Painting Brake Calipers.....

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Postby Garry » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:44 am

Noice 8)
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Postby RaYmO » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:40 am

That's some tasty work irwin!

Very nice. :)
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Postby bam » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:59 am

yup nice 8) , wish i could afford those tiens too.
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Postby FUN-29T » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:44 pm

Looks great Irwin!! :D
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Postby irwin83r » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:46 am

thank you all

not all that hard just have to take your time. if you rush it you'll get things slightly off and it will bug you for ever :P

i want someone to do white letters on red, that would look hot!
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Postby sab » Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:18 pm

irwin83r wrote:i want someone to do white letters on red, that would look hot!


I wouldn't mind trying it..... if I get some time! :P
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Postby Bevan » Sat Jun 03, 2006 6:33 pm

irwin83r wrote:thank you all

not all that hard just have to take your time. if you rush it you'll get things slightly off and it will bug you for ever :P

i want someone to do white letters on red, that would look hot!
I bought some red egine enamel paint today... 8) Andrew, you have inspired me. :P
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Postby bam » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:24 pm

my callipers are red and i did want the white mazda logo but the brakes r small on the 1.6..
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Postby Woo » Sun Jun 04, 2006 9:45 pm

Looks great Irwin 8)

What did you do with the rears..... same writing ?

Any suggestions for a contrast on silver ???

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Postby JSE » Sun Jun 04, 2006 11:11 pm

anybody that has done the 1.6L brakes with the mazda or miata logo can u please post pics. I want to see what it looks like on such small calipers
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Postby bam » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:34 am

blue would look hot woo
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Postby garbev » Mon Jun 05, 2006 11:26 am

Nice job Irwin83r looks excellent not too over the top.
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Postby irwin83r » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:32 am

yeah blue would look good on silver on a blue car... could go red too..

i left the rears plain black as the calipers are small and i thought it would look a little too... busy

writing a short toot with some pics now to help some of you out.

isnt too hard just time consuming :|
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Postby irwin83r » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:55 am

and... walla!

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2146032/7

hope this helps some of you out.. as i have already done it i didnt have any pics of masking up or painting the calipers.. but you can get the idea
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Postby jolt » Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:35 am

I wonder if these would really stay stuck onto your calipers without warping or fading ...

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If so, I think it would be worth the $15-20. I know that I'm nowhere near confident in my own abilities to do as good a job as irwin83r did!! :oops:

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