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Old 02-03-2019, 02:52 AM
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Brake caliper paint job


My first attempt at caliper painting on my ‘05 E55 AMG. They have to set over night but will post photos of the finished car in the morning

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Nice! What did you use to paint them?
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Did you clear over the decals? I found it helps a lot

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Nice! What did you use to paint them?
I used Duplicolor’s brake caliper paint kit
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Did you clear over the decals? I found it helps a lot
no I didn’t clear over the decals. I’m not really sure if those decals are going to work (not melt) because I didn’t buy heat resistant replacement vinyl decals I printed some out on a vinyl cutter, so testing them out without the clear is also ideal. I used a brush on brake caliper kit and the whole reason that I bought a brush on instead of rattle can is because I didn’t want to worry about masking everything off from overspray. In the end after seeing the quality of the brush on, if I had to do it over I would mask everything off and spray them 4 coats spray 1 coat clear.
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These painted calipers actually look really good for a DIYer.
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Get rid of the fake looking amg decals and get proper ones
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Can some one supply me with the best paint for the original silver color. That with the clear coat. Also where can i get the proper AMG stickers. Before I end up doing by brakes The previous owner scracthed up all of the calipers using the wrong size wheels. Any other tips would be great thanks

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