Painting Calipers?
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From: Haverhill MA
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Painting Calipers?
I just bought an extra set of calipers and foiatec paint. Can anyone direct me to some pictures of having this done. I am not sure what to paint or not to paint on the calipers.
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Racer
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From: Paris TX
Re: Painting Calipers? (vette9898)
You can go to my 'Corvette' website and look in the 'How To's' for 'Painting Brake Calipers'.
http://www.johndennington.com/
Good Luck.
http://www.johndennington.com/
Good Luck.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: Sindelfingen Germany
Re: Painting Calipers? (UFOVette)
Only paint the calipers. Do not paint the pads :D
First: On the webside of MOVIT you will see yellow painted pads.
Second: Some guys also painted this rod beside the caliper (do not know how to describe it)
I will do like the Euro stile cars and like Z06: just the calipers.
Frederik
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From: Swansea IL
Re: Painting Calipers? (vette9898)
The Folia-Tec is great stuff, but once mixed it doesn't keep very long. I managed to get three good coats on mine before we had to re-assemble my car and get it out of a friend’s garage. The next day the calipers looked like porcelain. I used an E-Xacto knife to clean off the CORVETTE letters. While much more costly than a can of spray paint I believe this will hold up better and who wants to remove their tires just to touch up some paint in a year or two.
They will look marvelous
Tom
They will look marvelous
Tom
