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Offline zenicman9

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Painting the Calipers
« on: July 04, 2012, 04:02:34 pm »
hey

I am looking to paint my calipers on my mk5 golf tdi, does anyone have a guide on how to go about doing this?

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Re: Painting the Calipers
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2012, 04:07:10 pm »
hey

I am looking to paint my calipers on my mk5 golf tdi, does anyone have a guide on how to go about doing this?

a guide on how to take the calipers off?

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Re: Painting the Calipers
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2012, 04:09:19 pm »
And to paint them :) is there a special process? tools? cleaning etc?

Offline chowgar

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Re: Painting the Calipers
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2012, 09:50:17 pm »
leave them on and paint them....

I cleaned them up with break cleaner... keyed the surface with a wire wool drill bit.... good old clean again and painted with caliper paint :happy2: