RaGe Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 took some advice from a guy on hereand painted up my calipers. i purchased seom engine enamel from a local parts shop/ hotrod white and gloss black. all for 500 degree. buddy of mine owns a graphics shop so i got stickers made . painted the spots where i wanted to see the letters white and let it dry. did about 3 coats . let dry for 24 hours and then applied the stickers and painted it black. pealed the stickers off and then just let it dry. i did have the letters N A on the back calipers but when i got down to the last letter and this is the way it normally works some of the white lettering came up with the sticker. needless to say i threw a couple of tools drank a beer and then just painted the back calipers all black. over all easy project just lengthy. would have been alot easier if it was warm out. but i also had my car inside of a garage. made the appearnece alot better for those factory calipers. brembo wanna be's/ lol. Here are the URL's of the pictures of the wheels. there are three pictures. first time of using photo bucket so hang with me. if URL does not work just let me know and ill post them straight on here. http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/Crucifix79/wheels002.jpg http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/Crucifix79/wheels003.jpg http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i171/Crucifix79/wheels004.jpg OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsontuning Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallispec Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 that looks really sharp, good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Nice! I still think leaving the vinyl on is a better alternative than painting over it, and then peeling it off. Just for a test I threw the vinyl on my calipers without cleaning them, and they are still holding! Even after numerous car washes, snow storms, downpours, etc. And the decals were not applied in the best of conditions, or with any preparation. I will soon paint my calipers and apply some decals, the questions still remains if I will put some white or silver decals. GL X Shameless plug if you want to buy caliper decals: buyadecal.com --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 hoestly i dont know if you would even be able to destinguish the diff. only you would know. the decals are so small due to the lettering to make it all fit. unless you get up on it and get down on your knees to look at a distance i really dont think you could tell imo. OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmundu Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Great detail work! Before I switched to Brembo's I had done something similar.(Blk caliper's & silver pad carrier). I took the time to not paint the ss heat shields, and I think it makes it look really OEM! I didn't have lettering on mine though so your's are better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godwhomismike Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 hoestly i dont know if you would even be able to destinguish the diff. only you would know. the decals are so small due to the lettering to make it all fit. unless you get up on it and get down on your knees to look at a distance i really dont think you could tell imo. The difference is the bleeding of paint that you get under the decal. When you remove it you do not have perfect lettering anymore. It also does not help that the caliper itself does not have a totally smooth surface so getting the paint under the decal is pretty easy. X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 sorry i should have elaborated i was talking about the silver comapered to the white as far as the lettering goes. OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 sorry i should have elaborated i was talking about the silver comapered to the white as far as the lettering goes. Oooh, yeah I see. Well the silver have is a very shinny silver, kind of a silver paint, so it looks different. I may just throw it on and see what it looks like. The white stands out a lot, it is really white. the silver may be a little more subtle. I'll cut two sets of decals in white and silver and take pics so I can show the difference. X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 it didnt really matter to me, i figured anything was better than what i had. am curious what the silver lettering would look like though. ill keep my eyes open for when you do it. i have a steady hand and can replicate bob ross now. so if i like it i will just go get a nice brush and hit them letters again. OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Bob Ross was the man! But I could never understand his obsession with the huge trees at the end after he had just finished a beautiful painting! You knew he was always hitting the pipe in between commercials! I will cut the decals tonight just to show the difference in color at least on pics, and I may paint my calipers next weekend and apply the decals. X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 good deal. by the way he talked i bet he was hitting alot more than just a pipe in between commecials. OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Looks great, bro! <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2OSB Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 For the record, this guy makes excellent decals, and he gets them to you quick. I paid $10 for a sheet of stickers that will allow me to do both front and back calipers with a couple of options. Now I just need to buy the paint. Oh, and I bought silver decals. H2OSB Nice! I still think leaving the vinyl on is a better alternative than painting over it, and then peeling it off. Just for a test I threw the vinyl on my calipers without cleaning them, and they are still holding! Even after numerous car washes, snow storms, downpours, etc. And the decals were not applied in the best of conditions, or with any preparation. I will soon paint my calipers and apply some decals, the questions still remains if I will put some white or silver decals. GL X Shameless plug if you want to buy caliper decals: buyadecal.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laz Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Thank you for the good review. It is more of a hobby for me, but I love to help out in any way! I do make customs decals as well. X --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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