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Old 09-12-2005, 07:14 PM
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I just got the Dupli-Color brake caliper paint kit (blue) for my 99 cobra...what's the best way to go about doing this, espeically how should I jack my car...
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Old 09-12-2005, 08:54 PM
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it comes with directions in the kit. i did mine about 2 weeks ago. i put 3 coats of red on my calipers.
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Old 09-12-2005, 09:40 PM
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im thinking about doing it too, anyone have pics?
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Old 09-12-2005, 11:03 PM
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I painted mine silver... with a black decal. It looks pretty damn good, maybe i can snap some pics if i can get ahold of a camera.
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Old 09-12-2005, 11:33 PM
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What comes in the kit? Would I be able to do it with a can of cleaner, primer, and duplicolor heat resistent paint?
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Old 09-13-2005, 01:56 AM
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yea, read the directions, mine was a brush on kit, with a two part paint system. with a 2 hr window of workablilty with the paint after it was mixed. i jacked up one wheel at a time, brushed it on, put the wheel back, moved on to the next wheel, and did that twice around.

looks amazing, esp on a red car. Keep thoes calps clean now.
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Old 09-13-2005, 02:51 AM
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i just got done doing mine ill post up how i went about it with a crappy pic from my phone of them painted on my car
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Old 09-13-2005, 02:57 AM
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1st thing i did was i put the rear 2 wheels up on jackstands. then i took my wheels off. i masked off everything around the calipers especially the rotors. then i painted them. without getting any paint inside the calipers or on the rotors. let it dry then put my wheels back on then did front. let me know if you need any more details about anything its pretty simple. i think it looks really good.heres a pic.

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Old 09-13-2005, 02:59 AM
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^^ What he said... except take the extra 15-20 min per wheel and tape off around the brake pads... it looks a lot better if you dont paint the pads.
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Old 09-13-2005, 08:09 AM
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Do they make it to match my factory paint?
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