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post Jan 14, 2009 - 5:26 PM
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I've been looking around the internet for guides to painting calipers, and they seem to vary a lot and none of them are for celicas specifically. I was wondering if anyone on here who has done it has any method(s) that they feel works well. Thanks!

P.S I dont have a whole lot of experience so far with cars so a simple method would be appreciated biggrin.gif
 
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post Jan 14, 2009 - 6:04 PM
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DO NOT USE THE SPRAY PAINT!!!!

-jack the car
-remove tire
-hose off brakes with water
-dis-assemble caliper
-do not remove brake line
-have like a crate or box to hold the caliper up
-clean with brake cleaner 1 can per caliper
-get a wire brush or something to really clean caliper
-hose off using brake cleaner
-go wet a towel and wipe down the caliper (seriously wipe it down good)
-start taping and masking off what you dont want painted
-BUY A DIFFERENT BRUSH!! DO NOT USE KIT BRUSH. THE BRUSH HAIRS WILL FALL OFF WHILE USING IT!! BADD!!!!!!

-carefully apply 1 thin layer
-let dry
-apply 1 more layer (thin)
-let air dry for 10 mins
-apply 3rd and final layer (thin)

-remove tape and any masking stuff carefully.

-let paint cure over night and then some.

-when paint is cured and dried for about 20hrs atleast assemble everything CAREFULLY!!!!


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Posts in this topic
- circuscatch85   Painting my Calipers   Jan 14, 2009 - 5:26 PM
- - manphibian   Well, First you need to jack the car up, then take...   Jan 14, 2009 - 5:32 PM
|- - circuscatch85   QUOTE (manphibian @ Jan 14, 2009 - 6...   Jan 14, 2009 - 5:45 PM
- - 808celica   DO NOT USE THE SPRAY PAINT!!!! -...   Jan 14, 2009 - 6:04 PM
- - trdproven   Had my high temp spray painted calipers - nothing ...   Jan 14, 2009 - 6:20 PM
- - Salica   Why does spray paint not work? Is it too thin? no ...   Jan 14, 2009 - 6:21 PM
- - manphibian   Spray paint in my experience will not last very lo...   Jan 14, 2009 - 6:23 PM
- - circuscatch85   Sounds pretty straight forward, thanks for the ste...   Jan 14, 2009 - 6:33 PM
- - 95st-celica   i use dupi-color high temp caliper paint and have ...   Jan 14, 2009 - 6:38 PM
- - manphibian   Yeah, i guess that's the difference with brush...   Jan 15, 2009 - 3:21 AM
|- - 808celica   QUOTE (manphibian @ Jan 14, 2009 - 10...   Jan 15, 2009 - 3:42 AM
- - njccmd2002   i took em of, gave em service, rebuild and painted...   Jan 15, 2009 - 7:20 AM
- - 3TST   I used (Brush-on) High Temperature (Enamel) Engine...   Jan 15, 2009 - 10:47 AM
- - DEATH   I've got a really cheap and retarded quick met...   Jan 15, 2009 - 12:51 PM
- - joehernandez   you know... that is what i had in my mind, before ...   Jan 15, 2009 - 2:51 PM
|- - manphibian   QUOTE (joehernandez @ Jan 15, 2009 - 7...   Jan 15, 2009 - 3:08 PM
- - trdproven   spray painting was pretty easy to me. My car is e...   Jan 15, 2009 - 5:14 PM
- - Spider77   Those decals, how do they hold up?   Jan 15, 2009 - 7:56 PM
|- - manphibian   QUOTE (Spider77 @ Jan 16, 2009 - 12...   Jan 16, 2009 - 3:22 AM
|- - circuscatch85   QUOTE (manphibian @ Jan 16, 2009 - 3...   Jan 16, 2009 - 11:32 AM
- - manphibian   Ebay.co.uk   Jan 16, 2009 - 12:37 PM
- - joehernandez   QUOTE (manphibian @ Jan 16, 2009 - 12...   Jan 16, 2009 - 3:37 PM


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