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Old 08-27-2010, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DaRReLL
TransWS6Am...

Those calipers are badass......

Sticker has no problem sticking to a polished surface?
no problem sticking so far.... its been about 4 months and 2,000 miles. They will probley fall off now that i said that though. lol
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Originally Posted by meine96ws6
Those polished ones look killer!!! it's paint?
no sorry, i was being sarcastic, its just alot of sanding and polishing.
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Originally Posted by TransWS6Am
those look really good... what brand of paint is that?
the calipers are polished, if ur asking about the brackets, they where painted with VHT spray can caliper paint. I just sanded the caliper brackets smooth before painting them, and they turned out really good.
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Originally Posted by DaRReLL
Guys with the decals on the calipers...

Are they sticking to the caliper good?
Can you use wheel cleaner without worryiing about it coming off?

I cleared over the decals. Never had a problem. Probably been close to 5 years.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/35055461@N00/4933592950/http://www.flickr.com/photos/35055461@N00/4933592950/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/35055461@N00/, on Flickr
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I faux-anodized mine using the Metalcast rattle can stuff from Autozone.

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Mine were done with caliper paint






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Those came out nice. The first time I painted mine I just cleaned them instead of actually sanding them out a little. I'm gonna try to sand that casting ridge off to get it a little smoother-looking. Thanks for the pics Torchd.
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I don't have pics on me right now, but I took a file to my LS1 calipers to completely remove the casting line on the front, then hit the whole front and top with increasingly fine grits of sand paper to get it nice and smooth before painting it gloss red.

THIS WAS WELL WORTH THE MINIMAL EFFORT!!!
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Mine were primed with high heat primer, then I used reg car part and shot it with a HVLP gun. Base/clear/wetsand/polish. They have been done for 3 years, and they still look like the paint on my car. Just have to be careful when removing wheels so you won't chip the paint. The brackets, however, were done with single stage car paint and I used a foam brush a "dabbed" it on there.





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Originally Posted by rob69zombie
Those came out nice. The first time I painted mine I just cleaned them instead of actually sanding them out a little. I'm gonna try to sand that casting ridge off to get it a little smoother-looking. Thanks for the pics Torchd.
Yeah I cleaned them with brake cleaner, sanded, cleaned with brake cleaner again... Then let them dry for a bit.. Then it was time for paint...

I had my wheels off the other day, there are some chips, I will touch them up when I put my winter wheels on and store the car

Glad I could help
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Originally Posted by TransWS6Am
no problem sticking so far.... its been about 4 months and 2,000 miles. They will probley fall off now that i said that though. lol
Yeah we all know how that works.

Sorry to be killin' you with so many questions. I plan on doing this to mine, but it's a daily driver. I would guess when you need to polish it again the sticker would have to be removed and then apply a new one? Or did you clear it?

Was they polished in place or did you take 'em off and polish them?
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Originally Posted by DaRReLL
Yeah we all know how that works.

Sorry to be killin' you with so many questions. I plan on doing this to mine, but it's a daily driver. I would guess when you need to polish it again the sticker would have to be removed and then apply a new one? Or did you clear it?

Was they polished in place or did you take 'em off and polish them?
I took them off to polish them, and nope i didnt clear them. id say u wouldnt need a new sticker very time u polish them, just be careful around the stickers. iv polished mine 3 times and the sticker is still holding strong.
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Thanks for all the help....
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Sorry for the late response, but I've been busy. I went black/black and chrome decals. I think it turned out great. I base/cleared them with 3 coats of black and 5 coats of clear over the decals. It's only been a couple of weeks but they still look really wet. I love 'em.


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I want to eventually do my calipers red with black brackets, where do you guys get the Camaro decals?
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I got them from the best decal guy out there; Brett Franker. He's in the process of updating his site but you can still get on his old site and order some really nice stuff. I'm so comfortable with him that I PayPal him when I want something and give him an idea of what I want in the instructions and he does a fantastic job. Search Brent Franker Vinyl on Google.
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Originally Posted by rob69zombie
Sorry for the late response, but I've been busy. I went black/black and chrome decals. I think it turned out great. I base/cleared them with 3 coats of black and 5 coats of clear over the decals. It's only been a couple of weeks but they still look really wet. I love 'em.


damn dude those look killer! what sanding process did you use? Did you do them on or off the car? what type of paints?
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Powder coated.

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All these pretty unground calipers


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