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| Here are some pictures form when I painted the calipers on my car. The whole process took about 6 hours per axle. This is a good bit longer than normal because of the two-tone paint takes extra setup time and drying time. |
| The finished product: |
![]() (maybe someday I'll get new rotors!) |
![]() Here's the first caliper all wrapped up in newspaper and the parts that are going to be black are tapped and or wrapped so only the parts showing will be silver. |
![]() Here's the same thing after I sprayed the second coat of silver on. Nice and shiny, ehh? |
![]() And this is after I stripped the tape off. Almost everything that is sliver here will stay silver -- only a little overspray in the corners that will be covered in black. |
![]() Then, after rapping up all the silver parts, I sprayed the rest black. |
![]() After a few coats of black, I pulled everything off to let it dry for 30 minutes or so. Then, I applied 3 coats of clear coat to help keep the shine over time. The clear coat dries much faster than the paint -- but it's harder to tell because (duh) it's clear! After doing that, you take a picture of your self, next to your beautiful work of art. |
![]() Here's where my brain kicked in and I used the flash. Much better view. This is a the right rear side. I really like the two-tone look! |
![]() Here's a nice pic of the whole left rear side. It was dusk so the black part of the caliper didn't pick up too well. Still a nice picture. (IMHO) |