mardi gras day project: painting calipers
03-08-2011, 08:07 PM
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mardi gras day project: painting calipers
so today i painted my front calipers with the duplicolor kit and put on decals i got from southern mustang parts. the prep was def the hardest part lol i spent forever sanding to get it clean and it still wasnt all the way clean i think. i used 180 grit but the instructions inside the box called for 300-400 grit so ill get those for the backs whenever i do them. well see how it holds up over time. i read on here that the duplicolor brush is crappy so i bought a 1 inch brush. it turned out to be too big for the smaller parts so i used the supplied duplicolor one and it worked fine for me. also another thing is that i tried to take my calipers off to paint the whole thing but i couldnt for the life of me get the damn bolts to budge. when i switched brake pads a couple years ago one of the bolts was frozen to the threads and when the shop took it out they had to rethread the holes. do u think this same thing has happened again? anyways here are the pix:
this is what it looked like when i started working lol:
sanded and cleaned with brake cleaner:
taped off with newspaper
with the paint on:
with the decal. it looks kinda green but its actually a light blue pretty close to ford racing blue. its a little lighter than my blue on my front license plate but close enough. it really pops:
through the wheels. it was pouring rain all day today so yes the wheels are filthy:
this is what it looked like when i started working lol:
sanded and cleaned with brake cleaner:
taped off with newspaper
with the paint on:
with the decal. it looks kinda green but its actually a light blue pretty close to ford racing blue. its a little lighter than my blue on my front license plate but close enough. it really pops:
through the wheels. it was pouring rain all day today so yes the wheels are filthy:
Last edited by tigercrazy718; 03-08-2011 at 08:17 PM.
03-08-2011, 09:11 PM
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Looking nice, I have to say.
The most I did on my car for Mardi Gras today was rotate the tires today.
For my car, I am tempted to paint my own calipers red, like the Baer calipers.
As for my Mardi Gras, no I did not go anywhere, but I did have a couple of girls over, and yes, got a nice flash-peek. I feel bad 'cause I have no beads, but oh well,
The most I did on my car for Mardi Gras today was rotate the tires today.
For my car, I am tempted to paint my own calipers red, like the Baer calipers.
As for my Mardi Gras, no I did not go anywhere, but I did have a couple of girls over, and yes, got a nice flash-peek. I feel bad 'cause I have no beads, but oh well,
03-08-2011, 10:47 PM
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03-09-2011, 12:18 PM
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Nice job. I have the red duplicolor kit and am awaiting some free time to paint my calipers. Have a couple of questions - Would at be worth the extra effort to take the calipers off, or can you do just as good of a job leaving them on? And how durable do the mustang decals seem to be?
03-09-2011, 01:49 PM
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thanks everyone. hack job to answer ur questions:
1. i was gonna try and take the the calipers off but the caliper bolts seem to be frozen in so i didnt wanna mess with it. but after painting them with it still on they still look great to me and it isnt entirely necessary
2. they seem pretty durable to me i mean theyre just stickers basically.
1. i was gonna try and take the the calipers off but the caliper bolts seem to be frozen in so i didnt wanna mess with it. but after painting them with it still on they still look great to me and it isnt entirely necessary
2. they seem pretty durable to me i mean theyre just stickers basically.
