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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 07:04 AM
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Yes the calipers are OEM.
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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 02:32 PM
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Thanks rome, I actually sprayed mine yellow and they came out pretty caliper paintbut I banged them in a couple spots when I was reinstalling them on the rotor and now I have some nicks. I plant to wait the 7 days then sands the areas where the nicks are the apply the touch up with a paint brush. After that I will put some clear over them. The yellow is going to be harder to keep clean but I like it. No picks until they are fixed up lol.
Don't use paint brush. Ull be better off resandin the nicked area and go back over with the caliper paint then Clear it. U always wanna clear it because it could mess up more and be harder to wash and keep clean if u clear it sooner then later its better protection for the paint.
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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 02:42 PM
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I just thought it would be easier to touch up with a brush than to respray. I was going to spray some of the paint in a cup after I sand the chips down.
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Old Apr 10, 2014 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sha4000
I just thought it would be easier to touch up with brush than to respray. I was going to spray some of the paint in a cup after I sand the chips down.
When you touch stuff with a brush it doesn't look them same, comesout different.
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Old Apr 12, 2014 | 08:35 AM
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Considering the distance most people will be viewing the calipers from I would imagine it wouldn't be a huge difference. I did see a Youtube video where the guy cut the bristles down to half before painting.
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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 05:51 AM
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Considering the distance most people will be viewing the calipers from I would imagine it wouldn't be a huge difference. I did see a Youtube video where the guy cut the bristles down to half before painting.
True but if was togo to a carshow they look at every detail and tp make sure its damn near perfect.
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Old Apr 13, 2014 | 08:25 AM
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Lol, well I'm def not doing car shows. Just sprucing up my ride to my tastes but I'm going to take care of this in the next couple of days. Got to let my knees rest a bit.
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Old Apr 15, 2014 | 06:57 PM
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Lol, well I'm def not doing car shows. Just sprucing up my ride to my tastes but I'm going to take care of this in the next couple of days. Got to let my knees rest a bit.
Lol I feel u. I do shows. So im tryna get mine lookin right lil by lil.
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Old Apr 20, 2014 | 06:17 PM
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Here you go Rome.
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Old May 18, 2014 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by sha4000
Here you go Rome.
Awesome!! U take my advice? They came out lookin good.
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Old May 18, 2014 | 10:57 AM
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So im thinkin one more Body mod before I do paint. Lip Spoiler in trunk??
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Old May 19, 2014 | 07:28 PM
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Found a decent Trunk Lip Spoiler. Wat yall think keep black or paint same as car? They will paint it for me when I order it.
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Old May 23, 2014 | 07:12 PM
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This wat im talkin about!!

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Imagine it wit my roof spoiler. Blk to match other spoiler or Paint same color as car for the Trunk Lip Spoiler?
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Old May 29, 2014 | 05:59 PM
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Bump...opinions plz
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Old May 29, 2014 | 07:42 PM
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I would paint both the color of the car.
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