03-19-2005, 02:21 PM
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After Rev posted his cleaned calipers i thought i might do mine as well. After seeing how new they can look i just had to try. (thanx Rev :thumbsup: )
I was gonna do the rotors as well but it started to rain. 
This is what they looked like before
And here is after
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03-19-2005, 02:41 PM
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nice and shiny. gonna paint 'em or are you just get'n them shiny and clean?
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03-19-2005, 02:53 PM
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was thinking on painting them white but after i cleaned them today i saw that the silver matches my car more.
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03-19-2005, 05:21 PM
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What did you use? if sandpaper what grit?
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03-19-2005, 05:56 PM
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im gonna use steel wool. that sound good?
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03-19-2005, 06:49 PM
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i used a steel wool tool and some strong grit sandpaper. dont remember the number, you'll need a lot of elbow greese. Most of the crap comes off easy its just the small places are hard to reach.
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03-19-2005, 07:02 PM
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wow dood now thats some love for ur ride
i mean my car was my baby, but never in my life would i have spent 3 hours cleanin the brake calipers.
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03-19-2005, 08:27 PM
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glad I could be an inspiration
and man my arm was soooore and tired after the cleaning lol!
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03-19-2005, 09:25 PM
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I'm gunna paint mine tuesday, and I sure as shat don't feel like spending 3 hours to clean em first.
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03-19-2005, 09:37 PM
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what if you poloshed them and made them look all shiney?
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03-19-2005, 10:08 PM
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You will still want to paint them clear or the corrosion will build up again. If you have a wire wheel put a brass brush on the end. they cost about four dollars and pollish with low abbrasion. If not, dremel makes a few attachments for polishing as well. They just take longer.
A small suggestion is to rebuild the caliber while it is out. The rebuild kit is cheap and might save future problems with worn seals.
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03-20-2005, 12:15 AM
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man the calipers look so nice when you clean them.........when i threw on the rotors i cleaned them up a bit and man they look good.......
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03-20-2005, 02:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by OpalaAlero@Mar 20 2005, 02:25 AM
I'm gunna paint mine tuesday, and I sure as shat don't feel like spending 3 hours to clean em first.
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it will look 300X better if you atleast get a wire brush and get the tough crap off before you paint them.
This last time was the second time I painted my calipers, I had to replace the ones I replaced before, and this time it look soooo much better since I cleaned them first |
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03-20-2005, 06:35 AM
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Originally posted by |Rev|@Mar 20 2005, 01:27 AM
glad I could be an inspiration
and man my arm was soooore and tired after the cleaning lol!
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Yea, i woke up this morning sore as all hell. It was worth it though.
Sould i use a clearcoat paint just to protect it? |
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03-20-2005, 12:40 PM
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they make drill bits and dremel attachments where there's a circular piece of metal with steel wool on the tip of it kind of like this:
%%%%%%% <---steel wool
---------------- <---metal circle
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makes things like that a million times easier. the drill or dremel does all the work for you. you'll still need sandpaper or a piece of steel wool to get in the spots that the tool can't reach but it will cut down on time and effort.
the metal stick should be in the middle of the metal circle.
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03-20-2005, 01:41 PM
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lol metal stick thingy i love it.....but yea i never thought of that.....gotta give it a try next time im down there.......
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03-28-2005, 12:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Crolero+Mar 20 2005, 06:35 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Crolero @ Mar 20 2005, 06:35 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-|Rev|@Mar 20 2005, 01:27 AM
glad I could be an inspiration
and man my arm was soooore and tired after the cleaning lol!
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Yea, i woke up this morning sore as all hell. It was worth it though.
Sould i use a clearcoat paint just to protect it?
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Clearcoat paint will just flake off, the calipers get extremely hot. That's why you have to use special paint on them that can withstand high temperature.  issed:
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03-28-2005, 12:56 AM
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i'd do the newbish thing and go red to maek em look like baer brakes... plus i think red looks good on calpiers. . .
wow those do look really good though... when i ahve to change my brakes i may decided to clean and paint mine. . .
glad the dremel thing works. . . i like my dremel  |
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03-29-2005, 08:31 PM
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How would black look on calipers??
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