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06-26-2012, 10:18 AM | #1 |
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Painted the calipers, thoughts?
Did this Sunday afternoon. Was quite easy, took around 1 hour to complete.
- Removed the wheels. -Taped off the area with plastic garbage bags and masking tape, covered the car with a painting sheet. - Sprayed the calipers down with duplicolor caliper degreaser and scrubbed with a toothbrush. - Rinsed the calipers with water and dried. - In sweeping, steady strokes sprayed on the VHT caliper paint. 2 coats, 10 to 15 minute intervals between coats. - Applied vinyl M/// Logo. - sprayed the clear on in the same manner the paint was applied. - Mounted wheels. Used one of the large M/// logos on my ipad case, got a little crazy. ha. I have to give the credit to Aceman for the inspiration, he did this to his 550i and it looked amazing. I had to follow suit. Last edited by StatenEye; 06-26-2012 at 10:29 AM.. |
06-26-2012, 10:35 AM | #4 |
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Thanks man!
Yes I saw that, looks amazing. Very clean look. Your car is on a different level. |
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06-26-2012, 10:38 AM | #5 |
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I like it
Where did you buy the vinyl M/// Logo? Thanks!
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06-26-2012, 11:42 AM | #6 |
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That looks Great!!!!! I've been thinking of doing this. Im torn between Red and burnt orange.
Do you think that the heat the breaks produce the vinyl will shrink? That was my concern. I would just have BMW on my caliper as I have no sport package. Please update us on the vinyl. Thanks
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Thanks dude, the wrap looks perfect. You should give this a try, its quick and fun. I was suprised i was able to do this so well hah. Alpine white and blue combo just pops, im very happy with it. |
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Looks great...
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06-27-2012, 05:06 AM | #15 |
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Sweeeet ! I wanna do this.
BTW, how did you get behind if you didn't take off the calipers? And if you didn't get behind, do you think you managed to get a good enough seal around the paint towards the back to prevent it from peeling or flaking?
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Thanks Stateneye335i for your advice as well.
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Looks fantastic!
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07-20-2012, 04:44 AM | #20 |
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Looks very OEM.
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07-21-2012, 01:58 AM | #21 |
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Where do you get the ///M logo?
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