Clean wheels, blue calipers
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Melting Slicks
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From: Puyallup Washington
Clean wheels, blue calipers
I have not liked the red Z06 calipers on my EB car so I finally got ambitious and painted the calipers electron blue and cleaned and waxed the wheels.
<p> First I cleaned the calipers thoroughly with wax and grease remover. Then I scuffed the surface with Scotchbrite pads to break the gloss, cleaned them again, and painted the inside of the caliper and then the outside. I did not take the brake line off the calipers. Then I put in new ceramic brake pads for less dust on the wheels, I hope. While in there I put speed bleeders on all 4 calipers, then I ran clean brake fluid through the entire system. It took about 15 minutes to bleed all 4 wheels by myself.
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Then I washed the wheels with soap and water, then went over the inside of the wheels with rubbing compound and then a paste wax on the entire surface of the wheels. Before and after pictures of the inside of a front wheel.
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A front wheel mounted on the car.
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Next I will wash the car, claybar it, polish and wax it. Then it will get driven in the rain for the rest of the winter.
The pictures were taken with my birthday present from my wife, a Nikon D3100 with 18-55 and 55-300 lenses. Now all I need to do is learn how to use its capabilities. Tough job. Pictures of a clean Corvette will follow.
<p> First I cleaned the calipers thoroughly with wax and grease remover. Then I scuffed the surface with Scotchbrite pads to break the gloss, cleaned them again, and painted the inside of the caliper and then the outside. I did not take the brake line off the calipers. Then I put in new ceramic brake pads for less dust on the wheels, I hope. While in there I put speed bleeders on all 4 calipers, then I ran clean brake fluid through the entire system. It took about 15 minutes to bleed all 4 wheels by myself.
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Then I washed the wheels with soap and water, then went over the inside of the wheels with rubbing compound and then a paste wax on the entire surface of the wheels. Before and after pictures of the inside of a front wheel.
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A front wheel mounted on the car.
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Next I will wash the car, claybar it, polish and wax it. Then it will get driven in the rain for the rest of the winter.
The pictures were taken with my birthday present from my wife, a Nikon D3100 with 18-55 and 55-300 lenses. Now all I need to do is learn how to use its capabilities. Tough job. Pictures of a clean Corvette will follow.
Last edited by Kmcoldcars; Dec 29, 2010 at 05:09 PM.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Puyallup Washington
The EB paint seems to be an exact match. I went to the auto paint store and had them mix some EB for me and then make 2 spray cans with about half of it. The rest is still in the can and can be used for small chip touch up, etc. You can see how well the color match is by looking at the rear brake scoops I painted with it.
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Very nice job on the calipers and wheels. I like the blue color - something different.
