Polishing calipers

Since my car is sitting for the winter i figured i could polish my brake calipers now, just something that i can do for cheap and i think it looks really nice. but i was curious...how do i go about doing it??

Originally posted by gh0st
Since my car is sitting for the winter i figured i could polish my brake calipers now, just something that i can do for cheap and i think it looks really nice. but i was curious...how do i go about doing it??

You can't just polish them. You will need to clear coat over them, or they will rust :(

well how would i go about doing all of that??

This'll give you some ideas...

http://members.aol.com/InjuneerZZ/BaerPoli.htm

My brother just did his not too long ago, this is how it looked when done:
http://66.43.184.45:86/files/DSCF0005.jpg

This is the link he followed:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/flats/8516/polishingcalipers.htm

Here's a link to when he posted pics with some more information about how he did it:

http://web.camaross.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=40355&highlight=polishing+calipers

[I] I see that you have a LT1, make sure you read the last link I have on there about the post he made. Someone said it's not a good idea to try and polish lt1 brake calipers (and these are on my brothers lt1 but he did the ls1 brake upgrade kit so they are ls1 brake calipers. I just want to make sure you can do it without problems before it's too late.

Why wouldnt it work with the LT1 calipers?? can you not polish iron??

Starts with the back calipers... they are aluminum and look pretty good with just a fine wire brush on a Dremel.... the fins make then hard to polish to a mirror finish, but getting the grease and dirt off is the first step.

Cast iron can be polished, but starts to rust immediately. Clear coat might retard rusting, but it isn't going to last. Aluminum forms its own protective oxide coating, and will stay bright a lot longer. Avoid salted winter roads if you haven't put a protective coating on polished aluminum.

You might want to look at some of the products available from The Eastwood Company. They offer a lot of polishing materials, coatings for polished finishes, and recently came out with a high gloss, high temperature caliper painting kit available in eight colors.

if you cant polish, then you could paint them/ if you dont want them to be too flashey paint them black and pick up some brake caliper decals from afterthoughtsauto.com