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Old Dec 18, 2005 | 03:25 PM
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ORIGINAL: discofan

You buy the Caliper Paint Kit in the color you like...

Take the wheels off one by one...

Give them two coats of this paint, letting each coat dry before adding a second coat...

Put the wheels back on and you are in business...

Easy, easy, easy job!!!

Dave
so you painted it without taking the calipers off?!?! hmmm i see
Old Dec 19, 2005 | 06:25 AM
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Dear Tangtang,

Yes, you do not have to take the calipers off to do this job...

One word of advise: Buy a small hobby paint brush because the one supplied in the kit is not very soft and is hard to work with...

You can also mask off the parts of the disc brake assembly that you do not want to paint...

Take some masking tape and cover these parts before painting...

Very easy to do and will show-off our artistic abilities too...

Dave

P.S. Do this job in a reasonable temperature like 60-80F, so the paint will stick and dry properly. Work fast because the paint will cake up and dry, right on the brush quickly...
Old Dec 19, 2005 | 08:07 AM
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I painted calipers using caliper paint from Eastwood. The calipers did not have to be removed to paint them.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...10&iSubCat=412

Old Dec 19, 2005 | 09:05 AM
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I painted calipers using caliper paint from Eastwood. The calipers did not have to be removed to paint them.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...10&iSubCat=412


got some pics???
Old Dec 19, 2005 | 11:25 AM
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Like most have posted go to the auto store and by FORD blue paint. Take off clean them then spray them...wait... reinstall your rims. Here you go

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Old Dec 19, 2005 | 11:55 AM
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I'm waiting for my caliper paint kit to arrive, should have been here Friday.
Go to g2usa.com
Paint the calipers while still on your car. It lasts for quite awhile, people use this stuff on their Vettes and after years it still looks new.
Can't wait for my kit!!!
Old Dec 19, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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I painted calipers using caliper paint from Eastwood. The calipers did not have to be removed to paint them.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...10&iSubCat=412

they have the same type of paint they sell at wal mart that i got for my sister lol!
Old Dec 19, 2005 | 06:54 PM
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Ok I 'm going to do this between Christmas and New Years I'll let yall know how it goes. FWIW I'm taking the OFF as I'm a bit fussy about spraying paint at my $30k car and my bullit wheels.

Straight Flushes,

SAM
Old Dec 19, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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Aren't the caliper paint kits brush on?
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