Hey there again. My brother-in-law was kind enough to hoist my car at his garage and let me do my thing. I had the rotors replaced and painted my calipers a-la-iLisa (orange, although they look very red in these pics). I'll post some other shots in a few days of the whole car.... See ya!
Finally painted my calipers
- Thread starter Weborific
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- '04 RX8
it's a sad day for midnight blue dark blue caliper protege5's... oh wait, i'm the only one 
ncsukingpin
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- Mazda Protege 1999 1.6L LX
Did you remove the calipers to paint them, or did you just tape it up?
Thank you all for the great comments! I wouldn't have even attempted this without all your input, advice, and how-to's. So THANKS! My brother-in-law was hesitant to disconnect the brakeline and bleed the brakes and I was already grateful for the time on the lift, so I had to paint them dangling as shown in the pics. The front ones where easier as they dangle lower than the rear. I just used some tape to mask the rubber parts and the brakelines. Here's a few more pics I just took. They're fresh! Man, I hope this doesn't look ricey! I just really didn't wanna see anymore rust.
PS: I'm repainting part of my bumper, hence the missing corner lights...
PS: I'm repainting part of my bumper, hence the missing corner lights...
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- carbon grey 2005 SP23 sedan
lookin' good! I'm gonna try to do that this weekend. got any tips? I have yet to search through the forums and find the how to and all the advice and stuff...
whitemp5seattle said:
Sure.... I would (and DID):
- spray them with brake cleaner to get most of the gunk off
- brush the calipers on a grinding wheel with a metal bristles wheel of it if possible (or sand them with coarse sand paper)
-use a rust converter on the calipers. rust converters help a LOT in my experience
-mask
-paint
Hope this helps........
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- carbon grey 2005 SP23 sedan
(cool) thanks! I'll have to look into the rust converter...just googled it. looks like an awesome product!
