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Just wanted to thank the guys for leading me to doing my brake calipers. What a difference it makes in appearance.

I was pointed to Tire Rack for their G2 Paint Caliper Kit, and as I was told I got my own set of paint brushes, with fine tips to get into the small spaces. Chapstick to coat the letters.

Out of this experience I can also add that you should have a window or glass razor which makes it easy to scrape the paint off of the lettering. A block sander with fine sandpaper to really clean the letters to make them standout.

The only thing I encountered was that someone must have used a impact gun to install the left rear tire, the lug nuts were hard to come off and one of the nuts had a partial stripping of the edges, I had to use a 3/4" deep socket and a hammer to nail it on to remove that nut. Luckily I had 20 new lug nuts which actually were for my BMW both share the same 12mm x 1.5 size.

One kit is enough to do all 4 calipers, since I live in Hawaii I ordered 2 kits just in case. I have one spare kit, but may use it later in about 6 months to give another coat (which is the shelf life).

Some pictures of the end work.


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nice - how long did it take you?

Looks good man :thumbs:

Wonder what color would look good with white? if any. opinions please

Looks great Gary, nice work :thumbs: :cheers:

They look great Gary! :thumbs: Now how about some of those SS pad spacers. :D

Total time working was about 5 hours but that was with 2 coats and I am anal and I also had to deal with that stuck lug nut. You should be able to do it in about 2-3 hours.

Peter, I need to post up pictures of the front bracket, still waiting for my vanity plates to come in. Thanks for that top notch product, I took it out and it is impressive, not cheap plastic. Thanks again for helping me out. :thumbs:

Hey Rick, hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving, SS pads hummm.

Lovely :cool:

Nice job. Aloha. :thumbs:

Nice job, looks great. :thumbs: :thumbs:

Nice. Thinking about doing mine. Just trying to decide what color to use with DSOM.

Very cool. Good advice. Project for the Spring.

Being anal paid off - looks great.:thumbs:

There are almost all the colors you can think of with the G2 kit from Tire Rack I initally was going with black to match the car. But after looking at the other cars with Red I had to go with Red, I have seen cars with the yellow and it IMO doesn't match unless you have velocity yellow car.

What I like about the G2 kit is the shine that comes out. There are other kits out there and a lot cheaper but they do not have the finish of the G2 kit.

I know that I am anal and I would say that most of us that are here are anal or we wouldn't be here as we wouldn't car about our Vettes.

Thanks for the compliments, I just appreciate others helping each other and like for me steering me to the best products and the helpful hints to make the job easier.

Very nice job - looks great!! :cool: :thumbs:

Good Job...:thumbs: looks great..:cheers:

G2 is the only way to go. It is a 2 step epoxy. The finish looks just like powdercoat.

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Nice job Gary! :thumbs:

Nice job.Is it necessary to remove tires to do the job?I don't have jacks .Can I reach the top half then move car forward to move spokes to reach bottom?

John, Aloha my friend, thanks and Happy and Safe Holidays to you.

Kewl. And you saved a bit by doing it yourself.