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painting calipers - 5/7/2008 4:11:22 PM

Dutch05

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i am gather supplys to paint my rusty calipers this weekend i got a 1999 audi A6 all black with blacked out windows what color you guys think? black , red or yellow?

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RE: painting calipers - 5/7/2008 6:42:32 PM

UpstateNYA4

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I did the calipers on my A4 in black at first. After about a week of driving the dust buried them and they didn't even look like they'd been painted. I'd go with red honestly - they look good that way. Yellow (to me) screams "Honda" unless you have a yellow car. Can't go wrong with red though:

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RE: painting calipers - 5/9/2008 11:30:53 AM

Dutch05

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yah thats looks really good... umm when you painted that did you a gloss type finish or is that just caliper paint ???

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RE: painting calipers - 5/12/2008 5:19:18 PM

UpstateNYA4

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Sorry about the delay in the reply - was on vacation. I cleaned the calipers with brake cleaner, then painted them using Duplicolor Engine Enamel (500 degree) from AutoZone. I sprayed the paint into the cap, and used a 1" foam brush to brush it on. I used Ford Red (only time I'll ever use anything with the Ford name lol), and did four coats on each caliper. No clearcoat on it yet - that'll be soon though. I wanted to give it plenty of time to cure before clearing them.

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