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Old 03-11-2006, 05:45 PM
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painted calipers with a twist

Just thought I would show you guys what I did on this gorgeous day in Jersey....

This is the rear caliper before I painted it...




This is after...




This is the front caliper before I painted it....



This is after...

Old 03-11-2006, 05:46 PM
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The bowties look great! Not feeling the choice of font for COBALT though.
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interesting, what paint did u use?
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i used the duplicolor cakiper paint kit....and yea I really have to get used to the front saying COBALT i think it's a little too big
Old 03-11-2006, 06:25 PM
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oops, i pained the entire thing when I pained mine.
No problems yet, but hopefully none arrise.
I used duplicolor also, good choice!
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How did you get the chevy logo on there? Did you just paint over some stickers that you put on and then took the stickers off?
Old 03-11-2006, 06:55 PM
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Bowties aren't bad, not feeling the Cobalt either. Someone else did the same thing with the bowties, but they did black calipers with a gold bowtie on a black SS/SC I believe. I like it, I'm just not that patient...
Old 03-11-2006, 07:03 PM
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The backs look great. I want to paint mine, but not sure what color to do.

How did you do the bowties and the text? Are they painted on?
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That is what I'm doing next week. But with the bowties only of course.
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id like to see it with the ss logos on there, i think that would look good too.
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Originally Posted by ajent
oops, i pained the entire thing when I pained mine.
No problems yet, but hopefully none arrise.
I used duplicolor also, good choice!

entire what?
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^^^^lol i was wondering the same thing.
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looks good like the back mroe then the front but all in all they came out good

and good job on the bowtie im guessing you used some kind of sticker or something
Old 03-12-2006, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by T-bone
^^^^lol i was wondering the same thing.
he painted his rotors...took it back do the dealer and said brakes feel sticky....lol...j/k
Old 03-12-2006, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by BlkSS4dr
he painted his rotors...took it back do the dealer and said brakes feel sticky....lol...j/k
I think they meant the brackets too, not just the actual calipers?
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Originally Posted by bredick
I think they meant the brackets too, not just the actual calipers?
you have a pic with the tire on wana see how they would look with the rim on
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Anyone thought of painting the Drums in the base and ls models?

I checked yyesterday and mine were starting to rust, I already painted my front calipers red and im thinking about painting my rear drums now too because i hate shitty rust!!
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Originally Posted by HackAbuse
Anyone thought of painting the Drums in the base and ls models?

I checked yyesterday and mine were starting to rust, I already painted my front calipers red and im thinking about painting my rear drums now too because i hate shitty rust!!
IMO painting the Drums looks retarted I have drums in the back of my ls and i wont dare paint them until i convert it to discs and get some calipers on there.

I like the bowties on there when i do mine i want to have the calipers be orange to match the car and the bowties black but the red and white on urs looks sweet
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I just did mine today as well. I painted the brackets as well as the caliper itself.
Completely dismantled them. I'm gonna let them dry over night before re-assembling.
I also masked off and painted the center (rusty) section of the rotors. I painted those aluminum.
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I would paint the drums black. It will look a whole lot better than the rusty bare metal.
Then do 'em up the way you want after you convert to the discs.
Old 03-13-2006, 12:19 PM
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Would the drums look any better in a different color like Gun Metal or Silver
I'm considering a few colors at this point, Black, Grey or Silver

Whats everyones opinions?

(btw, my front calipers are painted red)
Old 03-13-2006, 12:37 PM
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for anyone wondering...i first cleaned the calipers with the caliper cleaner that comes in the kit, then i painted them with the duplicolor paint and then all I did was stick vinyl stickers on there and went over them with high temp clear coat
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Not really feeling those, but to each their own!
Old 03-13-2006, 03:10 PM
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I'll also have to take better pics of them with the rim on as they aren't as "loud" as they look without the rim
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here we go....these might be alright...





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