Painting Brake Caliphers

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Old 10-26-2001, 05:32 AM
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Originally posted by stevebo
I have a gold car, and was thinking of red paint on the calipers. I was thinking it would stand out that way. Does anyone have any better suggestions for color?
Go and do it. I have that exact combination and it looks really nice. I also have a red comptech motorsports decal on the front of the side skirts. It matches the calipers really well, and it doesn't look the least bit tacky. You almost have to look to see it.

I painted my calipers but took the time to really carefully mask off the surrounding area and brake parts. It looks really clean, just as if I took them off and painted them seperately. I touched up the rusty rotor edges while I was at it too. People have asked me what kind of aftermarket brakes I got on there.
Old 10-26-2001, 09:25 PM
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Originally posted by bebber

I painted my calipers but took the time to really carefully mask off the surrounding area and brake parts. It looks really clean, just as if I took them off and painted them seperately. I touched up the rusty rotor edges while I was at it too. People have asked me what kind of aftermarket brakes I got on there.
Did you spray paint or use a brush to paint your calipers? And how many layers did you put on?
Old 10-26-2001, 10:28 PM
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Did you spray paint or use a brush to paint your calipers? And how many layers did you put on?

4 Layers is generally a good idea. If you have to spray the paint on just make sure you cover all the areas you don't want painted up.
Old 10-26-2001, 11:23 PM
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just enough layers so it looks smooth and clean.
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