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Old 12-12-2006, 02:46 AM
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Default any1 want to paint brake calipers for $ or know a shop?

What up fam,

Yes I am that lazy to paint my brake calipers..

so i was wondering if there is anyone with experience with this that would like to paint mine..im located in the 909 region

Ill pay for the caliper paint/kit of course and labor..

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does anyone know a of body shop that can do this?

Thanks in advanced

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Old 12-13-2006, 03:23 AM
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i painted mine! took a while, and i left mine on the car! if i did someone elses, i would completely remove them and just bleed the brakes after i reinstall them, how much are you looking to pay?
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Old 12-13-2006, 06:32 AM
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no idea..ill see by watever ppl offer
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Old 12-13-2006, 06:35 AM
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painting them was a HUGE pain though!! even getting paid to do it, im not sure I'd want to. I understand you not wanting to either! haha
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Old 12-13-2006, 09:33 AM
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haha yeh i kno thas y i rather pay someone lol
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they do look good once their done though! i must say
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painting them takes lonnng, cuase you have to wait in between coats and give it like 4 coats to look good. i also left them in my car and just taped down everything to keep it clean, good luck
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Its such a tedious process. I hope i never have to do it again! I just left them on cause i dont know enough to take them off.
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i did the same thing, just left them on, but taped everything off presicely. and yea, it takes a lot of coats for it to look good, and you have to make sure its completely dry before you try to reassemble everything otherwise its very easy to scrape of a huge chunk of paint!
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