Painted Calliper's
Painted Calliper's
When i was down at body designs a body shop in town here getting a quote on repainting my hood since its got some nasty stone chips in it. I was curious about painting brake callipers so he said instead of him charging me to do it, it would be cheaper to go to Canadian tire get some tremclad and brake cleaner and do it myself.. so i did.. Now im just looking for everyone else’s thoughts and opinions.
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I think i did an ok job.. what do you guys think?
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I think i did an ok job.. what do you guys think?
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Re: Painted Calliper's
looks good to me
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Re: Painted Calliper's
what kind of car you gonna use those on? can you post some pics.
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Re: Painted Calliper's
Hello... McFly!Originally posted by mitmaks:
what kind of car you gonna use those on? can you post some pics.
He said that he did it himself. Think about it for a second. This is an MX-3 board.
I ampretty sure they are MX-3 Calipers, or that he is going to use them on his MX-3.
Also,-- you really should have painted them white first, then painted them blue. Blue on black doesnt really look too good-- or not as good as you were expecting, anyway.
Re: Painted Calliper's
Yea they are on my mx3. I can go outside an take a better picture if you want. Well the blue paint i picked looked... Weird on white i used some white i had downstairs on an aluminum side panel from a computer but it was alot lighter than i really wanted.
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Re: Painted Calliper's
man..that can be easily done,I did mine in purple by buying some high heat engine enamel from your local Wally World or automotive store. I simply took off the wheels ,cleaned the brake calipers and drums with degreaser ,taped them off and appplied 2 or 3 coats .
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Re: Painted Calliper's
yeah we did this to my brothers mx6 but we used a dremel tool with wire brush primer then red painted them simple and easy appearance upgrade.
Re: Painted Calliper's
Primer and paint usually doesn't last very well. You want to use a high temp paint. And most of the high temp paints I have seen say dont use a primer. The best way to do this is to have them powder coated. A bit more expensive but not unreasonable for a color coating that should last better than paint.
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Re: Painted Calliper's
sorry i have to show mine off just got them on 2 days ago
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Re: Painted Calliper's
i forget the company ill try to find the name but they make oem powder coated calipers for the mx-3....but those look good i would do a coupl more coats of paint...yeah you shouldnt use primer with high heat paints just doesnt sitck as well....
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That looks great. Can you come over and do mine? :p
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