Two tone painted calipers

[cbcbd]

Just got done installing my new (used) rear calipers with new rotors and pads.
Haven't done the front's yet, but they'll look the same.



edit: pics of front rotors on page 3

 

[CGCG04]

i like it doug...should look real sweet on your car

 

[chaosProtege]

looks good. what rotors are those?

 

[vindication]

wow, nice job bro. what paint did you use and did you brush it on or spray?

 

[laracroft]

That looks great! I dont have the patience to do that I dont think. lol But thats an original idea. And it came out real well. Good job.
(2thumbs)

 

[Rdshark1]

Looks really nice. I did mine two-tone red & yellow back in '02 because we just couldn't decide which color we liked better (team Mickey D's!).

 

[Lord_Zath]

I like the two-tone look!

 

[Mikey444]

looks very nice, good job.

 

[L8R]

very interesting concept. cant wait to see the finish product! props for originallity

 

[jurgs01]

I like it. I may go black and blue with mine.

 

[cbcbd]

Thanks for all the good words, I was kinda going off of the GTOs calipers, but different colors and switched

looks good. what rotors are those?

They are Rotorworks rotors I got from **********.com

wow, nice job bro. what paint did you use and did you brush it on or spray?

I used Duplicolor spray paint and sprayed it on, putting many coats of color and then tons of clear.
Last time I painted my calipers I used the G2 kit - between the two ways I would pick the G2 hands down. You have to spray so much Duplicolor paint on the calipers until you get a good thick covering, and then it still chips pretty easy. Even though the G2 paint has to be brushed on and requires about 3-4 coats, it's really rubbery and doesn't chip very easily at all.

 

[chuyler1]

Did you take everything apart to paint or did you do it while it was all on?

 

[cbcbd]

Hey chris,
I bought used rear calipers so I had the luxury of having them completely off and could paint it all around and then just swapped them when the time came. For the fronts I won't have that flexibility, but I'm still taking the caliper completely off and spray painting it hanging in the wheel well. It annoyed me last time I painted it when I could see unpainted parts in the caliper because I couldn't reach it too well.

 

[chuyler1]

I know what you mean. If I ever get around to doing it, I will probably wait until its time to do rotors and pads and take everything apart.

Lookin good though...post pictures of the fronts and the final product with the wheels on when you're finished.

 

[L8R]

bump, more pics?

 

[cbcbd]

I can take a picture later today of the back wheels with all the new stuff, but I need to find a free day to do my front calipers, so that'll be a little while until that.

 

[cbcbd]

Pics with wheels on
http://www.msprotege.com/members/cbcbd/DSCN3606.jpg
http://www.msprotege.com/members/cbcbd/DSCN3607.jpg

 

[THEGOLDPRO]

ricer.

 

[vindication]

how long did it take?

 

[CGCG04]

nice doug