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Old 09-16-2008, 03:29 AM
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Painted Calipers

i was simply getting tired of the Brown brake dust look to i decided to get some rotor paint (basically high temp paint) and paint my rotors...heres a few pictures

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Old 09-16-2008, 10:05 AM
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did you just use that 500 degreee high temp paint from autozone?
did u scrub your calipers or clean them first?
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Old 09-16-2008, 12:36 PM
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...did u scrub your calipers or clean them first?
They have a spray cleaner that you can use.
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Old 09-16-2008, 12:38 PM
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i was simply getting tired of the Brown brake dust look to i decided to get some rotor paint (basically high temp paint) and paint my rotors...
By rotors I hope you mean calipers. lol Also, why didnt you just take the calipers off to paint them
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Old 09-16-2008, 08:07 PM
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i realized after that i coud have taken them off i thought i would have to bleed my brakes and did not want to do that.

but yes i used brake cleaner its the same as "caliper cleaner" i ten used a tooth brush to scrub them as i was spraying them that helped get them clean.
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