Painting Calipers?

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Old 06-05-2009, 09:33 PM
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Painting Calipers?

How hard is it to paint the calipers? It seems super easy and probably a very dumb question but i was just wondering how many people actually have done it. I'd imagine a high temp paint is needed but what kind of prep work?
 
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Old 06-05-2009, 09:40 PM
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hardest part is jacking up the truck and taking off the wheels

i bought the duplicolor caliper kit online for like $20, had everything you need to prep / paint them.

they give you some sort of cleaner spray and a wire brush if i remember correctly to prep.

i painted mine last year, and this pic is of a few weeks ago , they need to be re-painted, but they still look good

 
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Old 06-06-2009, 12:05 AM
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I had a feeling it was going to be something easy like that :o do you remember where you ordered the stuff from?
 
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Old 06-06-2009, 09:13 AM
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We carry the G2 paint system. It's two stage so very hard, and has everything you need to do a good job included. You can check it out here.

Please give me a call if interested.
 
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Old 06-06-2009, 11:13 AM
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I painted mine when I first got the truck back in 05. Sprayed the calipers down with a can of brake cleaner and then used VHT Caliper paint that I got at AutoZone. I had about 5 or 6 coats on each caliper. They still looked excellent 4 years later prior to my caliper mod.
 
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Old 06-06-2009, 11:17 AM
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Did the same brake cleaner then caliper paint from autozone, love the results pretty simple
 



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