Re: Painting calipers

[trnsfrma@ix.netcom.com (Shawn C. Meze)]

At 02:57 PM 6/28/97 +0000, Steph wrote:
>I thought of painting my calipers at one point many moons ago.  Before I
>really made plans to have it done, I went to car shows and asked
>around.  If my car would be a "trailer queen" it would be okay, but for
>a daily driver, it would require reapplication too frequently for my
>taste.  But then again, that's just me.  Maybe you won't mind.



Well, my experience was to try it and see how long it lasts. I removed the 
pad carrier from my calipars and sprayed the crapolaa ourt of it with brake 
cleaner and used a wire brush to clean it as good as I could get it. T
hen I sprayed about 4 coats of your generic Red engine hi-temp paint (Makes 
sence to use it). Let it dry and reassembled it. 
Its been over a year and I havent had to repaint it so far. I just wipe them 
down with a sponge while im cleaning the wheels. The look pretty good after 
all of this time and hot racing temps. I think its in how well you prep the 
job (Spend some time on it and it will last.) and in applying 3-4 coats to 
allow it to be a bit durrable. 
Thats been my experience, HTH!


Shawn
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