Painting My Brake Calipers
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Painting My Brake Calipers
So I bought the red caliper paint that's made for high temperatures. I also bought the brake cleaner to clean off the calipers before I paint them. My only question remains...
Should I just mask off the area I'm going to paint and leave the calipers on the car? Or should I remove the whole caliper which would require me to remove the break line and then I'd have to bleed my brakes afterwards?
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I know alot of you OZ people have done this. Let me know please! I don't want to mess anything up
Should I just mask off the area I'm going to paint and leave the calipers on the car? Or should I remove the whole caliper which would require me to remove the break line and then I'd have to bleed my brakes afterwards?
Blah!
I know alot of you OZ people have done this. Let me know please! I don't want to mess anything up
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I spray painted my last car's calipers - as long as you mask everthing off, you should be fine. Just make certain you're in a well ventilated area, or the paint will float around and get on everything! (including uncovered areas)
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Originally posted by RWElphinstone
I spray painted my last car's calipers - as long as you mask everthing off, you should be fine. Just make certain you're in a well ventilated area, or the paint will float around and get on everything! (including uncovered areas)
I spray painted my last car's calipers - as long as you mask everthing off, you should be fine. Just make certain you're in a well ventilated area, or the paint will float around and get on everything! (including uncovered areas)
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I painted mine this weekend. Mask the whole area, then mask some more. When you think you got everything masked and good to go, mask some more.
I say this because I got some overspray on my fender and some suspension parts.
Good luck.
I say this because I got some overspray on my fender and some suspension parts.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by PDXRalliArt
I painted mine this weekend. Mask the whole area, then mask some more. When you think you got everything masked and good to go, mask some more.
I say this because I got some overspray on my fender and some suspension parts.
Good luck.
I painted mine this weekend. Mask the whole area, then mask some more. When you think you got everything masked and good to go, mask some more.
I say this because I got some overspray on my fender and some suspension parts.
Good luck.
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Originally posted by RollerPyro
Just take your caliper off, it's not that hard. The extra time is worth the better quality job and saves you the hastle of worrying about masking stuff off.
Just take your caliper off, it's not that hard. The extra time is worth the better quality job and saves you the hastle of worrying about masking stuff off.
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I am going to be doing this today, My friend just did it on the his Subaru. He took aoff the brake calipers but clamped the lines so he didn't have to bleed them. Hopefully I can get pics up tonight of how we're doing it.
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Originally Posted by Shadow
I am going to be doing this today, My friend just did it on the his Subaru. He took aoff the brake calipers but clamped the lines so he didn't have to bleed them. Hopefully I can get pics up tonight of how we're doing it.
That being said, if the car is already up on stands and you have a buddy, bleeding the brakes is a 10 minute affair.
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Originally Posted by pinoynoskillz
Rydog... do you have brembo's on yours? if so.. what kind... product number? reply back
hahah, i wish. i was just being a smart ***! one day tho, one day......
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Ok boys, finally snapped some stills of the newly painted calipers.
What do you think?
(These pics are being hosted from my server btw)
Front:
Rear:
Rest of the pics can be found here, labelled 'caliper' at the bottom of the list.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ry.../mylancerpics/
Lemme know what ya think!!
What do you think?
(These pics are being hosted from my server btw)
Front:
Rear:
Rest of the pics can be found here, labelled 'caliper' at the bottom of the list.
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ry.../mylancerpics/
Lemme know what ya think!!