Plated calipers???
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Safety Car
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From: Severna Park Md
Plated calipers???
My front calipers look like thier nickle plated or something. Is this usual? I never seen em in catalogs as plated. These are definatly coated with something. Looks like nickle. What are they?
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Safety Car
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From: Severna Park Md
Re: Plated calipers??? (79VetteMike)
Heck no..no paint. Plated for sure. Shoulda took a pic earlier when I had the wheels off. Maybe i can reach under there and snap one anyway. Gimmi a few mins.
Instructor
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Re: Plated calipers??? (Jvette73)
If they are after-market aluminum or stainless calipers they might be polished. I've heard of anodizing them, but not chrome plating. I assume you mean chrome plated.
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Re: Plated calipers??? (Jvette73)
Looks irridium plated, like high grade bolts. Holds off corrosion. I'd say it's a good thing but don't know why those would be plated and not others. Are they rebuilt?
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Safety Car
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From: Severna Park Md
Re: Plated calipers??? (Black Snowman)
These calipers were on the car when I bought it so I dont know thier origin. I have rebuilt them twice. Once with the standard lip seals, then again recently with the VBP o-ring conversion. Workin better than ever now. They are dirty in the pic. When all cleaned up they kinda gloss like nickle or somethin. I guess I made a mistake by saying "Plated" The surface is more permanant than that. They look just like sterling silver when they're all cleaned up. They are sleeved in the bores.
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Re: Plated calipers??? (Jvette73)
i tried to get my rear calipers plated but the guy at the shop told me that cast will not hold the plating. i had to paint them!!!
i'm sure there is some in here that has tried to plate their calipers.....did it work??
Rod :cool:
i'm sure there is some in here that has tried to plate their calipers.....did it work??
Rod :cool:
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Re: Plated calipers??? (Jvette73)
If if is bright it could be Bright Zinc Chromate plating. This is what alot of bolts have.
You can also get Yellow Zinc Plated. That is what my 4 stainless calipers had. The finish is not very thick or shinny so I helped it along with matching gold paint.
You can also get Yellow Zinc Plated. That is what my 4 stainless calipers had. The finish is not very thick or shinny so I helped it along with matching gold paint.
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Re: Plated calipers??? (burners)
looks like zinc plating, the zinc will be shiney at first but becomes kind of dull and whited with time. Easy to do, I zinc plated all the bolts, nuts and misc. little parts from my car.
Also, zinc washed my rotors
it didn't come out really nice, probably because I didn't have them heated up properly. I was hoping to zinc plate the inside of the vanes so they wouldn't show rust.. I failed :( They will be refaced.
It was shiney at first, but as you can see it has become a little dull over time.
Also, zinc washed my rotors
it didn't come out really nice, probably because I didn't have them heated up properly. I was hoping to zinc plate the inside of the vanes so they wouldn't show rust.. I failed :( They will be refaced.
It was shiney at first, but as you can see it has become a little dull over time.
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Re: Plated calipers??? (Jvette73)
My rears are plated. I bought them from Florida Corvette Caliper back in the early 80s. They plated the calipers at that time and claimed that it was better than paint. The plating eventually does start peeling off. Mine are over 20 years old and still holding up well.
