i stopped by the autozone the other day and picked up some supplies to repaint the calipers. purchased some aircraft paint stripper, brakekleen, clear coat, black caliper paint, and sand paper. so after work i headed to my friend's shop (Rev'd Up Kustomz) to work on my brakes. we started with the brakes first. sprayed it with paint stripper and waiting a bit. at the first try the paint stripper didn't seem like it was working. but we tried again and waited a bit longer, and watered it down... and bamm! it works. using a wire brush, a rag, and some brake cleaner we were on our way. however, our wire brush was a bit worn out. so we had to stop.
the next day i was applying more brake cleaner and started sanding down the calipers. the original black color was almost gone and you can see the silver. while i sand the rear calipers down i applied paint stripper to the red front calipers. the red calipers were painted badly... but i was stoked to see the paint strip off. It was pretty awesome spraying them down and seeing the come off like it was nothing.
im still in the processs of preping them up... so ill keep you guys updated on the progress.
13 years ago