painted my calipers (wow ect.)

Sugar · Post by **Sugar** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:18 pm

lol painted my darling calipers today took a few piccies, mmmmmmm gold.

harry90 · Post by **harry90** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:53 pm

That is sexy

and love the wheels

Post by **vipfto** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:23 pm

Very hot with the wheels

but you really should get rid of those NSII nangkang bloody awfull my left hand has better traction those

Sugar · Post by **Sugar** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:01 pm

im going semis when ive killed the tyres.. i cant just afford to get rid of them... practically new.

RallyMad · Post by **RallyMad** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:55 pm

look great db. did you take the calipers off to paint them? If not can you give those of us less skiled some tips and a bit of a play by play please.

Sugar · Post by **Sugar** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:55 pm

RallyMad wrote:look great db. did you take the calipers off to paint them? If not can you give those of us less skiled some tips and a bit of a play by play please.

didnt take the calipers off . (lazy but meh.)

took the wheel off. used brake cleaner on the brake masked up the area i didnt want painted... then went spray happy

some paint went onto the rotor but a quick 10 min spirited drive cleared that.

im going to do my rears soonish, that wont be fun... *~delightful!~* handbrake cable

Post by **vipfto** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:32 pm

May i suggest best way IMO is to remove calliper (v easy think there is DIY somewhere) clean as above then use brush on heat proof calliper paint, less mess and has high gloss...... then leave and dont use car for 24 hours to allow paint to cure then will be sweet for many kms
think you can still buy calliper paint kits from repco etc

Sinalot · Post by **Sinalot** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:25 am

vipfto wrote:Very hot with the wheels

but you really should get rid of those NSII nangkang bloody awfull my left hand has better traction those

LOL bloody crackup

On a side note, What type of rotors are those?

Tippin · Post by **Tippin** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:59 am

wow, great job

they suit those wheels really well

Sugar · Post by **Sugar** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:21 am

Sinalot wrote:
vipfto wrote:Very hot with the wheels

but you really should get rid of those NSII nangkang bloody awfull my left hand has better traction those
LOL bloody crackup

On a side note, What type of rotors are those?

they are dba slotted, and the pads are ebc greenstuff (not like you guys wouldnt figure that 1 out lol)

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:28 am

Nice setup, wonder who installed those?

Sugar · Post by **Sugar** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 11:56 am

you did sir

i think im going to attemptmy rears today.. fun

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:45 pm

Mak sure you slacken off the handbrake cable from under the centre console... you'll never get the cable off the calipers if you dont. The rears are a bit of an ass. When you try & push the calipers back in, you need to use a set of needle nose pliers to wind them back in clockwise. They dont push straight back in easy.