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Offline Johnny_tro

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Painting
« on: May 14, 2014, 09:10:29 pm »
Need to touch up the calipers...can you tell me..

1. Is painting best or spray can?

2. Which product offer best colour match for the r32 blue? Gti red?

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Re: Painting
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2014, 10:20:26 pm »
Hand painted mine mate with a small good brush. Gaffa taped up the discs/pads et


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Re: Painting
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2014, 03:01:14 pm »
hand paint , bought mine from amazon , bloody great stuff , takes time to dry and harden off but super finish
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Re: Painting
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2014, 03:04:50 pm »
I sprayed mine and it did leave a bit of a mess on the edges of the discs even though everything was thoroughly masked.  If I was doing it again I'd either take them off to spray or hand paint if I was leaving them on the car.