We're painting the roses red!
September-18th-2005, 08:53 PM
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We're painting the roses red!
Actually, we're painting the calipers silver...but that's not the way the song goes.
Anywho. We thought, red? yellow? black? yellow and black? and finally decided on silver. Cuckoo eh?
Here are the before & after shots:
Anywho. We thought, red? yellow? black? yellow and black? and finally decided on silver. Cuckoo eh?
Here are the before & after shots:
September-18th-2005, 09:17 PM
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it might've been a little better to at least disassemble the caliper from the hubs and paint them off the car. If it were me I'd wire wheel brush the caliper and bracket down and then use a grey primer coat, a red base coat, then using stencil letters place the letters "BREMBO" on the caliper, cover with silver top coat and then peel off stickers to reveal the red lettering. Then cover everything in a coat or two of clear coat. It'll last longer that way.
September-18th-2005, 11:37 PM
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Uhhh....No!
I could hardly get this project moving in T-minus 7 days...and counting, much less have said brakes disassembled and painted off the vehicle!
We didn't even pick the most chrome looking silver on the shelf at ACE, but it did come out super-duper shiny. At least they are clean now
Phase I of cheap mods complete. What will Phase II have in store for us? Only time will tell...
I could hardly get this project moving in T-minus 7 days...and counting, much less have said brakes disassembled and painted off the vehicle!
We didn't even pick the most chrome looking silver on the shelf at ACE, but it did come out super-duper shiny. At least they are clean now
Phase I of cheap mods complete. What will Phase II have in store for us? Only time will tell...
September-21st-2005, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by eggynatey
Looks good!
When I painted my calipers, I did it the easy way: Spray the paint into a little cup and brush it on. It'll save you the hassle of taping everything off.
When I painted my calipers, I did it the easy way: Spray the paint into a little cup and brush it on. It'll save you the hassle of taping everything off.
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