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Old Oct 25, 2001 | 04:39 PM
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repainting brake calipers black...want opinions

The blue paint on my brake calipers are fading real bad. I was thinking of repainting the calipers black to match my rims. In case you didn't know, I got my Tantrums powercoated in a shade called Sinister Black. I also painted the Konig caps on that go onto the rims black, so they matched up nicely. Since I'm doing an all black theme, I thought it would be a nice to having matching black calipers. What do you think? I need to do that plus shine my tires up a bit to match. Any special product I can use to clean the tires or just regular soap and water? I already have a tire shine product, I just need to thoroughly clean the tires first. Thanks.
Old Oct 25, 2001 | 04:48 PM
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this time buy the foltec stuff and you won't have fading calipers
Old Oct 25, 2001 | 04:57 PM
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Yep, FoliaTec is the way to go.
Old Oct 25, 2001 | 05:26 PM
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Re: repainting brake calipers black...want opinions

Cumalot, yeah you can just use regular car wash soap and water to clean the tires. If you want a folitec caliper kit I'm the guy who's been running the group deal for them. Just let me know if you're interested.

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The blue paint on my brake calipers are fading real bad. I was thinking of repainting the calipers black to match my rims. In case you didn't know, I got my Tantrums powercoated in a shade called Sinister Black. I also painted the Konig caps on that go onto the rims black, so they matched up nicely. Since I'm doing an all black theme, I thought it would be a nice to having matching black calipers. What do you think? I need to do that plus shine my tires up a bit to match. Any special product I can use to clean the tires or just regular soap and water? I already have a tire shine product, I just need to thoroughly clean the tires first. Thanks.
Old Oct 25, 2001 | 05:30 PM
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Cumalot, yeah you can just use regular car wash soap and water to clean the tires. If you want a folitec caliper kit I'm the guy who's been running the group deal for them. Just let me know if you're interested.

Nathan
thanks for the kit Nathan.. they look great
Old Oct 25, 2001 | 05:52 PM
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Re: repainting brake calipers black...want opinions

Originally posted by Cumalot
The blue paint on my brake calipers are fading real bad. I was thinking of repainting the calipers black to match my rims. In case you didn't know, I got my Tantrums powercoated in a shade called Sinister Black. I also painted the Konig caps on that go onto the rims black, so they matched up nicely. Since I'm doing an all black theme, I thought it would be a nice to having matching black calipers. What do you think? I need to do that plus shine my tires up a bit to match. Any special product I can use to clean the tires or just regular soap and water? I already have a tire shine product, I just need to thoroughly clean the tires first. Thanks.
Tires, scrub them with a stiff brush. I mean almost a metal wire stiff brush and regular car wash, then dress!
Old Oct 26, 2001 | 07:21 PM
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SprintMax, I'm glad you're happy with them.
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thanks for the kit Nathan.. they look great
Old Oct 26, 2001 | 07:23 PM
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Re: repainting brake calipers black...want opinions

Cumalot, I tried sending you a private message today but it said it couldn't because you had too many emails. Anyways, you can send me the payment through paypal to this address: arondavid@sympatico.ca

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Nathan David
Originally posted by Cumalot
The blue paint on my brake calipers are fading real bad. I was thinking of repainting the calipers black to match my rims. In case you didn't know, I got my Tantrums powercoated in a shade called Sinister Black. I also painted the Konig caps on that go onto the rims black, so they matched up nicely. Since I'm doing an all black theme, I thought it would be a nice to having matching black calipers. What do you think? I need to do that plus shine my tires up a bit to match. Any special product I can use to clean the tires or just regular soap and water? I already have a tire shine product, I just need to thoroughly clean the tires first. Thanks.
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