Caliper Paint, Recommendations?
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Rustoleum Sunrise Red Gloss.
You can by it anywhere.
I did my calipers with it 3 years ago with a brush and they still look great.
One of the nicest mods I've done to the car and by far the least expensive.
The can of paint was $3.49 and I've done 5 or 6 cars with it and still have more than half the can.
You can by it anywhere.
I did my calipers with it 3 years ago with a brush and they still look great.
One of the nicest mods I've done to the car and by far the least expensive.
The can of paint was $3.49 and I've done 5 or 6 cars with it and still have more than half the can.
Last edited by Glennm27; Dec 29, 2004 at 05:41 PM.
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I used Folia Tec that I got from Xtreme Motorsports. Bought it a little over three years ago and the paint has held up extremely well. Goes on easy, dries rock hard and has a nice gloss to it.
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Rustoleum Sunrise Red Gloss.
You can by it anywhere.
I did my calipers with it 3 years ago with a brush and they still look great.
One of the nicest mods I've done to the car and by far the least expensive.
You can by it anywhere.
I did my calipers with it 3 years ago with a brush and they still look great.
One of the nicest mods I've done to the car and by far the least expensive.
Did you do the letters in white, or is that just the metal from the caliper cleaned up? Either way, it looks good!
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Originally Posted by Zuti
GLENNM27,
Did you do the letters in white, or is that just the metal from the caliper cleaned up? Either way, it looks good! Zuti
Did you do the letters in white, or is that just the metal from the caliper cleaned up? Either way, it looks good!
ZutiThanks for the compliment.
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[QUOTE=Glennm27]Rustoleum Sunrise Red Gloss.
You can by it anywhere.
I did my calipers with it 3 years ago with a brush and they still look great.
One of the nicest mods I've done to the car and by far the least expensive.
The can of paint was $3.49 and I've done 5 or 6 cars with it and still have more than half the can.
Man thay look what did you use to clean them before you painted them?
You can by it anywhere.
I did my calipers with it 3 years ago with a brush and they still look great.
One of the nicest mods I've done to the car and by far the least expensive.
The can of paint was $3.49 and I've done 5 or 6 cars with it and still have more than half the can.
Man thay look
what did you use to clean them before you painted them?
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Check out this site.....their process is a bit more detailed and doesn't require your from taking your calipers off the car.....worth the look!!
http://fixedroofcoupe.com/howtodefau...ipers&pages=10
http://fixedroofcoupe.com/howtodefau...ipers&pages=10
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Originally Posted by Terk
Man thay look what did you use to clean them before you painted them?
what did you use to clean them before you painted them?BTW: I did NOT take the calipers off the car, just removed the wheels.
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Duplicolor Caliper Paint
Painted "on the car" with 2 coats, very easy and took only a couple of hours for the entire job.
Letters are in silver with a paint marker.
Painted "on the car" with 2 coats, very easy and took only a couple of hours for the entire job.
Letters are in silver with a paint marker.
Last edited by allegro; Dec 29, 2004 at 10:37 PM.
