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Painting Brake Calipers

Postby FoxForceFive » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:24 pm

Since Super cheap has a sale on, i thought it might be a good excuse to paint my calipers....What colours have other people used? Im thinking silver or black, but blue or red is temping...Not sure if it would look over the top though against the Laguna blue.
Any tips? Would love to see some pics too!
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Postby irwin83r » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:18 pm

if i were you i would go blue with white letters

similar to what i did with black yellow.
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either that or blue letters on white would look pretty classy..

if you want to just paint them a straight colour try to keep it in with the res tof the car.. dont paint the gold like brembo :D

got a pic of the car?? what wheels you running?
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Postby Alfadog » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:56 pm

How did you paint the letters? I mean, can you actually buy high-temp paint in a tin as opposed to a spray can? Or did you have to spray into a puddle then brush on?
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Postby Locutus » Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:24 pm

that looks fantastic irwin83r!

do you have to wash your calipers to keep all the brake dust at bay?
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Postby Craig » Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:39 pm

Hmmm that's gotta be worth 5kw of respect at Parramatta Maccas on a Friday night! :P
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Postby sliq » Sat Nov 03, 2007 12:09 pm

Craig wrote:Hmmm that's gotta be worth 5kw of respect at Parramatta Maccas on a Friday night! :P


make that another 8kw at Krispy Kremes Liverpool on a Saturday night!
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Postby Craig » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:03 pm

3kw...now that PHAT! (Yes that was a Krispy Kreme's pun on words!) :lol:
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Postby irwin83r » Sat Nov 03, 2007 11:27 pm

you just have to take your time masking off the letters..

bit of a guide at m cardomain site as afew guys were askin once before

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2146032/7
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Postby FoxForceFive » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:58 pm

they look great!
Im running 16\" wheels atm- so the calipers are really visable
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Postby FoxForceFive » Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:02 pm

I bought some red and silver paint....after painthing one red- i decided silver looked better/.......will post some pics soon.
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Postby irwin83r » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:03 pm

so... how they turn out foxy?
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Postby FoxForceFive » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:20 pm

lol i ended up just painting the front drivers side one....still havent gotten around to finishing it off! :roll:
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Postby TieNN89 » Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:07 am

any pics
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Postby FoxForceFive » Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:10 am

ive got to get around to taking a few- i'll try to take some during the week (though ive still only painted one of them!)
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Postby TieNN89 » Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:43 pm

thats alright

i'm looking at painting mine except my mx5 is green so unsure what colour brake calipers would suit it tho
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