Painting calipers, are the front harder to clean than rear?
08-25-2002, 02:27 PM
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Painting calipers, are the front harder to clean than rear?
Well I'm well into painting my calpers but when I got to the front, the wire wheel acid I used to clean the front mixed with a wire brush wouldn't get anything off. On the back I got the caliper silver but the front won't show any. Do you guys have any ideas?
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08-26-2002, 12:59 AM
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On my front capliers I sanded them down to remove the flat black color from the factory and also to smooth the metal a bit it has this rough texture. I didn't get it all out but when I painted the caliper I put about 5 coats of paint on each time a little thicker. I did my calipers back in early spring and the paint looks perfect still today. I am very happy with the way it turned out.
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David
1997 Z28 M6, Monsoon CD, T-Tops, Leather
Flowmaster, TPIS AirFoil, 1LE Intake Elbow, CAI, K&N Conal Filter, Chromed Z28 style tips, Silver Camaro lettering rear, Replaced factory fog lights with Pilot Driving Lights with Hyper-White Bulbs
Join my Yahoo Group at
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