Notices
3.7L V6 Technical Discussions Any questions about the new engine, transmission, exhaust, tuners/CAI, or gearing can be asked here!

painted my calipers

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 01-09-2011, 05:35 PM
  #1  
Sexgun
Thread Starter
 
Sexgun's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: tx
Posts: 45
Default painted my calipers

finally decided on just painting my calipers red. the can cost me 6.99 and there is enough for at least 2 cars.

me and my nefu got it done in a little over an hour , no attention to detail just covered it up good , used a little bit of gas to remove small oil stain (car has 1k milage) so the calipers were not really that dirty.

what really helped out is , once we painted 2 thickish coats , we waited 10 mins to remove news paper . then we would move the rotor and with a rag and gas we took off the excess paint , witch if you use an adequate amount of gas it came off super easy..do not let the paint dry or it may be difficult.

on the rear we had to lift the car from the differencial witch made it easy to just paint both calipers at same time as opposed to individual.

when rotating the rear rotor it got a little tricky , so we put blocks on the front tires on the front and rear so car would not move , we put it on drive and then it let us move the rotors around to clean off the excess paint (be very careful doing this , if you feel you cant , just pay someone to do it on a lift)

the finish was amazing its almost like every curve on the car just pops more.

before /w stripe




Sexgun is offline  
Old 01-09-2011, 05:40 PM
  #2  
torchred02
3rd Gear Member
 
torchred02's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CA
Posts: 898
Default

looks good. small but very noticeable difference
torchred02 is offline  
Old 01-09-2011, 07:35 PM
  #3  
a_guerrajr
1st Gear Member
 
a_guerrajr's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: TX
Posts: 125
Default

not bad, not sure if red was the best choice. did you use spary or brush version?
a_guerrajr is offline  
Old 01-09-2011, 11:10 PM
  #4  
Sexgun
Thread Starter
 
Sexgun's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: tx
Posts: 45
Default

o man it looks great , the pics don't do it justice , ill even go as far as to say i didn't like my wheels and now i do. its quite a difference.
Sexgun is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
MustangForums Editor
S550 2015-2023 Mustang
1
10-01-2015 09:29 AM
mungodrums
S550 2015-2023 Mustang
10
09-28-2015 10:54 PM
GLOCKer
General Tech
0
09-28-2015 07:36 AM
maestro1024
Classic Mustangs (Tech)
6
09-21-2015 02:40 PM
mustangchef
New Member Area
7
09-04-2015 08:08 PM



Quick Reply: painted my calipers



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:43 PM.