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Old 10-11-2001, 09:06 PM
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Just painted my brake calipers (pics inside!)
My friend and I just painted our calipers. Please excuse my friend. He has a thing for the camera... Heres some pics:





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pic of the headlight housing in my friends maxima that he trashed by putting in to high of a watt bulb

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The tounge man!!...... The hands in the pants Tounge Man! Looks nice!
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Old 10-11-2001, 09:15 PM
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just plain ol engine enamel
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fix headlight- heat gun, patience, windex, heat gun, patience

i took my headlights apart 2 times this summer.. ouch, damn bulbs.. worth the work.

your calipers look really nice, drop that car.
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Old 10-11-2001, 09:49 PM
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now theres a man whos dedicated to his work
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Old 10-11-2001, 09:50 PM
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Old 10-11-2001, 10:35 PM
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Originally posted by thebigsadler
fix headlight- heat gun, patience, windex, heat gun, patience

i took my headlights apart 2 times this summer.. ouch, damn bulbs.. worth the work.

your calipers look really nice, drop that car.
you have instructions on how to get the headlights apart?
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Originally posted by thebigsadler
fix headlight- heat gun, patience, windex, heat gun, patience

i took my headlights apart 2 times this summer.. ouch, damn bulbs.. worth the work.

your calipers look really nice, drop that car.
my bulbs broke also and i wanna clean it up.

is it hard work?
how long did it take you?

hey black019 there's instructions on maximadriver.com on the how2 section
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Old 10-11-2001, 10:42 PM
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more pics (the after party)





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Old 10-11-2001, 10:52 PM
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more random pics from tonites festivities

Cleanest Trunk Award Goes to:


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Old 10-11-2001, 10:55 PM
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instructions on taking headlights apart..

remove the headlight from the car

heat gun the damn thing up.. take your time and go slow, don't over heat. i recommend a flat head screw driver to pry apart the headlight, SLOWLY, dont crack the plastic stuff, DON'T rush.

clean it out with windex and paper towel, tedious work here

heat up silicon in headlight and plastic casing and reconnect

repeat for the other one and make your friend not wear a dress ever ever ever again
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thanks

and dude your friend got "issues"
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Atleast he's honest and out of the closet!
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Thinking of doing the same to my car but cops where I live make to much of a big deal about things like that. Attracts to much attention.

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Thinking of doing the same to my car but cops where I live make to much of a big deal about things like that. Attracts to much attention.

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the cops can't do anything about painting your calipers......
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calipers look good, BTW you are a very strange person
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haaha..
good job dude.
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the cops can't do anything about painting your calipers......
True....but you don't know Hawaii cops. Anything on your car that attracts the attention of the police is just another reason for them to pull you over. At least in Hawaii anyway!

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Just A Thought......
Obviously - from the looks of your friend- the workplace was not adequately ventilated. Get him some oxygen before that last brain cell is gone!!!!

Brakes look great, though.
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Looks good.
So all you did was use a brush and paint it on? Might take longer than spraying, but it's neater and less of a chance to mess up. Did you put a clear coat on them?
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Old 10-14-2001, 02:52 PM
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Originally posted by Greg's2kGLE
Looks good.
So all you did was use a brush and paint it on? Might take longer than spraying, but it's neater and less of a chance to mess up. Did you put a clear coat on them?
i bought spray paint but I decided i didnt want to spray it on (mainly cuz i was too lazy to tape up everything. so my friend and i sprayed the stuff into a bowl and used paint brushes to do the work. no mess, great turn out. my friend clear coated his, i didnt because, well i was lazy...
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Hey, I want to join in on your cross-dressing parties! You better invite me next time, or else.
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Originally posted by TintDaMax
Hey, I want to join in on your cross-dressing parties! You better invite me next time, or else.
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Your friend is kind of weird. The calipars look great.
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Re: Just A Thought......
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Obviously - from the looks of your friend- the workplace was not adequately ventilated. Get him some oxygen before that last brain cell is gone!!!!

Brakes look great, though.
yeah let this thread serve as an example of the affects of painting your calipers in a non-ventilated area...

tintdamax: you have an open invitation
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did u jack up the car each side seperately, then paint, then lower it and then repeat that for all 4 sides?...or u just raised it all at once with car jack
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Re: Re: Just A Thought......
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You should of painted the rust on the rotors. I just got done with mine as we speak. I sanded the rotors and painted the trim,caliper,rsb,and struts.
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Originally posted by Llfe
did u jack up the car each side seperately, then paint, then lower it and then repeat that for all 4 sides?...or u just raised it all at once with car jack
jacked up each side one by one
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me thinks someone inhaled a lil' too much paint there. :P
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me thinks someone inhaled too much paint there. :P
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me thinks someone inhaled too much paint there. :P
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