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Old Sep 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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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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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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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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what rims are those, are they 4 lug?
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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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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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:23 AM
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take off the grapefruit canon on the back. LOL
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:25 AM
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looks tight yo i cant wait to paint mine
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:28 AM
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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 Oct 7, 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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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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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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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 11:37 AM
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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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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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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...

Originally Posted by rrauter
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.

Originally Posted by REIGN SS
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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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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lmao, i was scrolling down praying i wouldn't see red rear drums.


looks great!
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Old Oct 12, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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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.

Originally Posted by originaladrian
lmao, i was scrolling down praying i wouldn't see red rear drums.


looks great!


thanks.

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