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nathangallo
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April 28, 2012, 02:08:16 pm »
Mine are starting to look sorry for it self. Cant afford a proper refurb but has anyone tried spraying/painting them.
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April 29, 2012, 10:45:14 am »
I sprayed mine. I cleaned the caliper with degreaser and wire brush to take all the c**p off. Taped everything that i didnt want to be sprayed i got a magazine for the bigger areas. Get a can of heat proof painted, gave it two coats and then 2 clear coats.
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that is a smashing idea!
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April 29, 2012, 06:46:23 pm »
.....waste of what looks like an interesting read
Top job
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^^^^ thinking the same thing!
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April 30, 2012, 12:59:33 pm »
When spaying them will it clog up all of the clips and be a nightmare when you need to take them off?
Only thing stopping me from doing it :)
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April 30, 2012, 01:12:51 pm »
I pulled out the good pages
Shouldnt do, the garage i go to had no problem getting my old calipers off when i upgraded. But i may have been lucky.
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April 30, 2012, 05:00:15 pm »
Sweet:)
If this weather holds out the rest of the week I'm going to be on that :)
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I did the calipers on swmbo's GT with smooth hammerite, I just used a flat artist nylon brush........
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