i painted my brake calipers today. i bought a 7 dollar can of "Caliper Paint" from Pep Boys. turned out pretty nice.




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and i know the car is dirty, but the roads are still a little salty here so im waitin for the salt to clear out sorry

Looks pretty good!;)

Are those wheels 17 or 18? They look like 17s for some reason.

nah they are 18's

yea they do look pretty small. BY the looks of it I would think you like to take your car off roadin' with that suspension you got there.

Nice job! Still cringe when I see that key mark....Sorry man!

i think it looks like that car is sittin up really high because i had it up on a for a couple hours ???

Looks nice.......really blends in with the scratch........jk.....looks good.

They look really good!

Good Job

looks good man

looks good to me...i think i might go do that too

the matching red rotors look good too! :Djust kidding. i need to go get me some black paint and do mine too

Good job man, I like it.

Nice job on the calipers, but that scratch sticks out like a sore thumb[:@]Fu*k, I feel for ya...

I've never seen a CB antenna on a 'stang before - you related to the Bandit?

maybe its just me, but if your gonna post a picture of your car wouldnt you at least wash it, maybe some tire black..is that overspray on the rotor?....

looks good, sorry about the scratch

very nice

Looks good. I'm doing mine next week.

didja sand em first?

ricer move[:'(]

i think if your car is the right color, and it doesnt look obnixous, it definitely makes your car stand out in a subtle way. so i wouldnt say its really ricey. plus, the look ofrusted calipers on older cars doesnt exactly say "hey, my car looks nice, and i like to make it look like i care"

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i think if your car is the right color, and it doesnt look obnixous, it definitely makes your car stand out in a subtle way. so i wouldnt say its really ricey. plus, the look ofrusted calipers on older cars doesnt exactly say "hey, my car looks nice, and i like to make it look like i care"



You can always just spray a clear on there. My whole thing is, why would you try to glorify stock calipers? The fad started with people trying to give the appearance that there car has Brembo's. Now I see Jetta's, Civic's, Eclipse's, Celica's, etc with red calipers. It really is a cheap pep boys ricer mod. Skip. Fail. Pass.

looks good man definatley beats stock!

Those red calipers will look fantastic with your red underglow...

Like Brian said, why point out that you have the stock calipers on there? They stick out like a sore thumb because you have a black and white striped theme going on and then, BAM red calipers. Whats next, Brembo decals?

No thanks.

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looks good man definatley beats stock!


ow no those are stock

dammit son.. too bad you dont live nearby id get you a great deal on fixin that scratch.. i hate seeing nice stangs with that shyt.. but the calipers look real good for some cheap paint.. kinda put a great idea in my head! thanks

should have used the brush. Why put out the effort than have overspray? the calipers look good but the painted rotor looks like crap lol

All my cars have painted calipers. Looks good.

When my boyfriend paints his he takes them off the rotor paints them and adds a coat of clear on them and they stay looking nice for a long time.

Im painting mine black, just because I dont like the somewhat rusted look that the stock ones get over time. But Im doing the brush on method. I agree the red really pops on this car, I might have done back on a black car, or even the grey that dupicolor has to keep them looking stock

NOT a RICER move if its tastefully done. On a red or black stang red calipers look awesome.

Yeah, I'm probably going to paint mine black .. but only to kind of set them back from the wheels. I don't care for the stock silver look ...

I was kinda wondering why you decided to paint them while they were still on the car though ... why not remove them and do a nice clean job?

Sorry for all the **** some guys are givin ya, I did mine in acolor close to my car and because my rims show so much of them I thought it would be good. Hey a lot of people say they look good and 1 of the judges at a show gave me points for it and how clean the were. definatly use blue painters tape and take the calipers off You can get to the hole caliper. I am going to install Hawk pads this weekend (and new braided lines) so I painted the pad outside covering.
Need to show ya the back wheelswith the steeda billet LCA looks Good

wow man people are giving u a lot of sh*t....its ur car do what u want...i think they look good i have painted calipers on my red truck i like the way it looks ur not tryin 2 copy the brembo look just making ur car UR own

Nice Job And That Key Mark :( That Makes Me Mad That Someone Would Do That To Someones Car.....Freakin Losers

I am not feeling the color man.....

Its ok...but I cant take my eyes off that SCRATCH!!!! You must have really pissed her off...lol

i dont think it looks good since you painted the brake pads also, why not take 5 min and take the caliper off so you dont paint the pads or the rotor???

I did the same on my 2002.


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