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Old May 13, 2004 | 12:38 PM
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I saw caliper paint kits at Walmart the other day. Don't remember the price but they had red and yellow. I belive they were made by Duplicolor. They came with paint, cleaner, and everything you would need to do the job.
 
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Old May 13, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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Walmart does sell the Duplicolor and it's right around $17.99 for the kit.
 
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Old May 13, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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Thanks for helping me out with the price N7goodrow. I thought it was about that, but didn't want to give any false info.
 
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Old May 13, 2004 | 06:01 PM
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I had mine powder coated and they have a few chips out of them with only about a 1000 miles on the powder coat. I would not do that again. Just make sure they are very clean before you paint.

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Old May 14, 2004 | 12:03 PM
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I painted my calipers a few months ago. I just used caliper paint at pep boys. It was like $5. I really liked how they looked just after I did them. But a little bit of the paint wore off even though they said high temp paint. Here's some old pics of the calipers, Ill let you know what kind of paint I used exactly and try to get pics of how they look now after a few months.


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Old May 14, 2004 | 05:03 PM
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I used the eastwood caliper paint last week on a set of Wilwood racing calipers I installed on a harley truck. It's brush on. You get the paint, hardner a can of brake cleaner and a small brush.

I purchased a second kit to do on another customers vehicle. Very easy to use. I was happy with it. No overspray or tapping.

Once you add the hardner you have 4 hours to get the paint on calipers.
 
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Old Feb 18, 2010 | 01:50 AM
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I know this thread is a bit dated, but I am looking to paint my calipers and am wondering what is the best paint to use nowadays? I saw a thread awhile back where the guy used Krylon I believe. Is that the way to go?
 
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 12:02 AM
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Great caliper paint and is the only RED that I have found that matches the OEM E4 Red and does not have an orangie cast to it!!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 02:05 PM
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Just last week I installed my Rotopro slotted/dimpled rotors and PosiQuiet pads. At the same time I repainted my calipers with the Caliper Paint (brush on) kit from Pep Boys. You can use the "brush on" paint much easier without removing your calipers.



 
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