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Old 02-14-2011, 01:27 PM
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EU Alloys looking good, but what's underneath ahahha
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Have a 2004 Titanium grey 231. Alloy wheels look really good, but I live in a climate which is "mostly moist". The problem is my R8s discs, pads and drums look very sad, rust etc. I was curious to learn what I can do about it. Can I just clean, prime and paint or is there anything special I can do to improve my looks? Any ideas or pictures what can be done would really be appreciated.

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Old 02-14-2011, 01:51 PM
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you can paint the calipers and the centers of the disc brakes.. if you have drums on your 8 then i don't know what to tell you.
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sand and paint them black.
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He has an R8. Damn, I arth jelly
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Can I just clean, prime and paint or is there anything special I can do to improve my looks? Thanks
Start working out?
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high temp paint should do the trick. clean, sand, clean then paint.
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Just keep the paint off of the rotor faces. Calipers and rotor hats are fine.
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