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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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Caliper Restoration & Brake Job

Another thread on restoring Brembo's to their natural bright red state.

Before you yell, YES we did take the paint off the bleeder valve caps.

Also, this isn't my car, this is my bro's sick 03 Evo VIII.












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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:43 PM
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Looks good, Wait it's my car!
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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what paint did you use ?
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:46 PM
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and where do i buy it ?
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:47 PM
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nice.
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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How did you do the brembo? Was it a stencil and just painted over the red? Or a sticker? I wonder if a sticker would fly off after one hard brake after they got hot.?
Looks good by the way. I want to do mine black with a silver brembo
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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It's a sticker, we did at least 5 clear coats over it so it should hold on pretty well.


Here's some other pictures from today



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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 10:59 AM
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i want the fiat in the background!
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 11:29 AM
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thats cool as hell, nice clean up man.
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 01:58 PM
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that looks really good, i need to do that myself now. Did you use Duplicolor paint or another brand?
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 02:32 PM
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Looks great however, I wonder how long 5 coats is gonna last. Post pics of the calipers after a month. I'd like to see how the paint holds up. Keep it up.
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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looks nice. I would of gone with a different color just to be different since you were redoing them anyway.
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 07:45 AM
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I just ordered this brake caliper paint kit from this company they also have the stencil.

http://www.eagleday.com/factorydecals.html
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 07:52 AM
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nice paint job, looks good
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Old Sep 25, 2007 | 08:39 AM
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Ummmm.. i am not to sure about the Sticker thing.
I think id go with the Stencil and some Brake Caliper paint...

None the less.... it looks good !!!

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