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Old 04-20-2008, 08:21 PM
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Spent most of the day painting my calipers and putting on drill slotted rotors heres a few pics



Think it came out pretty good
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Old 04-20-2008, 08:22 PM
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It's l;ike you changed the whole Vette

Very nice and job well done! Excellently compliments the Vette!


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Old 04-20-2008, 08:26 PM
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Old 04-20-2008, 08:27 PM
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Good job!
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Old 04-20-2008, 08:31 PM
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Old 04-20-2008, 08:32 PM
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Congrats on a nice job... ...looks great...
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Old 04-20-2008, 08:37 PM
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Looks great. I really have to do the same before summer.
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That's just what I did today! I only got the fronts done though. I think yours look nicer. Sorry I didn't get pictures of the whole car.


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That's just what I did today! I only got the fronts done though. I think yours look nicer. Sorry I didn't get pictures of the whole car.


Thought about doing the corvette letters in black but just used a piece of emory cloth and sanded of the excess paint till they shined
by the way yous look great also
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Very nice on both.
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what did you guys use to clean the calipers with before painting?

Looking good on both cars. I need to redo mine this summer.
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I used the Duplicolor caliper painting kit. It has a can of spray cleaner in it. I think it is just brake cleaner. I followed the directions as they are pretty easy. If this doesn't last, I will take the calipers off and have them powder coated. The previous owner had painted them but they looked gray and not very good.
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Old 04-20-2008, 09:10 PM
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I used paint thinner and break cleaner but still had problems with major fisheyes had to sand several times before i said good enough.
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looking good guys!!

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The brakes look great, I have my rotors sitting in my garage waiting to be installed.

Is it just me, or are the front tires bigger than the back?---->

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Old 04-20-2008, 11:07 PM
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Old 04-20-2008, 11:14 PM
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Very Nice!





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both are sweet great job
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Nice changes you made. Looks very good.
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