[TR] [6pack] Painting brake calipers?

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 Hi Joe,

I just used some Dupli-color hi-temp paint and painted mine red.? The paint has stood up quite nicely though there is always brake dust to dull the look.? You can see the before and after pictures at the triumphowners web site listed below.? The prep work took most of the time.? The paint work was pretty simple.? Sorry, I lost the close-up pics of the calipers on the car with my KN wheels when my hard drive bit the dust.

Aaron


 


Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
2002 Mini Cooper S
Topsham, Maine

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Merone <jmerone at rocketmail.com>
To: 6 Pack list <6pack at autox.team.net>; Triumph List <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 1:01 pm
Subject: [6pack] Painting brake calipers?










I'm about to install my new drilled and slotted rotors, Green Stuff brake
pads, and rebuilt calipers on my TR6.  It's a wished for combination of
increased stopping power plus a desire for a cool looking set-up behind the KN
minilites.  

I'm also considering painting the calipers but don't know to
what extreme to take it.  A simple coat of gloss black is the top choice right
now.  Next level up would be a matching red body color.  After that is an
unlikely contrasting color like yellow.

Caliper painters out there - which
way did you go?  Did you do the rear drums too?  Which system and application
process? 

Thanks,
Joe Merone
CF18928