Painting calipers
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Painting calipers
I'm interested in painting my calipers Nassua Blue. I was wanting input on where the majority thiks I should get an awesome matching color, how much paint, and the steps I might want to take in finishing the task. Anything would be helpful.
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Billy, I have a set of blue powdercoated calipers off my car if your interested. They are very close to nassau blue. I'm upgrading to Wilwood's all the way around. What is your email so I can send you some pics? 
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What was said above plus just make sure you clean the surface of the calipers very well. I sprayed on a lot of brake cleaner, then went over the area with some fine steel wool, then sprayed cleaner again. The result was a surface that the paint could really stick to. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by Dave1
You can also use a small brush. No over spray and quick clean up. Post some pics when your finished..........
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Originally Posted by allegro
Depending on how dirty they are, I just cleaned mine with brake cleaner using a brush and applied three coats of color (black) and never took them off the car.
Take your time !
Take your time !
I wonder how did u keep the "CORVETTE" on it, how did U cover these letters?
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To get the corvette lettering to stand out after the caliper is panted, I used a firm sanding block with 180 grid to sand the paint off the letters.
Before I started sanding I put a strip of 2" masking tape on each side of the letters to protect the paint.
Before I started sanding I put a strip of 2" masking tape on each side of the letters to protect the paint.
Last edited by WGreen; Feb 3, 2005 at 01:33 PM.
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Originally Posted by Jason Blue Boost
Billy, I have a set of blue powdercoated calipers off my car if your interested. They are very close to nassau blue. I'm upgrading to Wilwood's all the way around. What is your email so I can send you some pics?
