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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 05:03 PM
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YES, Duplicolor kit is awesome!!! It paints on real easy.

The only problem with removing the calipers is that you have to know how to bleed the brakes properly, and you add a lot of time to the job. Personally, I left them on and just used a bent coat hangar to hold them at an angle I could get too. I did remove the brake pads though.

One day I did the 2 backs first, maybe 4 coats about 15-20min apart (plus you get practice for the fronts!!!). I probably painted about 3/4 of them, the very backs I left stock since you can't see it anyway. Let them sit over night in a dry area, and they are ready to go.

Here are some pics:





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Old Jun 25, 2005 | 05:33 PM
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I just now finished, i mean like 1 minuite ago, painting my calipers with the dupli-color caliper paint kit. It is soooooo easy. Just take your time with it and your good. Looks very clean and it comes out with that "Brembo" finish. It only took me like an hour and the paint is bone dry. I applied 2 coats also. And if you take your time, you dont really need to take your calipers off unless you want to paint the parts you cant even see. . . its your call. The temp here is about 78 degrees F so im sure that helped with the drying process, that and i had an industrial fan blowing on them. Super easy project with verrrrrrrrrrry nice results.
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 11:38 AM
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/\/\ Hehehehe... look, twins.

I left my brakes all attached, just masked some stuff off, and used a steady hand for the rest. 3 coats here.
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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Thanks for the pics guys. Look really good and I can't wait to do mine.
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Old Jun 26, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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I did mine in the winter so i heated them up witha heat gun. That way the paint would sstick better and pervent runs. I used the brake caliper paint from wal mart.
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