Red Calipers
Hi,
I want to paint my RX8's brake calipers Red... I saw in one of the sites that an RX8 had Red calipers with "RX-8" etched on it... Do you guys have any idea where to get such cosmetic products and how...? Also, is this a tough thing to 'install' them? Thanks... |
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How to paint the calipers
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-painting-brake-calipers-22567/ Polak has the best caliper decals with instructions http://www.polakgraphics.com/index2....selection.html |
you can get the paint from tirerack.com or mazdaparts.com its "G2 caliper paint"
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I got the dupli color caliper paint withstands temps up to 500deg F and is only cost about 17 bucks for cleaner and a small can of paint, comes with a brush and mixer also :D. Came out beautiful I have no regrets.
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i used duplicolor caliper paint. worked great.
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Another Duplicolor user here. Looks great.
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For all you duplicolor users, I hope you live somewhere warm. I used duplicolor and it worked great throughout the whole summer, but come winter it started chipping like crazy. I ended up re-doing the whole thing this year using another paint. It held up very good in the heat but I think the cold beats it to hell. I have heard of lots of duplicolor users reporting the same thing in colder states...
Good luck |
I live in new york and temperatures in the winter are not very tropical :D
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Thanks a lot guys... I will do it once I get some free time :)
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Hey good luck on that caliper paint job, post some pic's of it.
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Don't go to track day with your red caliper - I burnt mine paint even they are rater 900F :(
Now it is red with black tip ;) |
My set up. :)
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Originally Posted by juikster
My set up. :)
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oh nice!
Sure guys, thanks for the tips... will find some time to do all the work and post some pics... also buying the decals :) |
I used duplicolor and G2.
It's really worth the extra $10 to get the G2. I got it off ebay for $26. Also, buy some sandpaper attachments for a hand drill, and use it to sand down the calipers before painting. It helps if you make them smooth. |
I sick of my burn caliper paint..
so that is what I did https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=77424 |
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