Painting Calipers = Pain in the ass!
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They look great now, unfortunately, they'll look like @ss in 7000 miles... The clear will yellow, the red will fade and oxidize. It needs to be electrically or chemically bonded to the metal.
see #3235b in ghetto mods.
see #3235b in ghetto mods.
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I hope I'm wrong, cuz I think on my black car black calipers w/ the polished lettering would look fine.
I did it on my old supra TT and it just didn't look right over time. -- almost like when they are extremely hot the paint becomes sticky and attracts road grime.
Needless to say don't use wheel cleaner on your wheels - regardless of whether you have pimpin calipers or not. my $.02
I did it on my old supra TT and it just didn't look right over time. -- almost like when they are extremely hot the paint becomes sticky and attracts road grime.
Needless to say don't use wheel cleaner on your wheels - regardless of whether you have pimpin calipers or not. my $.02
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Originally posted by apneablue
Goodfellas: Did you take your calipers off to polish them?
Goodfellas: Did you take your calipers off to polish them?
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Originally posted by Brentis
I did it on my old supra TT and it just didn't look right over time. -- almost like when they are extremely hot the paint becomes sticky and attracts road grime.
I did it on my old supra TT and it just didn't look right over time. -- almost like when they are extremely hot the paint becomes sticky and attracts road grime.
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I used high-temp 900 degree on the red. Used regular ol normal temp for the silver. Thought the silver would probably melt off, but hasn't in 10 months, maybe the red acts as enough of a insulator that the silver doesn't get "as hot". (5 or 6 coats of red under the silver lettering paint)
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Originally posted by nocab72
I used high-temp 900 degree on the red. Used regular ol normal temp for the silver. Thought the silver would probably melt off, but hasn't in 10 months, maybe the red acts as enough of a insulator that the silver doesn't get "as hot". (5 or 6 coats of red under the silver lettering paint)
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I used high-temp 900 degree on the red. Used regular ol normal temp for the silver. Thought the silver would probably melt off, but hasn't in 10 months, maybe the red acts as enough of a insulator that the silver doesn't get "as hot". (5 or 6 coats of red under the silver lettering paint)
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I painted the entire thing red. Once it was dry, I painted OVER the red with silver paint and a little paint brush. No sanding of the letters, dremel or sandpaper.
some pics of the process here: http://flathat.woodstream.net/RX7/Painted_Calipers/
some pics of the process here: http://flathat.woodstream.net/RX7/Painted_Calipers/
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I used a 1500 degree engine enamel for my red and a 500 degree engine enamel for the clear coat. I found the clear high temp engine enamel at the local auto parts place next to the other high temp engine paints. I had to put about 5 coats of the red on the calipers before they looked right to me. I had a hell of a time getting the first couple of coats to stick really well, the stuff just kept wanting to drip off. I painted the Mazda lettering white with testors enamel and then covered the entire thing with about 3 coats of the clear high temp stuff. It turned out really well and they are pretty easy to clean. I thought about trying to polish the entire caliper but I was afraid the maintenance on them would be horrible. I was also going to polish the letters but I decided to just paint them for now. I may go back at some point and actually polish them but they look great right now.
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You will definitely want to use primer or you will have a hard time getting the paint to stick. It will get spotty and only stick in certain area. We tried that on a caliper first, the cleaned it off and did primer. Much better using primer. Trust me on this one
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