pic of my painted calipers
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pic of my painted calipers
im pretty happy with them, i taped things off and removed the hardware so none of that stuff got sprayed on and they really stand out once i get them cleaned up some more, i have white AMG stickers on the way
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I can understand that. My wheels on the other hand, are an open face wheel, so you see everything. Since I was changing out all four brake pads last saturday, I went ahead and painted mine. This photo was from the last time, I painted them. You can still make out the primer gray. I don't have any pictures of the rotors since I sprayed them, last Saturday.
This just looks ugly, by comparison.
This just looks ugly, by comparison.
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it crossed my mind but you cant really see the edges or the center of the rotor when the wheels are mounted.... didnt see the point in that
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i actually did them a couple weeks ago and had some dust settle on them, between that and the poor lighting in my barn and using a camera phone.. they dont look that great, but they are Duplicolor gloss black and do look good in person
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I can understand that. My wheels on the other hand, are an open face wheel, so you see everything. Since I was changing out all four brake pads last saturday, I went ahead and painted mine. This photo was from the last time, I painted them. You can still make out the primer gray. I don't have any pictures of the rotors since I sprayed them, last Saturday.
This just looks ugly, by comparison.
This just looks ugly, by comparison.
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Nice Job on the calipers. Mine are getting painted orange right now and hopefully I can post some pics next week.
Motorkas- Your car looks freaking amazing. The paint is like glass.
Real Nice.
Motorkas- Your car looks freaking amazing. The paint is like glass.
Real Nice.
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Do you mind me asking where you're getting yours painted and how much it's costing? Feel free to PM me if you don't want to answer here.
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not trying to high jack your thread by any means just wanted to share my experience as well for those that want to look here is my thread... i did them my self too, and btw you did a great job as well, nice masking job looks solid
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...love-pics.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...love-pics.html
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not trying to high jack your thread by any means just wanted to share my experience as well for those that want to look here is my thread... i did them my self too, and btw you did a great job as well, nice masking job looks solid
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...love-pics.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...love-pics.html
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Regardless, of what the concensus is, I think that the rotors look better painted, if you prefer gloss black or primer grey in my case.
