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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 01:23 PM
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Default Caliper painting and decal
Lazy Saturday afternoon, still too hot to drop the drop, darnot10 sent me his decals so I painted my calipers (selective only) and now the decals are installed. I used the straight decals.

I must recommend getting the curved stickers. They will look nicer.

Used black high temp paint. 3 coats, used a hair dyer in between coats. Not too bad, took me 1.5 hrs to do.
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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 01:26 PM
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Thanks darnot10 for the stickers. Go get the curved ones.

The stickers are in there pretty solid, I do not think they will peel off.

One day I will paint the whole calipers. Some day.
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The SC looks nice while it is cruising the hway, the decals really stand out.
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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 01:32 PM
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Take your time to mask.

Here's how I did mine. Of course would have been nicer of the whole caliper were painted. I felt lazy today.
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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 01:39 PM
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darnot10 bought his @ xenonmods and I got mine at fleabay. Mine was an ISF decal and was a bit more than xenonmods.
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Old Apr 9, 2011 | 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by mandyfig
Thanks darnot10 for the stickers. Go get the curved ones.

The stickers are in there pretty solid, I do not think they will peel off.

One day I will paint the whole calipers. Some day.
Crazy! I went back and checked the second order and I did order the 'arched text' set....so I don't know what happened on the first set but I did check the paypal details and apparently I didn't select the arched text on the first set.....wished I would have known better. Anyway, sorry about that but your wife's car sure looks good!! hehe
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Looks good.. why dont you finish off the rest of the caliper?
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I will paint the whole calipers eventuallly.
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Did you use G2 Caliper paint ?
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I used the high heat paint used for Grilles, Oven. Satin Black. 3 coats.
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Originally Posted by mandyfig
I used the high heat paint used for Grilles, Oven. Satin Black. 3 coats.
I guess I'm gonna attempt to do it this weekend. Two questions for you....where did you get your paint and what manufacturer did you go with? Thanks.
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I used the OVEN paint, Krylon and Ace Hardware. It is Satin Black. Highly resistant to wear and heat. It is used to paint grilles, ovens, I will post a pic.
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I just painted my rear rotors, they were looking rough. Here's the paint.
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Here's my rear rotor, before and after painting:
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Anybody else did their calipers?
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