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Old Sep 27, 2011, 04:42 PM
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touchup paint

do they make touchup paint like they make paint pens for ours cars for the red calipers? theres a few scrapes on my calipers that concern me.. isnt it true that once the caliper under the paint is exposed to the outside the caliper starts to turn pinkish?
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mine have a few scratches and are very faded and pinkish now. i am getting them powder coated soon all 4 for 100$.
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I've been touching mine up with guards red testors model paint. Has worked like a charm. Just use a good brush and make several light coats. It will be unnoticed by anyone bit yourself lol
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I would say powder coating is the way to go. I haven't gotten my brakes done yet, but I just got my BBS' done a little while ago and gloss black looks awesome on them!!
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It is, but if there are just a few chips as on my 10k mile evo x yanking the calipers off for powdercoating once a year isnt an option. For some reason the Brembo red is about as junky as it gets, the gold calipers are much more resistant to chipping and discoloration. I plan to ditch the stock brake components in the future and sell the stockers to someone looking to upgrade to evo components.
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Originally Posted by USCGSAM
mine have a few scratches and are very faded and pinkish now. i am getting them powder coated soon all 4 for 100$.
Whos doing yours?
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Whos doing yours?
a place called Ibentmywheel.com they are local here in MD and said they would do all 4 in blaze orange or any color for 125$ for all 4.
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The pinkish colour is just the red showing through with no clearcoat. I wet sanded my calipers down a few years ago and applied a heat resistant clearcoat which brought the bright red back to life. Of course the powder coating option is best if it's done right




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