Is it gay to paint the brake calipers?
04-15-2007, 05:49 PM
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WOW, that brake caliper looks amazing
How did you do the letters so nice and how long did it take to get to look that smooth?
And do people spray all the brake lights with niteshade or just the center one...seems kind of expensive ($65) for the black outs that i've found.
What does FTW mean...i've never been able to figure that out.
How did you do the letters so nice and how long did it take to get to look that smooth?
And do people spray all the brake lights with niteshade or just the center one...seems kind of expensive ($65) for the black outs that i've found.
What does FTW mean...i've never been able to figure that out.
04-15-2007, 06:04 PM
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^^Come on noob. Lol just messin with ya. FTW means "for the win".
Here is a pic of my taillights with the niteshades on them. I used 3 coats of niteshades followed my 3 coats of clear. Wait 24 hours and then I used a gritty polishing compound on them. I also wax them along with the car.
This is with the lights off and after I got my CME exhaust.
and this one is with the lights on. You could also do something custom and leave the reverse lights clear. Just tape them off.
Here is a pic of my taillights with the niteshades on them. I used 3 coats of niteshades followed my 3 coats of clear. Wait 24 hours and then I used a gritty polishing compound on them. I also wax them along with the car.
This is with the lights off and after I got my CME exhaust.
and this one is with the lights on. You could also do something custom and leave the reverse lights clear. Just tape them off.
04-15-2007, 06:10 PM
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To get it that smooth took me about half an hour(if that maybe 15 minutes), with a deburring gun(used like 3 1.5" 60 grit pads)
BTW I believe it pays to take em off the car and clean em real good, these are what the calipers looked like when I got them and they were painted with the brush on auto-zone kit, this what they looked like after a year or so
04-15-2007, 07:52 PM
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04-15-2007, 08:21 PM
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IF he had corvette calipers with f-body pads/rotors then I would call ti rice, but that guy has a full c5 set-up which is not rice at all IMO
04-15-2007, 10:00 PM
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I hate it when people get so offended by other people's opinoin (in other words.... he thinks it's rice... so what? it isn't his car. )
04-16-2007, 12:31 PM
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04-17-2007, 08:04 AM
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04-17-2007, 08:35 AM
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