Caliper Painting
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Caliper Painting
Anyone know of a good place to take my 8 to get the calipers painted? I am in the Detroit area and looking for someone that does good work. I've considered doing it myself, but I think I would be better off bringing it in somewhere.
Any info is much appriciated.
Any info is much appriciated.
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Paint them yourself!
I painted my NG calipers and rotors silver. I used the Duplicolor kit which I bought at Murray's. I left the calipers on and made sure to mask off all area's that I didn;t want to paint. I put 3 coats on and I think it took me something like 2 hours total.....
I painted my NG calipers and rotors silver. I used the Duplicolor kit which I bought at Murray's. I left the calipers on and made sure to mask off all area's that I didn;t want to paint. I put 3 coats on and I think it took me something like 2 hours total.....
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Originally Posted by Umbra
How did you get paint on the side of the caliper that isn't facing out?
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Is painting the calipers really something I should do on my own...I've never painted anything before...well maybe with finger paints...and I don't want to ruin my baby! I have a Velocity Red and was thinking of painting them black...any other good color suggestions?
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Originally Posted by Indy8
Is painting the calipers really something I should do on my own...I've never painted anything before...well maybe with finger paints...and I don't want to ruin my baby! I have a Velocity Red and was thinking of painting them black...any other good color suggestions?
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Ummm....you can't see the back side, right? So, I don't think it really matters whether you paint it or not. Believe me, unless you take the wheel off and put your head inside the wheel well and look closely, you'll never know.
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I think red on a Velocity Red 8 is hot.... Yellow might be cool too.... The RX-8 decals look good too... ive had mine on for almost 2 years and they have stuck on all this time... I just used bright red high heat paint from Autozone.... I tried the Anodized Red and it looked like ****... lol Ill help ya do if if you want...its an easy job....just time consuming....
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Hey flyboyindy. We need to hang out sometime so I can see how your rotors turned out. I was afraid of doing red (thought it might clash.) Maybe you can help me paint mine too. lemmie know thx! Also, where did you get those RX8 decals...those do look hot. :D
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Everybody does red. I was thinking maybe yellow or blue, but those might be too "showy".
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I think yellow with red decals or blue with white decals would look pretty good. But sometimes I wonder if painting them at all isn't too "show and no go". Maybe an aftermarket brake kit would be ideal. Obviously the $$$ difference is hard to ignore. But in an ideal world...
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Well, I think red is still the way to go....either that or bright silver with red stickers... I got mine off of Ebay a long time ago, but Polak Graphics sells them too....
Send me an email, and we can get together soon! flyboyindy@aol.com
Later,
Frank
Send me an email, and we can get together soon! flyboyindy@aol.com
Later,
Frank
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Originally Posted by flyboyindy
I think red on a Velocity Red 8 is hot.... Yellow might be cool too.... The RX-8 decals look good too... ive had mine on for almost 2 years and they have stuck on all this time... I just used bright red high heat paint from Autozone.... I tried the Anodized Red and it looked like ****... lol Ill help ya do if if you want...its an easy job....just time consuming....
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I painted mine red using the Duplicolor paint. It turned out really nice and looks sharp. I painted mine with the tires on. The key is just to be really carful and do it right through the rims. These pics are with my winter tires but I just did the same thing on my new silver 8 right through the stick tires and rims.
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