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Old 06-19-2006, 06:21 PM
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I will be painting my calipers here soon. My car is a black camaro with tan leather, black headlight covers, black taillight covers and 35% black tint. What color calipers and overlays should i do. I kinda like the stealth look. Chrome maybe? Yellow maybe? Do they make chrome caliper paint?
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silver metallic:

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Never seen any chrome caliper paint and I would polish them instead of chrome painting them. Yellow won't leave you with a stealth look either
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I'd go with black.
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go with a gloss black...just sand it down a LOT and get them as smooth as you can and do gloss black...that would look better then chrome
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go with black, silver decals. or vice versa. either would be pretty subtle
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Originally Posted by TUMBLRws6
go with a gloss black...just sand it down a LOT and get them as smooth as you can and do gloss black...that would look better then chrome

When do i know that i have sanded enough. What grits should i use and do i need to wet sand?
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I polished my fronts but it took alot of work, the rears will be even harder to do (more nooks and crannies) They have only been done for about a week now so Im not sure how hard they will be to maintain. If I find that they take up to much time to maintain I will paint them lol
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yeah i said glossy black... use a real rough grit and go down once or twice then use the gloss black.




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