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10-20-2013, 08:05 PM | #1 |
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Pic of Painted calipers
Ok, i couldn;t stand to look at the ugly stock caliper and rusty clip any longer. So here is today's project.
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10-21-2013, 07:56 AM | #5 |
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where did you get that M/// badge and how is it attached?
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10-21-2013, 09:08 AM | #6 |
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Its a caliper decal leftover from a previous M3 I had. I ordered it on ebay around 8 years ago... I'm sure they are still around..do search on caliper decal m3.
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10-22-2013, 07:01 PM | #7 |
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Looks great. I did the same in high heat red.
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10-22-2013, 07:09 PM | #8 |
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I would do this buy my dealership said if there was a warranty claim on the brakes and the part was painted it would not be covered.
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10-23-2013, 07:59 AM | #10 |
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I had mine powder coated and therefore needed to be completely disassembled. Worth it though. Powder coating is much more durable than regular painting so I won't have to redo it.
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10-23-2013, 03:41 PM | #12 |
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How long did the powder coating process take? Am I gonna have to rent a car for a couple days?
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10-23-2013, 04:24 PM | #13 |
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I depends on your guys lead time. You've got one day to disassemble the calipers, it took my guy 3 days to powdercoat, then another day to reassemble. So figure like a week.
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10-23-2013, 08:59 PM | #14 |
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I will post. some pictures of my painted, while on the car calipers.
I super super cleaned all pieces on the caliper to be painted. I used with brake cleaner, then sanded, then wire brushed and cleaned some more. I spend again least 2 hours cleaning each caliper with Great results. For paint while on the rotor, I then fully masked off everything. I used VHT High Temp paint with no primers. Mine are almost 1 year year old and absolutely no peeling, chipping, cracking etc. Cost me 8 hours and $20. 00 in materials.
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10-28-2013, 01:00 PM | #16 |
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Here are my Painted brake calipers, hubs and backing plates
Calipers are VHT High Heat Red. Backing plates and hubs are bright silver New Center Caps with Black CF overlays I love the look. I need a set of 313's now.
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03-26-2014, 06:58 AM | #20 |
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I used VHT High Heat Spray can paint.
Lots of taping off. Lots of upfront cleaning. Probably close to an hour per caliper of cleaning prior to painting.
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