what do you guys think? i have a black 2.5 tl, with stock wheels. plan to upgrad wheels to 17 sometime. meanwhile, you guys think it would look cool if i painted my brake caliper red? (yellow, blue, white...)



just wondering.

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They look alot better painted than rusty. I should've made mine silver but they look cool red. I dont know if you've seen these pics but here they go. I used High Temp spray paint instead off caliper paint which costs alot more and comes in smaller cans.



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i think you should. just use high-temp paint. yellow reminds me of crash test dummies (not the music group), blue wouldnt look too good with black unless its a lighter blue. white is too plain. maybe purple, green?

 

hey 96tl. congrats on the new rims, if they are still new. a little late i think. anyway, whered you get your High Temp sprays? and they dont like come off anyway do they, when like going fast or whatever? ehhe, don't know what da fvck im talking about. later...

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quck question. howd you paint those? do they come with instructions that tell you what to paint and what NOT to paint? thanks.

 

I got the paint from R & S Strauss. You can paint whatever you like except the rotors. First I put the car on jackstands, then I removed the brake pads, cleaned the calipers really good with brake cleaner, then I put newspaper and tape on everything I didnt want to paint, I primed everything I was going to paint, then I painted it, waited until they dried, reinstalled brand new brake pads (you might as well), and put it all together. I did the front on a Saturday and the rear on Sunday. Its too much work for 1 day.

 

how much time did it take for 2 wheels? all together?

 

hehehe. im rolling with these replies.......

just wondering, what kinda brake pads you get?

 

where can you gut this High Temp paint? tia

 

I got mine at R & S Strauss. You can go to any car store. Pep-Boys, Autozone or even Home Depot. It took me about 2 hours for the front and 2 hours for the rear. I just bought regular aftermarket brake pads, BTW.



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FYI to all those considering doing this, dont worry too much about getting the paint on the rotors where the brake pads touch...the paint will come off when you brake.

 

I was thinking of getting my calipers chromed, do you think it would last???