Painted my calipers (black)
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Painted my calipers (black)
Thanks all who helped to decide on a color. I ended up going with black for the "clean" look so the calipers wouldnt be so noticable and dirty.
Heres the before. Jacked up 1 side at a time.
Close up of before:
Front Before:
Rear Before:
I was going to get the spray paint, until I saw this:
I perfer this the brush on method MUCH more then spray. Dont have to mask as much, and no worries of wind gusts and overspray!
Cleaned up the calipers real good with given spray and brush, and taped up some spots.
After 1 coat:
Front After 3rd and final coat:
Rear After 3rd coat:
Finished:
Finished with wheel back on:
Closeup of finished:
Less close up of finished:
About $16 for the kit. Used some thinner to thin out the brush in between sides as it hardened. Took about 2-3 hours, taking my time in the blistering Florida heat!
Heres the before. Jacked up 1 side at a time.
Close up of before:
Front Before:
Rear Before:
I was going to get the spray paint, until I saw this:
I perfer this the brush on method MUCH more then spray. Dont have to mask as much, and no worries of wind gusts and overspray!
Cleaned up the calipers real good with given spray and brush, and taped up some spots.
After 1 coat:
Front After 3rd and final coat:
Rear After 3rd coat:
Finished:
Finished with wheel back on:
Closeup of finished:
Less close up of finished:
About $16 for the kit. Used some thinner to thin out the brush in between sides as it hardened. Took about 2-3 hours, taking my time in the blistering Florida heat!
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Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 11,132
From: Coral Springs, FL
RE: Painted my calipers (black)
looks great atlest u had an easy jack..i have the facotry one i used in the blazing heat prob took around an hour and half each...but results are well worrth it!
