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Caliper painting, and a lot more!!!
Doing some spring cleaning, had my rotors resurfaced with some new Hawk pads an cleaning up the calipers
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Degreaser, wire wheeled brake cleaned, they had some old bad red paint
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Couple coats of nickel metallic, and a couple coats of clear
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Brake hoses look a little beat so new hoses too, and while everythings out the way, new bilsteins cuz those are leaking
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Looking pretty good
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I was thinking of doing the AMG black or red
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Brake hoses look a little beat so new hoses too, and while everythings out the way, new bilsteins cuz those are leaking
Get some SS lines. Improves the pedal feel no end.
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Always thought about painting mine brilliant silver and filling in the amg logo with black
Painted mine silver and thought about painting the AMG logo black. I gave up coz my hand is not steady enough and in any case once behind the Monos, you can't see them.
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I was going to do SS lines but can't justify $100 bucks for two small brake lines! Maybe down the line!
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Bilsteins, calipers, Hawk pads, resurfaced discs in!!!
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you foggot to paint the rotorhubs, that will be a nice colormatch to your calipers
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If you decide to paint the hubs which would be a good idea to compliment your newly painted callipers, DON'T paint the front part of the hub. This can cause vibrations and hampers a good contact between the wheel and hub.

I suggest you get a coat of heat resistant clear varnish on your callipers if you havn't done it. That way they will better resist brake dust and other crap generated with braking.
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Originally Posted by DRBC43AMG
If you decide to paint the hubs which would be a good idea to compliment your newly painted callipers, DON'T paint the front part of the hub. This can cause vibrations and hampers a good contact between the wheel and hub.

I suggest you get a coat of heat resistant clear varnish on your callipers if you havn't done it. That way they will better resist brake dust and other crap generated with braking.
you mean don't paint the ventilation holes between both attached disc parts?
or where the wheelbearing cap is fitted?
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Originally Posted by DRBC43AMG
If you decide to paint the hubs which would be a good idea to compliment your newly painted callipers, DON'T paint the front part of the hub. This can cause vibrations and hampers a good contact between the wheel and hub.
+1,

Also don't paint the teeth pits (that gives a reading to speed sensor)..

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I did a clear enemal over the nickel to help with the heat and dust!
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you mean don't paint the ventilation holes between both attached disc parts?
or where the wheelbearing cap is fitted?
I was meaning to say don't paint the face where the wheel is bolted to the hub. That should only be smeared with copper grease to avoid corrosion.
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that place is only greased to prevent wheel getting rusted on
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I've been thinking of painting my calipers that type of color. What kind of paint did you use?
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