Paint for brake calibers

by **Yanks0114** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:47 am

Jewls wrote:I dunno about red calipers on a blue car.... If you paint them silver to match the wheels that wold look good.

My rims have red center caps (the TRD rims) it turned out great.

by **Jewls** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 12:49 pm

Do they make it in a silver like the wheels?

by **mik00725** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 6:02 pm

How about gold color? will it look nice with the pearl white?

by **cklinh** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:11 am

I think I will embark on making my own three-piece stencil kit... first piece is the S and part of the o, the second piece is part of the o the l and part of the a, and the last piece is part of the a the r and the a.
Now, since I'm at work and don't have my car in front of me, can someone please let me know how much space I have to work with? I'm guessing I can fit a 3" (lengthwise) Solara on the caliper, can I go longer? I would like to keep the logo straight if possible while maximing the space. Thanks for any help. I guess I can wait til I get off of work, but I want to do it right now!

by **michaels artic frost** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 11:18 pm

cklinh wrote:I think I will embark on making my own three-piece stencil kit... first piece is the S and part of the o, the second piece is part of the o the l and part of the a, and the last piece is part of the a the r and the a.
Now, since I'm at work and don't have my car in front of me, can someone please let me know how much space I have to work with? I'm guessing I can fit a 3" (lengthwise) Solara on the caliper, can I go longer? I would like to keep the logo straight if possible while maximing the space. Thanks for any help. I guess I can wait til I get off of work, but I want to do it right now!

LMAO...I love to see solara enthusiasts....ahhhhhhhhh :drinking:

Now that's dedications...

Keep me posted cklinh. I'm sure it will look great.

by **cklinh** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:06 pm

MT wrote:
cklinh wrote:I think I will embark on making my own three-piece stencil kit... first piece is the S and part of the o, the second piece is part of the o the l and part of the a, and the last piece is part of the a the r and the a.
Now, since I'm at work and don't have my car in front of me, can someone please let me know how much space I have to work with? I'm guessing I can fit a 3" (lengthwise) Solara on the caliper, can I go longer? I would like to keep the logo straight if possible while maximing the space. Thanks for any help. I guess I can wait til I get off of work, but I want to do it right now!

LMAO...I love to see solara enthusiasts....ahhhhhhhhh
Now that's dedications...

Keep me posted cklinh. I'm sure it will look great.

Heh, not quite... I might have found a guy on ebay that can do the decals. He's offering to sell me a pair of Solara decals for $15... just waiting for answers about fitment and font questions...

by **x0swtextacy0x** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:16 am

ohhh lol no wonder i didnt find it...it was spelled w/ a B and not a P lol. my bad--thanks michael.

so anywayz i was briefly considering it. but if i did, i dont know what color i'd want to use on lunar mist ...red is such a common color (which what i might end up using) Alisha mentioned red...kinda lol.

but any other suggestions??

by **Down2TheC** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 12:40 am

Haven't found it w/ the search yet but PhreakdOut did a post on the topic. His look nice. Yo B, find that post and move it to the Gen 2 Tutorials!

by **x0swtextacy0x** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:53 pm

Before....

yea i kno looks funny hanging down like that

After....

rims are too dirty so havent taken a pix of the whole thing put together

its okay-looking...i guess i shouldve told the guy to do the whole thing...lol i was too bz driving his car around to see what it feels like lowered .

by **PhreakdOut** » Sun Nov 27, 2005 3:16 pm

down2thec wrote:Haven't found it w/ the search yet but PhreakdOut did a post on the topic. His look nice. Yo B, find that post and move it to the Gen 2 Tutorials!

I really didn't do any tutorial on it. But we could use one. Here is the post.

http://solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=17158&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

by **AznDragonV** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:49 am

is it hard to do this and make it look good?

by **gone** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:21 pm

AznDragonV wrote:is it hard to do this and make it look good?

no, its not hard to do it.my bf did mine and it came out PERFECT.I had it done on my civic also, and it def. looks real nice.ofcourse it adds some color to ur ride.I read in a old post someone wrote to let the paint sit for 24 hrs. No you dont have to do that.Ive been getting my calipers painted for years and was able to drive it an hour after it was done.no paint drips or splatters or anything.I def. recommend it

by **indiglosolara** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:45 pm

Mike,

I would soend the money and get the G2 paint. I used that on my rear and front calipars.. i also sprayed some on the hub of my rotor since the rust was starting to show pretty bad. It did the job and Love it..

by **PhreakdOut** » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:20 pm

If I could go back and do it again, I would spend more time cleaning. There are some sections that paint would not adhear to. A Dremel with a wire brush would do the trick.

This is a very easy mod to do. Drying time: It's up to you. Mine dried enough to touch in about a half hour. (I laid it on thick though.)

by **FLUXEMAG** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 1:25 pm

anyone check on powder coating?

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