Pictures of my Painted Calipers w/Cobra R's

[Cdexplorer]

Well, I finally scanned my pictures of my red calipers. So far I only have one pic up on my home page (page 3) but I am working right not on putting a couple more up. They should be up very shortly. Let me know what you think about it

Thanks

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[RTStork]

Looks like you did a great job! I guess I need to paint mine.

 

[STANN]

Looks great. Might have to invest in some R's and caliper paint......

 

[leenjen]

nice job. i think jimabena74 has his painted red too. he had them blasted first.

 

[PLRBEAR]

Uhhhh....that's not paint on your rotors is it??? I hope it's just a reflection off the chrome onto the rotors!!

 

[leenjen]

paint on the rotors wont hurt anything. it'll just wear off.

 

[Cdexplorer]

Hey...yes that is paint on my rotors. I took that pic right after I got the wheel back on. All the paint wore off the very next day (probably in the first 5 minutes of driving. It looks cleaner without the paint on the rotors obviously but I don't have any newer pics as of yet. This morning I posted another pic of them on my homepage -page 3 again. This picture a side view of the whole truck

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[mikeresin]

what kind of paint did you use?>

 

[Cdexplorer]

I used Caliper Paint. I got mine at a local auto shop but I've seen it at Pep Boys or VIP...or both. They're usually about $5-8 dollars a can. I'd get two if you want to do multiple coats to get a good shine

 

[espnfreak]

you should paint your speed grille or grille. it looks awkward on there compared to the one on my 96 xlt with the newly painted black grille. i only have pics of what it used to look like. now...about 2X as better. just a suggestion not a rip. but ya speedgrilles are nice so it still looks better than a billet IMO

 

[Cdexplorer]

ESPNfreak....I have been thinking exactly what you are. Ilike the looks of the speed grille but as soon as I put it on I knew it didn't look as good as it could. The grille does look kinda strange with the two different dull silver/grey colors. So, am I correct that you painted your grille black to match the rest of the truck? I was trying to decide if I should paint the grille metallic grey to match my truck or if I should try to paing the speed grille chrome....or both? What do you think would look best? Could you tell me how you painted your grille? I wouldn't know how to go about painting either, that's what I'm worried about.

Let me know when you get some pics up, I'd love to see it

Thanks,
Curtis

 

[JoeC5]

Looks awesome. Love the color to.