Write it Lady, Write It!

I need more DIYs!

I still am going to put together my CAI DIY. Since I know it actually worked, and I didn't break my car!

 

Thanks MXS! Get that DIY Writen, the CIVIC "Bible" needs more chapters!!!

 

They make actual Caliper paint, or any HIGH TEMP paint will do. And yes, its really quite simple, i'll be doing mine this weekend i think.

Also, I think if your rotors are not warped enough to create a lot of shaking on the road, than it will be hard to spot warping without the proper tools. My buddy had this little thing (i have no idea what it was called, had a wierd name) that he used to see if mine were fudged.. and they were.

 

Here is how mine looks....its black with a little olds blue over it...two coats of high-temp clear...will redo it, cuz there's too much crap that fell into paint...

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my calipers are painted red. but i had a brake job done today. new rotors and pads but one of my calipers was bad so now i have 3 red and one black. so i am going to redue them. do i need to sand the old paint off or can i just use brake cleaner and paint over it?

 

btw all those covers look really good. when i get enough ***** to take my engine apart im gonna do mine

 

I have a feeling the brake cleaner will strip the paint right off. If I were doing it I would use brake cleaner and a wire brush to get the old paint off first.

But why do you need to redo it all? Why not just paint the one new caliper? How old is the paint on the other three?

 

i dont know maybe a year but i would just like them all to match and look nice

 

Now someone needs to paint their intake to match their alve cover. I'm thinkin about painting my valve cover gunmetal soon. I dont have an intake yet or i'd do that too.

Jeff

 

My intake actually matches the valve cover...it's just the way light falls on it, so it seems darker...