How to paint your cals! a tutorial!

[mp3_559]

Hi,
I painted my cals today and i thought id post a tut to show you guys how to do it and all it cost was 4 dollars for the high temp paint!
The Tutorial
Now all ya guys can give me a good rating!
-Ryan Monday

 

[70]

Nice job...It looks good. Did you have to clean off the calipers any before you painted them? I'm just wondering if brake dust screwed with the paint?

 

[mp3_559]

I scrubed them with a wire brush and then wiped them with a wet towel but my cals where really clean as was but yes if its dirty wipe em off it will help the paint last longer and stronger!

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: mp3_559 ]

 

[rcfan]

good job 559, i'll work on mine this comming weekend. just a ? did you use any kind of gloss after to make it shinny?

 

[TightMP3]

Looks good man, keep up the good work

 

[mp3_559]

Danny,
No, no gloss was used it was just dark out side so i had to use flash on my camera the color i used was Daytona Yellow 500 degree temp it turned out pretty glossy by its self. I got it at AutoZone for 4 dollars.

 

[OceanPark]

How long is the paint going to last???

 

[mp3_559]

No clue i have talked to people and there have lasted like 5 years and holding strong (on other cars).

 

[OceanPark]

Really? One of my friend said you have to paint it like every half a year. I doubt if the snow would wash off the paint in the winter.

 

[LouisianaMP3]

hey mp3_559,

thanks for the info and the pics. it's all the inspiration i needed!! i'll probably do mine over thanksgiving week. after all, i'll be off and will have nothing to do during the day between hunts!

 

[ArcTan2x+k]

i think ill paint mine PURE WHITE!! the white with the blue would be nice..the only things that bother me is the yelloe from the little plate "MP3" ..

i think white it could be a nice color bcuz..i'm not a great fan of the yellow stuff on a car..just a question of taste..

 

[mp3_559]

Ark,
Im not a huge fan of yellow either however i thought about white but i wanted to make sure my time was well spent meaning ywhite cals are barely noticable.... and plus i was going to possibly get some grey stickers and stuff down the road and the 3 colors combine nicely also as yellow they jump out making sure they are visible and you didnt waste 6 hrs for nothing

 

[mp3_559]

I also plan to post more tutorials of things im going to do im not going to say yet because im not sure if its possible to do. If i am able to do it then it will cost you nothing but time and probly save you 100 dollars in aftermarket parts.

 

[NCMP3]

559 Nice tutorial, they look outstanding. have you checked out the rear calipers yet will they come off the same way? I will start mine on a nice long weekend so I can get them all done before the work day. So if you can let me know about the rear I would appreciate it Thanks for your hard work.

 

[Mp3cHikn]

I think I'll paint mine baby blue.. I am going with the whole baby blue/white theme for my blue mp3.

 

[MazdaMP]

anyone tried out Porsche red?
i think it looks so awesome on the Porsche, but i dunno bout the MP3...

 

[NCMP3]

MP I am thinking about going red myself because My plan is to get another set of rims to run, and get them powdercoated yellow, and no I am not getting rid of my harts. What do you think?

 

[SMOKINJO36JT]

the link at the top doesn't work please email it to me thanks

smokinjo36jt@hotmail.com

 

[subywan-kenobi]

Yeah, link was dead for me too!!

 

[MP3-Owner]

Dead Link! atleast for me I am thinking of doing my cals with the same color blue that is on my car atleast the closest I can find. BTW...Does it really have to be high temp paint? I wouldn't think so because the caliper shouldn't get that hot but has anyone had a bad experiance with regular non high temp paint?
also BTW...Has anyone thought of going with a chrome or gold plated look? Might sound tacky but it might look good

[ 11-10-2001: Message edited by: MP3-Owner ]