pics of painted calipers

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newfiep5

Member

• Apr 11, 2002

• #1

painted two of calipers this afternoon..i'll get some pics with my rims on in a few hours ...this was the foliatec caliper paint system..costly at $35 us but hell I Got lots o cash (yeah right)

nice and glossy though still wet here in these pics

 

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newfiep5

Member

• Apr 11, 2002

• #2

more pics as promised
oh and i added a mpeg too cant view it in much more then 320x240 but thats all the camera does.
http://www.mazdaprotege5.com/movie3.mpg

 

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C Rae

Member

• Apr 12, 2002

• #3

nice job, i'm going with orange the color of the sidemarkers.i hope i can match up the colors well.
i think that will look uniform and give the car a grounded look.

anyone have photoshop?
can you do a orange calipers for me on a blue mp3
i want to see if it would be ugly or not.

 

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NYCZMP3

• Apr 12, 2002

• #4

Hey Newfiep5, how many degrees are those calipers good to hold up too with the paint on em??....i wanted to get mine yellow powdercoated

 

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MP3-Owner

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2001 Laser Blue MP3

• Apr 13, 2002

• #5

Nice job newfiep5 Very nice.
As far as an orange caliper...

not the best but you can somewhat get the idea.

 

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cmack98

Member

• Apr 22, 2002

• #6

Hey Newfiep5....

How do those calipers look once the paint has dried and all? How does the foliatec caliper paint system work? Is it a brush type deal, or spray paint.

I am pissed because I painted my calipers with the red high temp spray paint, and the paint is coming off!!!! I cleaned the calipers thoroughly before painting, and everything...The only thing I could think of is that I didn't apply a type of primer, but I never heard of anyone applying primer anyway, and I dont even know if there IS a high temp primer! I went to the car this morining, and I thought it might've just been a collection of brake dust, wiped the caliper with my finger, and boom, the paint came right off!!!! Talk about pissing me off for the rest of the day!

I know this is an older post, but I wanted to see if re-doing them with this type of paint would be worth it...

If anyones used this stuff and can fill me in, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

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MidnightP5

Member

• Apr 22, 2002

• #7

Another question to add....

Where is the best place to get the foliatec caliper paint? What color is best for calipers on a P5? I have been told blue looks good, but I am leaning towards red at the moment. I am a huge orange fan but I think orange might not look good as a color on calipers.

Oh yeah, Newfiep5, nice, they look good.

 

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newfiep5

Member

• Apr 23, 2002

• #8

thanks heres the scoop and a pic about 5 days later

the paint i got on ebay for 35 US
its a brush on thats mixed with a hardner system in a can..

i gave mine about 3 coats with paint left over...
looks sweet and no chipping or anything so far

 

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CharlieP5

Member

• Apr 25, 2002

• #9

Looks Nice!

I'm still trying to decide if I'll do it to my P5 or not.
I'm worried about the looks after like for two months.

 

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2002VividYellow

Member

• Apr 26, 2002

• #10

newfiep5..How hard is it to clean those wheels with all those screws/rivets on them?

 

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MidnightP5

Member

• Apr 26, 2002

• #11

CharlieP5, I am with you. Right now I am considering if it really is worth it or not. I am now a bit skeptical.

 

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cjstringer

Member

• Apr 26, 2002

• #12

Just keep the extra paint handy. It should only take a couple minutes to jack up the car real quick and do touchups if it needs it.
JMO