painted caliper?

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painted caliper?

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has anyone painted here calipers???how did you do it?? did you tapoff the rotor. or did yu takethe caliper right off. didyou use the actual calipr paint or could you find some cheaper stuff
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i've taped off everything, wiped grease and brake dust, if you get some paint on rotor dont worry, it will come off first time you hit youre brakes
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i took mine, wire brushed them with a brush on a drill, then i sprayed them with breake cleaner and let them dry and i painted them, used cliper paint, i pulled mine off to do it though
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I bought the Foliatek Calliper paint. $50 CDN a can. comes with brake cleaner and hardener. You apply it with a brush....Pricy but lifetime warranty. resists heat, chemicals.
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I asked everything else off, fine wire brushed/steel whool'd them and then used SPECIAL brake caliper paint. I head normal paint can flech off easily and can become permanently discolored by brake dust.
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