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Old 09-29-2008, 02:08 PM
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Painted Calipers & Drums...
Well boys and girls... this weekend I finally got around to painting my calipers and my drums...


CAR'S EXTREMELY DIRTY. WILL GET BETTER PICS SOON but here they are:













I shoulda done the edges of my rotors but that's for another week I suppose... lemme know what you think..!
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Looks nice....lot of work wasn't it?

Now....go back and take off the front wheels, clean the rotors, and paint all the rusting areas with semi-gloss black caliper or engine paint! Then put it back together and take some more pics

So it will look more like this:

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what rims are those, are they 4 lug?
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hey that looks really good! I wish I had the time to do all that stuff haha. Your car looks awesome went and checked it out and props man.
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take off the grapefruit canon on the back. LOL
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looks tight yo i cant wait to paint mine
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Thank god you painted your drum black, i was getting nervous when I saw the thread title...

Looks good!
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Old 10-07-2008, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ilovecars
looks tight yo i cant wait to paint mine
Shut up with the "tight yo" stuff. Youre not allowed to talk like that.




Did you paint your brake pads too???

What kinda paint did you use?
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Shut up with the "tight yo" stuff. Youre not allowed to talk like that.
sorry dad...lol
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i painted my front calipers red and repainted my rear drums with a high temp. flat black.
it really looks clean and SICK!!!
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Originally Posted by Red07SSNA
Looks nice....lot of work wasn't it?

Now....go back and take off the front wheels, clean the rotors, and paint all the rusting areas with semi-gloss black caliper or engine paint! Then put it back together and take some more pics

So it will look more like this:

Thanks and yep... was hard work... but worth it...

I know... I know... I should done my rotors at the same time... I'll do them when I switch over to winter rims here shortly...

Originally Posted by nikebaseballx00
what rims are those, are they 4 lug?
Baccarat Passion's and yes they are 4-lug...

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hey that looks really good! I wish I had the time to do all that stuff haha. Your car looks awesome went and checked it out and props man.
thanks a lot...

Originally Posted by ilovecars
looks tight yo i cant wait to paint mine
thanks and good luck.

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Thank god you painted your drum black, i was getting nervous when I saw the thread title...

Looks good!


Thanks.

I was think red and then I thought... RICE... so yep black it became...

Originally Posted by Maven
Shut up with the "tight yo" stuff. Youre not allowed to talk like that.




Did you paint your brake pads too???

What kinda paint did you use?
duplicolor caliper paint... SPRAY... so yeah I prolly sprayed my pads too... meh...
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lmao, i was scrolling down praying i wouldn't see red rear drums.


looks great!
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Originally Posted by KyleMinnis
i painted my front calipers red and repainted my rear drums with a high temp. flat black.
it really looks clean and SICK!!!
cool.

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lmao, i was scrolling down praying i wouldn't see red rear drums.


looks great!


thanks.
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