Calipers painted
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: San Diego CA
http://www.bugmanweb.com/c6/c6index.html and then click on calipers on the left menu.
Pro
Joined: Oct 2007
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From: Averill Park NY
I didn't take the calipers off my car, because I just used the paint kit. I just taped off the little 'dome' in the calipers, I didn't tape off the letters, you can just paint over them and then use a paint scraper to scrape it off after you are done painting. A tip which they told me was to use chapstick over the letters before painting so that it comes off easier. I just followed the directions on bugman's website :
http://www.bugmanweb.com/c6/c6index.html and then click on calipers on the left menu.
http://www.bugmanweb.com/c6/c6index.html and then click on calipers on the left menu.
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Pro
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From: Kansas City Missouri
How did you paint the word Corvette in black paint. I'm going to do mine in red and a lot of people on the forum just scrape off any paint that gets on the letters. I hope you don't say you painted it by hand, with my shakey hands it ain't going to work.
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2007
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From: San Diego CA
Yup, just painted it by hand. Bought a duplicolor touch up paint, and just painted the thing. My suggestion would be to put a cardboard box that you can rest your hand on. It will help to steady out your hand.
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Duncan Oklahoma
I used a paint stick to do the lettering black on mine...... Very easy, took about 20 minutes to do both...
Burning Brakes
Joined: Jan 2001
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From: Beaumont Tx
I'm torn urrggghhh
Red....or yellow.....all the ones I've seen, Wow, hats off
Rat, you mentioned a caliper kit? Where can I get it? And for those who painted, where did you get the paint since it must match your color code of your car, unless you go with a different color like red on a yellow car or vice versa, then no-one would notice the difference.
Red....or yellow.....all the ones I've seen, Wow, hats off Rat, you mentioned a caliper kit? Where can I get it? And for those who painted, where did you get the paint since it must match your color code of your car, unless you go with a different color like red on a yellow car or vice versa, then no-one would notice the difference.
Burning Brakes
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From: Beaumont Tx
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 275
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From: San Diego CA
I'm torn urrggghhh Red....or yellow.....all the ones I've seen, Wow, hats off
Rat, you mentioned a caliper kit? Where can I get it? And for those who painted, where did you get the paint since it must match your color code of your car, unless you go with a different color like red on a yellow car or vice versa, then no-one would notice the difference.
Red....or yellow.....all the ones I've seen, Wow, hats off Rat, you mentioned a caliper kit? Where can I get it? And for those who painted, where did you get the paint since it must match your color code of your car, unless you go with a different color like red on a yellow car or vice versa, then no-one would notice the difference.
As to the lettering, I just painted the whole thing, scraped off the lettering with a paint scraper and just painted the letters with a black touch up color paint. If you go to bugman's C6 website (type bugman c6 in google), he has directions on how to do it. I mainly followed his how to guide.