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Mar 21, 2013 | 01:54 AM

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sunset orange brake calipers

Well I normally wouldn't post a thread on such a small thing but there isn't really any good pictures from the ones that did it so I thought I would share my own. I never showed my z28 on here and have been waiting to get some more mods done to my ss to be worthy of posting up details. Anyway here they are. Painted the calipers Som and painted he brackets gunmetal to go with the wheel spokes.

Mar 21, 2013 | 03:35 AM

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that looks great man...

mine match my viper green too.

Mar 21, 2013 | 08:58 AM

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Nicely done, OP. Did you use G2?

Mar 21, 2013 | 09:02 AM

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Thanks guys and no I didn't because I couldn't justify 100 for brush on paint. This is spray can from a touch up paint site.

Mar 21, 2013 | 09:33 AM

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Can you pm me the site for the paint been looking for a good site to buy some.

Mar 21, 2013 | 01:15 PM

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Pm sent. I'll try.to get better outside pics next time it gets to come out since the pic above isn't the best of my car

Mar 21, 2013 | 02:29 PM

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Those look awesome, bro! Nicely done!!!

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Mar 21, 2013 | 03:44 PM

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Those look badass. Can you PM me the site too for the touch-up paint? My calipers and brackets are black right now, but would't mind painting my brackets pewter to match the color of my car.

Mar 21, 2013 | 04:59 PM

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Thanks everyone. I'm glad everyone likes it. It stands out but is subtle at the same time to me.

Mar 21, 2013 | 05:39 PM

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How well does the paint stand up to heat, and could I get it in a color to match my paint? Would be interested in checking it out myself as well.

Mar 21, 2013 | 07:38 PM

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It seems to be fine. I just used high temp clear. They specialize in making factory colors for touch up paint work.

Mar 21, 2013 | 09:52 PM

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to the op, i forgot to mention that i bought blue paint for the brakes on my supra & was told that is was a special heat resistant paint as is the clear-coat. is this paint made for high-temp?

Mar 21, 2013 | 10:06 PM

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No it is regular automotive paint. I was hesitant to do it but after some research it seemed that hi temp primer before and high temp clear was the way to go.

Mar 21, 2013 | 11:39 PM

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can i hump your car? lol looks great !!

Mar 22, 2013 | 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DrEvyl

How well does the paint stand up to heat, and could I get it in a color to match my paint? Would be interested in checking it out myself as well.

I painted and cleared my calipers almost 7 years/50k miles ago and it holds up to the heat. The primer, base, and clear are not heat treated. If you decide to go this route, also get touchup paint because if you tap the calipers with a tool, the paint will chip.