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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 09:56 AM
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Painted my calipers red and masked and painted my wheels to get rid of some silver stock trim
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 10:07 AM
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Looks nice, what type of paint did you use?
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 9secslc
Looks nice, what type of paint did you use?
I bought the dupli-color caliper paint kit from a local auto shop and used a matte finish black for the wheel trim
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 10:17 AM
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Planning to get the wheels powder coated when its time to dismount and rotate the tires.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 08:22 PM
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Hey man, I was planning on doing that this weekend but got a little distracted. Did you take the calipers off to paint them or leave them on? Also where are you located, I'm in Bangor/SIlverdale area.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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Great job! Looks great.
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Old Mar 25, 2012 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by ETNav382
Hey man, I was planning on doing that this weekend but got a little distracted. Did you take the calipers off to paint them or leave them on? Also where are you located, I'm in Bangor/SIlverdale area.
We should have a caliper painting party. Been debating tossing the 550 calipers back on.
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 08:40 AM
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Looks great. How many coats did you put on the calipers?
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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Really nice job, I'm thinking about painting my calipers soon....Your pics helping me to see how the red color looks on my car ! haha
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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 02:54 PM
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DANG!!! Everybody is painting/re-painting their calipers this spring!



...Can't lie, I'm considering something similar myself. Nice job tho man!
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