Painting the calipers?
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
what do you mean completely apart? as in remove them from the vehicle or remove them and disassemble them?
disassemble and remove them from the vehicle so the paint work can be properly done. There is already some rust building up on them, and before applying the paint, I want to get rid of that, cause than comes the next winter and the paint will just chip away.
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in the protege the caliper is held on by two bolts. take them off. you dont really want to take off the break line..unless you want to bleed em and s*** again, not worth it. but put newspaper all over, protect the car, go to town with a wirebrush, and then paint. since mine came silver from the factory, i just touch them up with silver now and then, but supposedly the G2 brake stuff is good.
My calipers never left my car. Using converter and accesory socket I dreameled the surface smooth and with a foam brush painted them...seing every dealership visit results in dints and dings I have over 8 coats on now. Mazda caliper decals make them look so much better and not look so Brembo wannabe 
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calipers was my 1st mod actualy...that had to be a record for the shortest in history for someone to take a screwdriver to a car driven from dealership...Sad thing is I bought the car to stop modding the car I traded in for it.
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calipers was my 1st mod actualy...that had to be a record for the shortest in history for someone to take a screwdriver to a car driven from dealership...Sad thing is I bought the car to stop modding the car I traded in for it.
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Use the G2 paint. You can get it from TireRack or other places on the net. Comes with everything you need. Not sure about the Mazda6 but on the P5 it was not necessary to unbolt the calipers. The kit comes with all you need, degreaser, paint. It is an epoxy based paint and very tough. I've had it on for 2 winters and still looks good.
If you have never done brakes before or are not sure I would not take them apart.
If you have never done brakes before or are not sure I would not take them apart.
if n e one is thinking of painting theirs any time soon, can you please post pics of steps you used to paint? i painted my P5 calipers myself came out really good, had to redo it after every winter though. What i want to know is, is it basically the same steps to take as the p5 or are there some places if paint hits im ****'d?
thanks
thanks
