Paint Brake Calipers
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:58 pm
Ok, this was my first attempt at painting the brake calipers on Elphie. I had planned on getting the car prepped on Friday evening - clean off all the brake dust and goop that had accumulated over the course of the last 2 years. The calipers looked rather nasty.
The rest of the plan had been to do all of the painting in the morning on Saturday.
Well, that didn't happen. I couldn't wait and painted the whole darn thing on Friday night well into Saturday morning with touch up later in the morning on Saturday.
It's not perfect - and I'll point out my mistakes in the pictures on the next post.
I used the Dupli-Color Caliper Paint Kit that I bought at Advance Auto Parts for about $20. I also picked up a spray can of Dupli-Color clear sparkle spray as a finisher.
Here are my thoughts on this Mod.
Cost: Cheap (Approx $20)
Performance Value: None, other then it looks cool!
Difficulty: 3 out of 10. It's pretty easy, just time consuming and difficult to paint certain areas.
Oh, and besides painting Elphie's Toe Nails she got a new set of summer shoes and laces.
Details to follow...
The rest of the plan had been to do all of the painting in the morning on Saturday.
Well, that didn't happen. I couldn't wait and painted the whole darn thing on Friday night well into Saturday morning with touch up later in the morning on Saturday.
It's not perfect - and I'll point out my mistakes in the pictures on the next post.
I used the Dupli-Color Caliper Paint Kit that I bought at Advance Auto Parts for about $20. I also picked up a spray can of Dupli-Color clear sparkle spray as a finisher.
Here are my thoughts on this Mod.
Cost: Cheap (Approx $20)
Performance Value: None, other then it looks cool!
Difficulty: 3 out of 10. It's pretty easy, just time consuming and difficult to paint certain areas.
Oh, and besides painting Elphie's Toe Nails she got a new set of summer shoes and laces.
Details to follow...