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Old 03-06-2005, 04:51 PM
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Anyone have any experience in painting their calipers?? If so, where and what did you get.
Old 03-07-2005, 07:46 AM
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Once I painted mine, my laptimes were half a second slower, so I stripped off the paint and went back to stock... ;-)
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I used high temp flat black spray paint from Home depot... looks clean and not thick and shiny like the caliper paint that you can buy from Autozone. This is primarily used for BBQ's and fireplaces so it can stand the heat pretty well and goes on very thin.

I like them to hide behind the wheels as opposed to jumping out like some of the red and yellow ones I have seen.
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How about those caliper paint that you can get at Race Design? I know kelvin did his but it seemed messy.
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If that's the look your going for then it seems to be easy enough to do... I just don't like how much they make our tiny little brakes stand out- too thick and shiny. I wanted a subdued look so I went with the high temp paint in flat black.

Probably difficult to see here...



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Yeah it's kinda hard to tell by the photo. I have the Rio Yellow so I wanted something to stand out.
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the only thing that stands out in your car is YOU
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You're are just jealous cause man ride is better than yours. Don't be hatin'
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Painted brake calipers and wheels without any accumulated brake dust both say the same thing, you know...
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bling bling!
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