Silvia Club of NSW

Hi everyone,

Im in love with the colour RED. I am thinking of changing my calipers red.

Anyone has any idea how much it cost? Is this a simple task as I am no mechanic, just a fucken accountant.

Warm Regards,
AK56

i managed to do it in my own garage and im in oh&s / payroll!!

break caliper spray paint and/or engine enamel fire-truck red (thats what i used...they were out of the break caliper one)

jacked the front end of the car up took the wheels off and masked everything off real good (yes there was masking tape / newspaper everywhere i was that scared id get it on my car!)

and using a metal brush or a powertool with (scuse my er, lack of knowledge on tools / bits) with a round, metal looking brush, we got rid of all excess dust / rust spots on the break calipers.

after dusting the shit off we went ahead n sprayed it. turned out great! (I didnt do the "nissan" writting bit white though)

here r some piccies of the weird round hand held power tool. no i got my bf to do it cause i was scared of the thing




and this wasn't even HALF masked up yet,



wallah! looks a bit pinkish but thats cause my phone is shit quality, it really is a dark red.



yes you can all call it a dodgy do-it-yourself job but im happy with the results lol

is that you in the pic? you have dude arms. no offence

but yeah its not that hard. its just a shame the dealers use some sort of paint eating cleaner on them so the standard black is eaten off!

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read what i said above that image! no, i got my bf to do it i was scared of the thing

meaning the powertool thing hahaha

i didnt read that far, i stopped after the first line of ' I managed to do it in my own garage and im in oh&s / payroll! " which would imply you did ALL the work

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i jacked the car up got the wheels off with difficulty *image of small girl struggling getting wheel nuts off* masked the area up, got the boy to sand it and then i sprayed it! LOL

so i didnt do 1 step im sorry to dissapoint

im not disappointed! im just bored and thought id shit stir you

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you failed!!
im bored too! oop bit flying off topic on the red break calipers.. sorry!!

WOW!!! dats just awesome !

I wish I was a babe and found a BF like urs !!! MUAHAHHA

Yeah I will give it a go mayb this weekend and take some photos. Also, I want to make it glossy looking ... what kind of spray would you recommend?

id reccommend hi-gloss then

youll need heat proof paint. if you use normal stuff the heat will burn it off

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LOL i only let him do it so if the thing fell off the end it'd hit him in the face not me! ... thats not too harsh is it?
im not too sure in making it glossy (as it has to be heat resistant) :/ im not that smart lol! its pretty glossy how it is, if you do 4 - 5 coats, thats what i did... but if you really want that true gloss finish im clueless

I will investigate and keep u guys posted !!! .. will take lots of fotos this weekend HEHE

awesome, cant wait to see the results!

sand back the nissan bit after wards or tape it up b4 hand.. looks good

Scotty..

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here's a pic of mine done back in 2004...went the extra step of doing the nissan writing in white (which i did first then masked off lettering)

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