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Old 08-28-2003, 04:39 PM
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Xsta Z 28 and Teri9672,

What shade of gray did you use and where did you get it?
Auto Zone - Dupli Color "Cast Coat Grey" for the Caliper and "Aluminm" for the bracket.
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G2 Red, VHT Black


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Xsta Z 28 and Teri9672,

What shade of gray did you use and where did you get it?
Since we own a paint and body shop we used the 03 corvette Spiral Grey PPG paint. My calipers were also painted with PPG paint - been painted for well over a year - no problems
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Cool!

Thanks!!

The polished look good, but that's out! What time I do have is spent making the car faster... not repolishing stuff

I like the grey/charcoal look... what paint did you guys use?
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anybody with a blue f-body got pics? i wanna re-paint mine and not sure with what color to go with...
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thats sweet
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lol, without even adding anything
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IMO if your going to do it, do it right. Ive did it a few times and every time it looks nicer.

Also, make sure to get the rotor hat, it makes a huge difference if you are running anything but a salad shooter.



Ya, I know they are not real brembo's.
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I went against all advice and painted my calipers WHITE. As to go with the planned blue and white reverse woodward dream cruse anniversary car color scheme. I used High heat engine paint, and prepped with a wire wheel/ break clean rinse off. As i got the car the calipers were red on a blue car

They are easily cleaned after each wash but i found using an plastic wheel cleaner brush did flake it off one caliper (probably due to a rushed prep on the last caliper) And i love the look, all i need is white Trans Am lettering on the side to really make them pop
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Blue f-body here, but mine are polished too.



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Just repainted them a few weeks ago, but havent taken pics of the car since they've been done.

excuse the filthy/rusty rotors, I cleaned them up after. New rotors should be purchased within the next few weeks.

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here are mine.
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glass beaded,primered,paint bright red and clear coated. also rebuilt calipers with new seals/boots.
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Did my front ones a while back.


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I just did mine all black. Subtle but clean.
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How are you guys with polished calipers doing it? I would love to have mine polished vs painted
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Originally Posted by Mr. Trick
How are you guys with polished calipers doing it? I would love to have mine polished vs painted
i used a Da sander for the top and side and a dremel for the smaller areas. I then hand sanded from 800 up to 2000, then polished with a 4" polisher and small bit polishers on the dremel for tighter areas. They require very little maintenance, much less than my TTII wheels.
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Thanks Blue99T/A I will definitely be doing this as one of my winter upgrades.


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