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Old 11-02-2013, 11:55 AM   #1
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Default Painted Stock Calipers

I hate the look of the stock calipers but I can't afford brembos at the moment......so I painted them black. I was hoping this would 1) make them less noticeable and 2) make them look a tad better. I think it turned out as best it could - and special thanks to my wife as she did all the taping and painting!

I used the black G2 caliper paint from LM. I didn't use red because that would have highlighted the calipers, which is the exact opposite of what I wanted. I followed the instruction pretty close. 1) Put car on jacks and removed wheels. 2) Masked off the rubber/plastic components and part of the rotors. 3) Cleaned calipers with brake cleaner and a wire brush. 4) Put a light first coat on. 5) Waited 20-30 minutes and put second coat. 6) Waited again and put another coat on just the main part that is visible. 7) Let sit over night. 8) Re-installed the wheels this morning. 9) Finally, have to wait 24 hours before driving.

Also, I bought better paint brushes than was supplied in the G2 kit. The one supplied sucked balls. And, I used a wire brush to clean even though my car is fairly new and there wasn't much dust on the calipers.

Overall, I think this was a good, cheap mod for me in particular because my car is black and so are my wheels. And thus, my calipers do not stick out like a sore thumb.

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Old 11-02-2013, 02:23 PM   #2
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I like it! Believe it or not, within the next few days i will hopefully be doing mine blue seeing as im attemping to run a Sterling Gray, Matte Black, and Blue theme to my Pony! Let me know how it all holds up!
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Old 11-02-2013, 02:29 PM   #3
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Looks good! I am on the fence if I want to do mine in red or black, or just leave them till I get big brakes but the big brakes won't be any time soon at all.
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Old 11-02-2013, 05:49 PM   #4
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nice! i wanna do mine gloss black too
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Old 11-02-2013, 05:53 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Midnight11 View Post
nice! i wanna do mine gloss black too
Should have traded me. I just sanded the gloss off mine lol
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Old 11-02-2013, 06:43 PM   #6
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Should have traded me. I just sanded the gloss off mine lol
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Old 11-02-2013, 07:01 PM   #7
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Looks good! I am on the fence if I want to do mine in red or black, or just leave them till I get big brakes but the big brakes won't be any time soon at all.
I was going to leave them but I figured a bunch of other mods had priority over big brakes so this is the best I could do while I wait.
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Looks much better than the silver. I can't wait to paint mine
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Old 11-02-2013, 09:30 PM   #9
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Looks great!

I still want to get mine powder coated red.
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Old 11-02-2013, 11:53 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by DirtyD View Post
I still want to get mine powder coated red.
I like how you think.

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Old 11-04-2013, 03:10 AM   #11
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looks good, I'm trying to figure out what I should paint mine, was thinking red.
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I think I am just going to go ahead and paint my red and I don't like It i'll go to black.
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Old 11-10-2013, 12:21 PM   #13
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That will good my man. I definitely recommend the G2 kit. Not sure about the dupli color kit though.
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Old 11-10-2013, 01:55 PM   #14
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That will good my man. I definitely recommend the G2 kit. Not sure about the dupli color kit though.
I've used the duplicolor kit on a previous car. Held up perfectly and kept a good shine. Its all in the prep work!
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Got my gt500 brake kit for $600 otherwise I woulda painted them they look good!
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