are on...
03-27-2006, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Z28LS1camaroguy
damn dude nice, does ur car have an engine in it or what???
SpeedinT/A- Yea I thought the decal was too small of a detail so I went with out it.
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03-27-2006, 08:06 PM
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Are those pro stop? Those would be dimpled, not drilled right?? I think dimpled are better against warping.
Yours pulse darryl??? Is that normal with slotted rotors??(never had them) Are you sure they're not warped?
Yours pulse darryl??? Is that normal with slotted rotors??(never had them) Are you sure they're not warped?
03-27-2006, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by daryl2cb@yahoo.com
looks good, those slots will drive you mad, mine pulse, you can feel the slots under 30 mph braking.
TryingT/A- they are drilled the pics just make them look like they a dimpled.
03-27-2006, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by TryingT/A
Cool, I like drilled better(thinking of getting the nickel plated Baers)
How old is your spec3?? mine has about 10k and still going strong
How old is your spec3?? mine has about 10k and still going strong
03-27-2006, 10:02 PM
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I'd get another spec3 but with an aluminum flywheel, less rotating mass. Mine has the steel flywheel, much heavier, but cheaper. It came with the car, but when I have to replace it, I will not cut corners. I can see having problems with a stock flywheel, especially cut. You will pay enough for labor when replacing the clutch, so the extra 300 bucks or so for the aluminum fw will not be such a big deal.
Good luck
Good luck
03-28-2006, 12:41 PM
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Looks great! I am in the process of doing the same thing to both my rear and front calipers and I am going with the camaro lettering on the front calipers.
What paint kit or kits did you use to paint your calipers???
What paint kit or kits did you use to paint your calipers???
03-28-2006, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by bluey2kz28
Looks great! I am in the process of doing the same thing to both my rear and front calipers and I am going with the camaro lettering on the front calipers.
What paint kit or kits did you use to paint your calipers???
What paint kit or kits did you use to paint your calipers???
03-29-2006, 10:11 AM
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Well, the job looks very professionally executed. I do not have a whole lot of time to do this job due to my schedule, so I am doing it whenever I can.
Last night I spent one hour cleaning the rear calipers with some steel brushes, a drill and a Dremel. From what I understand, the surface needs to be immaculate before I apply the paint. What cleaning process/surface preparation did you use to get the paint to stick?
Last night I spent one hour cleaning the rear calipers with some steel brushes, a drill and a Dremel. From what I understand, the surface needs to be immaculate before I apply the paint. What cleaning process/surface preparation did you use to get the paint to stick?
03-29-2006, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by bluey2kz28
Well, the job looks very professionally executed. I do not have a whole lot of time to do this job due to my schedule, so I am doing it whenever I can.
Last night I spent one hour cleaning the rear calipers with some steel brushes, a drill and a Dremel. From what I understand, the surface needs to be immaculate before I apply the paint. What cleaning process/surface preparation did you use to get the paint to stick?
Last night I spent one hour cleaning the rear calipers with some steel brushes, a drill and a Dremel. From what I understand, the surface needs to be immaculate before I apply the paint. What cleaning process/surface preparation did you use to get the paint to stick?
03-29-2006, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by maverick18
I was thinking about just leaving them after the wire wheel because the shined up real nice.
For those of you who are going to do the same procedure I highly recommend it. Also, I think it is a good idea to use some latex or similar gloves so that no hand oils make their way to the clean surface.
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I am very keen on the way drilled rotors look. I'm not too keen on the drilled rotors' performance, however. A friend of mine has a set of Baer drilled and slotted rotors on the front of his 'Vette. The rotor snapped in half under somewhat heavy braking and caused the caliper and remainder of rotor to be blown off into the spokes of his ZR-1 wheels. Well, going at about 50 M.P.H. or so, you can imagine the kind of damage that did to the wheel and his safety.
03-30-2006, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by spazzyfry123
I am very keen on the way drilled rotors look. I'm not too keen on the drilled rotors' performance, however. A friend of mine has a set of Baer drilled and slotted rotors on the front of his 'Vette. The rotor snapped in half under somewhat heavy braking and caused the caliper and remainder of rotor to be blown off into the spokes of his ZR-1 wheels. Well, going at about 50 M.P.H. or so, you can imagine the kind of damage that did to the wheel and his safety.
