Painting brake calipers
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Painting brake calipers
I have some remanufactured front calipers about a year old. They rusted rather quickly, ive sanded most of that off.
Do I need to primer them before painting? Im using high heat paint.
Thanks, Spy
Do I need to primer them before painting? Im using high heat paint.
Thanks, Spy
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well u dont have to but more than likely the brake dust in there will cover them over quickly so u may want to primer them sand down the primer till smooth and then paint and seal with some clear coat that can stand the temperature down there cuz i just painted mine and the were nice and blackish in about a month, but then again i dont really care about it so i just painted over the crud again, if they were smooth i'm sure they wouldnt hold so much crap
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Gotta do it right.. This is excellent stuff. I have used it on two cars with great results:
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp
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Originally posted by OffDuty
Gotta do it right.. This is excellent stuff. I have used it on two cars with great results:
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp
Gotta do it right.. This is excellent stuff. I have used it on two cars with great results:
http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/g2/caliper_paint.jsp
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I use brake cleaner on my parts
Let it dry
Sanded it down
Use brake cleaner again
Ran warm water
Let it dry
and it came out perfect. Took everything off.
I used p21s wheel cleaner in GEL form, the liquid version runs too quickly.
Let it dry
Sanded it down
Use brake cleaner again
Ran warm water
Let it dry
and it came out perfect. Took everything off.
I used p21s wheel cleaner in GEL form, the liquid version runs too quickly.