The How to paint your Calipers
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Ok Today I just completed painting my break calipers.
I wanted to show everyone else how to do it also. Step one remove the center caps from your wheels. Attachment 25331 |
What a great tutorial, haha jk.
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Step 2
Un torque the bolts but do not remove. The use a jack to lift your car just enough for the tire to be off the ground. Then revome the loose bolts and remove tire. Attachment 25329 it will look like this Attachment 25330 |
Originally Posted by whitethunder46
(Post 247146)
What a great tutorial, haha jk.
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step 3
assuming you already bought a caliper paint kit get that out follow directions. I went with dupli color. spray and clean surface with the cleaner that is in the kit and scrub of dirt and grimeAttachment 25328 |
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step 4
wait untill the all dirt is gone and let dry for 10 min. then mix your paint up that is provided and paint a lite coat on caliper. Attachment 25327 |
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step five
allow first coat to dry for 20 min then apply a second or third if youd like. and when done allow to dry angin and put the tire on again and re do all bolts and re torque and your done. Attachment 25326 |
I will post more picture later.
hope this was informal for those of you who will do this in the future. |
A suggestion. Take off the calipers and then paint.
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Originally Posted by whitethunder46
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A suggestion. Take off the calipers and then paint.
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did you do all 4? some pics with rims on would be nice..
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I want to paint mine, i just need some jack stands and one of those lifts thingys as well as a torque wrench. Im sure i could get some @ walmart for real cheap.
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Originally Posted by Stan
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did you do all 4? some pics with rims on would be nice..
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Originally Posted by Must See
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I want to paint mine, i just need some jack stands and one of those lifts thingys as well as a torque wrench. Im sure i could get some @ walmart for real cheap.
but i had to go to a shop and have them un torque them. but i ended up buying a torque wrench for 15 bucks well worth it. and it would look real good with your red paint |
Originally Posted by Cheddarbob
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i didnt use jack stands. just used a jack lifted it did one at a time.
but i had to go to a shop and have them un torque them. but i ended up buying a torque wrench for 15 bucks well worth it. and it would look real good with your red paint |
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there is no way all that is under 30 my jack alone cost me 30 and its not the nice push jacks its the hand turning one
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so any pictures of the finished product
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Originally Posted by Must See
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Originally Posted by Pilks
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so any pictures of the finished product
Attachment 25319 these are the back calipers the front look much better i get thoses up to |
Originally Posted by Cheddarbob
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but i ended up buying a torque wrench for 15 bucks well worth it.
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Considering the weather that those calipers will take, I'd be suprised if that paint lasted through the summer. I priced getting my calipers powder coated and it would cost me about 25 bucks each. The big problem there is the calipers have to be removed from the car which means bleeding the entire brake system. However, the powder coating would last for years. That is how the colored calipers sold by brembo, ford racing, etc. are done. The paint is actually baked into the metal. The calipers look good now, but I'd be interested to know how long it lasts.
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Originally Posted by NetChemica
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What kind is it? I sure hope it's the beam type where the handle itself flexes. Even then that's quite cheap. A decent micrometer type one will set you back about $100. I would only trust something like that on lugnuts, or suspension/brakes (something where accuracy isn't that important).
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Originally Posted by jblueguy
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Considering the weather that those calipers will take, I'd be suprised if that paint lasted through the summer. I priced getting my calipers powder coated and it would cost me about 25 bucks each. The big problem there is the calipers have to be removed from the car which means bleeding the entire brake system. However, the powder coating would last for years. That is how the colored calipers sold by brembo, ford racing, etc. are done. The paint is actually baked into the metal. The calipers look good now, but I'd be interested to know how long it lasts.
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Please check back in with this, because I'd much rather do that than disassemble my entire brake system.
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Originally Posted by jblueguy
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Please check back in with this, because I'd much rather do that than disassemble my entire brake system.
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No, I mean check back in at the end of the summer to let us know if the paint flaked off and powder coating is necessary, or if the less expensive paint will do.
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Originally Posted by jblueguy
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No, I mean check back in at the end of the summer to let us know if the paint flaked off and powder coating is necessary, or if the less expensive paint will do.
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Old thread but How are they looking two months later?
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Originally Posted by Codiddy
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Old thread but How are they looking two months later?
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