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paarman97maro 01-31-2007 10:51 PM

I thought you did also.. I didnt wanna say you did and have them not, and look like a retard. haha.

MyFirstCamaro 02-01-2007 10:32 PM

you can pick that paint up at autozone? ?? ? because i didnt think yours were jsut sprayed if i can get them to look like that i will do the same ,after prep and cleaning them

Y2KPewterSS 02-01-2007 11:03 PM


Originally Posted by MyFirstCamaro
you can pick that paint up at autozone? ?? ? because i didnt think yours were jsut sprayed if i can get them to look like that i will do the same ,after prep and cleaning them

If you are talking about mine, sorry if you weren't, yes O'Reilley's, Autozone, even Walmart has that paint. :cool:

98CamaroZ28 02-01-2007 11:14 PM

Black all the way, thats what color Id do!

MyFirstCamaro 02-01-2007 11:25 PM

yeah i was talknig to you and i deff will do that then, sems easier then powder caoting them

Y2KPewterSS 02-02-2007 12:18 AM


Originally Posted by MyFirstCamaro
yeah i was talknig to you and i deff will do that then, sems easier then powder caoting them

Powdercoating will hold up a lot longer and I have strongly consiered it myself and might someday. I have done a lot of powdercoating to my engine bay, but its not an easy task to get the calipers PCed :(

sman 02-03-2007 10:26 PM

Didnt have much time at my car today, but I got the front calipers and caliper brackets off. What the hell do you use to clean this ****! I am not having much luck getting anything clean.....Also, one of my caliper brackets is really rusted, dont want to paint it in the condition its in, im up for segjustions on that one, heres some pictures.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/6486337...7594516557682/

The one half way clean caliper, i used denatured alcohol and a wire brush, it took FOREVER. I am still experimenting with other stuff, the list includeds: Heavy duty degreser, dish soap, Shaklee Basic I, borax(parents idea), and the last thing i tried that seems to be working the best is, brass-copper cleaner, like the **** you use to clean the bottom of a cooking pan, it is still a very long process, I have atleast 3 hrs into cleaning this 1 caliper and its still not clean! Any help would be greatly apprecitated, either on cleaning or on what to do with the caliper bracket.

Sorry for the long post.

sman 02-05-2007 11:56 AM

Well, I pretty much got everything clean, but I guess I need to have that one caliper mount sand blasted, I was going to try electrolysis, but I don't think im that gutsy. Take a look at the pictures above and you will know what mount im talking about, if you have any ideas let me know, because as of right now, I dont know anyone with a sandblaster.

sman 02-07-2007 10:02 PM

Got the caliper brackets sandblasted locally for 15 bux, still working on getting the calipers themselves clean, since they cant be sandblasted(or atleast this guy wont), any good ideas on getting these clean, I have tried everything and am not seeing much results.....

blue89vert 02-07-2007 10:50 PM

try brake cleaner? lol. sounds good though and get some pics up asap man

sman 02-08-2007 07:55 AM

Yea, I forgot to post that I've tried break cleaner, went through 3 cans of the good kind with tetra-whatever is in it, just on one caliper and seen almost no difference.

blue89vert 02-09-2007 11:14 PM

that sucks. got any pics of whats done?

sman 02-12-2007 08:22 PM

Almost done with paint!!! Got everything clean, all I have left to paint is one rear caliper and both rear brackets!

Pictures!
http://flickr.com/photos/64863375@N0...7594532600624/
Click on them for bigger then click all sizes for even bigger. And i dont know why but my camera, or the flash or something made it look like there was dust or something all over everything.

Y2KPewterSS 02-12-2007 08:45 PM

Looks great, can't wait to see the pics of them on the Camaro :D

blue89vert 02-12-2007 08:48 PM

looks great dude! im def. gonna do that now haha


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