painted calipers
Buy a used set, have them powdercoated, and sell your stockers. You get what you pay for.. If you want the "rattle can" look, then by all means it's "Your" car! do what you like.
If you want to do it right, forever... Have em powdercoated. Plenty of people on this sight provide this service. Do a "search"..
Good luck.
If you want to do it right, forever... Have em powdercoated. Plenty of people on this sight provide this service. Do a "search"..
Good luck.
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Buy a used set, have them powdercoated, and sell your stockers. You get what you pay for.. If you want the "rattle can" look, then by all means it's "Your" car! do what you like.
If you want to do it right, forever... Have em powdercoated. Plenty of people on this sight provide this service. Do a "search"..
Good luck.
If you want to do it right, forever... Have em powdercoated. Plenty of people on this sight provide this service. Do a "search"..
Good luck.
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[/IMG]Of course you need to take your time sanding getting them real smooth, then perfectly clean by rubbing with alcohol or thinner. Then take your time with light, thin, even coats, put on a decal, hit it with some clear. I used hightemp engine paint.
I like the brush on kit the best. If I had the time and patience, I'd polish them first though. It looks bad up close with the raw iron texture look.
Make sure you do several coats. It'll chip in some spots if you don't.
Make sure you do several coats. It'll chip in some spots if you don't.
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I used The Duplicolor Caliper Spray paint. I painted mine during an axle swap. Looked great imo even without sanding or whatever else, I just used brakeclean to get them cleaned up. When I grinded my calipers for 15" Pro Stars, I just painted everything, rotor and all. Once the paint came off the rotors(3-5 brake cycles) I thought it looked badass!! Good luck, Id stick to the rattle cans unless you got a show car!
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Here's a pic of mine, i used the spray paint at autozone, the paint on the caliper's is almost 2 years old, if i cleaned them before i took the pic, im sure it would look even better. just dont look at the ugly weight on the rim
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I have about 6 coats of Duplicolor on mine..I used a steel brush on mine first...2 1/2 years now...they look as good as yours I bet. [01 pewterbird]
I bought the kit from O'Rielys for 20 buck's. Im satisfied with how mine came out, even with just 1 coat. Paint has chipped here & there, but im gonna add a few more coat's tomorrow.
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don't simply put alcohol on as a prep before you paint. that won't prep anything haha. use a wire brush and brake cleaner and wipe everything down first, then cover the areas around with garbage bags/newspaper/old rags or whatever. you don't have to disconnect the brake line or anything like that, but it does make it much easier to unbolt the caliper and bracket. take your time and do even coats, and get the proper paint. good luck