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02-26-2007, 06:17 PM #1Member
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artic white- 2001 WS6 Trans Am
finished my calipers
I just thought I would show how they turned out. Not perfect but I dont think they are to bad. Now I just need to do something about those rusty rotors.
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02-26-2007, 06:41 PM #2Member
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Navy Blue Metallic- 99 Formula M6
WOW! that is nice. I really love the look of polished calipers and u really did a good job. I've been trying to shine mine up, but i been very dissapointed w/ them. However, a fellow ls1 member and I have been talking about it and i think i just need to use a finner grit paper. Just out of curiosity, what grit papers did u use?
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02-26-2007, 06:59 PM #3Just me
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Pewter metallic- 2000 Camaro SS
Looks fantastic, could you do a write up?
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02-26-2007, 07:04 PM #4Junior Member
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Gold- 2001 trans am ws6
bro that looks great i love the 2 toned think i might change mine get new rotors here http://stores.channeladvisor.com/brakes/
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02-26-2007, 07:32 PM #5Senior Member
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Wow those look great! I really need to do mine.
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02-27-2007, 06:44 AM #6Member
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Green- 1993 Mazda MX-6 LS
Very nice work on the calipers! I just purchased slotted rotors, and I see you have the slotted/drilled ones. How long did they last compared to OEM? Originally Posted by krusemj
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02-27-2007, 07:34 AM #7Member
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Yea, making me want to do it but im so lazy. I need a write up so I dont mess stuff up
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02-27-2007, 07:48 AM #8Member
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artic white- 2001 WS6 Trans Am
Its not really that hard to do. It just takes a little time. Originally Posted by jmhvenom
1 To start I used some 60 grit sandpaper and sanded out the casting lines and all the little rough areas til it was nice and smooth.
2 Next I used 120 than 320 to get rid of all the scratches.
3 Once that was all done I wet sanded it with 800 than 1500 to get a really nice finish on it.
4 The last thing I did was polish it with Mother's metal polish a few times to bring out the shine.
I sanded every thing by hand but if you want to save some time you could use a sander to make it a little faster but I would only do that with the 60 grit Thats about all there is to it. For the paint I just used that Caliper paint kit you can get at Walmart and put 4 coats on it.
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02-27-2007, 09:10 AM #9Junior Member
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TRIPLE BLACK- 2002 WS.6 Build #12425
Those look really nice, I took the lazy route and had mine powdercoated.
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02-27-2007, 01:43 PM #10I Think, Therefore Z-28
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Triple Black- 2001 Z-28 Vert
I love polished calipers!! Looks just like mine.. cept with the TA stickers instead of Camaro. Great work man.. new rotors will totally clean it up.
Did you do the rears too??
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02-27-2007, 01:51 PM #11Consumer of kraut
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Light Pewter Metallic- y2k 8-cylinder catfish
Looks very nice!
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02-28-2007, 03:19 PM #12I lika da Chevy's
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BLACK- Z/28 LS1
WOW!!!! I want to do that on mine. That looks great. I dont have the money to buy new rotors just to clean up the look. Do you think if I painted the rusty part of my rotors black it would look good?? If not black what color would you go with??
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02-28-2007, 03:46 PM #13Member
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i know a local car place will turn oem rotors, dunno bout the ones you got
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02-28-2007, 03:52 PM #14Slow'er'Ass
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Red Tint Jewelcoat- 2008 Trailblazer SS
Very clean.
Check out my rear calipers...
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02-28-2007, 06:52 PM #15Senior Member
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SOM- 01 Camaro SS
well Originally Posted by Mr. Luos
Very clean.
Check out my rear calipers...
thats unique...LOL
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02-28-2007, 07:02 PM #16Member
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All those calipers look GREAT!
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02-28-2007, 07:16 PM #17I Think, Therefore Z-28
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Triple Black- 2001 Z-28 Vert
Painting the rotors works.. I did that on my old set before I got the Zinc coated ones.. It'd look something like this: Originally Posted by deadbydawn421
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03-01-2007, 12:11 AM #18Member
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Red- 2002 Trans Am
Turned out pretty good. I was going to post some pics of mine but I just realized that I lost all of my earlier pics of my car when my 2ndary hard drive crashed a few months ago
I took mine all the way up to 2000 grit paper with a vibrating sander. You could see a reflection before the polish was applied :P
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03-01-2007, 03:12 AM #19Senior Member
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Black- 2000 WS6 6spd Hooker LT
Very nice. Gives me ideas!
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03-01-2007, 05:16 AM #20Member
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Silver- 2002 Z28
so do you guys do this on the car or off?
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