Installed New Wheels / Painted Calipers / Rotors
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Hey Raj, thanks for sharing. Is that price for wheels alone? for CL members we have pricing thats a little better than that. We are not always the cheapest but if our pricing is a little better than it helps for CL'ers.
This is like your second set of wheels in a few months!
This is like your second set of wheels in a few months!
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The hub of the rotors were painted. This usually rusts after a year and look ugly. I used a ceramic base coat for the heat and then gloss black. The hub is quite noticeable specially with wheels like mine.
Decals from ebay.
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Hey Raj, thanks for sharing. Is that price for wheels alone? for CL members we have pricing thats a little better than that. We are not always the cheapest but if our pricing is a little better than it helps for CL'ers.
This is like your second set of wheels in a few months!
This is like your second set of wheels in a few months!
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did that on my gs400 5 years ago. it's still like new
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Right. I purchased a new set of calipers and rotors and had them painted. I wanted it to look professional. I had them treat it with a ceramic base coat, then applied the paint. Put the decals on, then clear coated them.
Al, I have the original calipers, if you want to do the same on your car. I will give you my calipers, when yours comes off, just pass it along to someone else.
Al, I have the original calipers, if you want to do the same on your car. I will give you my calipers, when yours comes off, just pass it along to someone else.
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painting the caliper is easy. just mask other parts off (rotor surface, pistons, etc... use a lot of brake de-greaser to clean the calipers, and then spray high temp engine enamel of your choice. if you want glossy finish, spray clear coat after the base coat has dried
did that on my gs400 5 years ago. it's still like new
did that on my gs400 5 years ago. it's still like new
This is what I really wanted to do, but was too expensive:
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=93498
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very nice....was considering brembo for look/performance, but you definitely am giving me second thoughts on the look factor....didn't know you could paint them like rom said....will have to find a good autobody shop to do that later on.....thanks for the info henry
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Absolutely. I did this on several of my cars. It did not look bad, lasted a long time (until I went with the BBK) but did not look as good as a professional job.
This is what I really wanted to do, but was too expensive:
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=93498
This is what I really wanted to do, but was too expensive:
http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=93498
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