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Old 07-17-2009, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by bassy
Some 14 months after I started this thread, I finally got around to painting my calipers...I should win the Procrastinator-of-the-Year award.

Here's the result:

looks good, but would look 2x better if you cleaned up the rust on those rear rotors
Old 07-17-2009, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Tex8
looks good, but would look 2x better if you cleaned up the rust on those rear rotors
LOL...I knew someone was gonna say that, sooner or later! Well, this is kind of later.

Anyway, I think I'll just wait until I swap out the stock, rusty rotors with something lighter and nicer. I'm just too lazy to paint 'em. Heck, it already took me a long time just to paint the calipers.
Old 07-17-2009, 10:31 PM
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yeah and if you ever redo it or swap rotors you should paint the dust pans too
Old 08-26-2009, 11:48 AM
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Thumbs up

Aside from the rust on your rear rotors, that looks great! I think the colours go very well.
I'm painting my calipers this w/nd, red on my bb, with the rotor hubs painted black.
Will post the finished result
Old 08-26-2009, 01:20 PM
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I painted the hubs black too. Although it did help look a little better, there was still plenty of rust on the rotor face and tops. Water would hit those areas and then dry out over top of my painted hubs. Thereby showing a rust color on them anyway.

Worth my time? I guess. But if you're truly looking to get rid of the rust, stainless rotors are the only way.
Old 08-27-2009, 05:15 PM
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UK calipers

ok, this is mine front and back

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Old 08-27-2009, 05:40 PM
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Smart man to go with black
Old 03-12-2010, 09:57 PM
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I went with red and think it turned out pretty good.
Check it out:
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Old 03-12-2010, 11:02 PM
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Hey, here's a pic right after my brakes were done....
Yeah, the wheels are dirty...
But that's not the point.
Old 03-13-2010, 10:13 AM
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I'm surprised that there wasn't a choice for blue in the poll. Anyone have blue calipers, I'd love to see how that looks.
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Yeah +1 to that. I think a deep blue would look good.
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Originally Posted by KingBonacci
Yeah +1 to that. I think a deep blue would look good.
Haha, I totally forgot about this thread. Yeah, I went and did them in blue, I'll see if I can't dig up a picture.
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Not a great picture, but I love having mine blue. Red is so played out.

Or https://www.rx8club.com/album.php?al...ictureid=26205
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Looks good, I want to do a similar blue.
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