After the disaster last attempt to remove my wheels myself (Ford torqued one of my lugs to over 250 ft lbs) I finally had the chance to paint my calipers and decided to paint the billet grill and grill surround as well:

before:


After:



Grill I wetsanded with 600 grit and then primed with Krylon black...then painted with 3 coats of Krylon Satin Black

Brake calipers were cleaned with caliper cleaner, then I used a drill with a metal brush attachment to polish them, then painted with 3 coats each of Duplicolor caliper paint.

Grill Removed:


Sanded:


Primed:


Painted:


Installed:



I used a 3 ton floor jack and 4 ton jack stands....ALWAYS use jack stands for safety, now onto the pictures:

Before:

 

Cleaned and polished:


1 Coat:



3 Coats:
Front:



Rear:



Finished:

 

Total time was about 7 hours

 

Came out looking good

 

looks good!!

 

looks great, what sort of prep was done to the calipers?

 

I like the contrast of the red calipers against the black wheels.

KR-Texas

 

Looks great, and the best part is you did it yourself in my opinion.

 

Thanks, I do all the work myself...only thing I haven't done myself is window tint, exhaust and my leveling kit.

Prep work for the calipers was spraying them with caliper cleaner, soap and water then used a drill with a metal brush attachment to scuff the surface and take the rust off

 

Looks great, red goes well with the rims.

 

Looks good, red was a really good choice on the calipers

 

Looking good.

 

 

nice , the factory grill looks great when painted! so does the calipers , i wish i had the skills to do it... good job!

 

nice work Bro!