My little long weekend project

[Guysmiley]

A little color matched paint and lots of prep goes a long way I think.

[100%VAGitarian]

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yea yea for vw projects! nice.

[Shoppingcart111]

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Did you use high temp paint or regular body, cause I'm sure regular body paint will cook off over time, Looks good though

[62degVR6]

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I see you did them attached to the car to avoid bleeding afterwards. do you think its more work masking then just taking the caliper off altogether. is it just dupli color tornado red? ohh and what kind of lowering do you have? its a nice ride height looks stock--->but better

[Guysmiley]

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Did you use high temp paint or regular body, cause I'm sure regular body paint will cook off over time, Looks good though

Thanks,The paint is not regular body paint. It has a higher temp rating than normal but it's not super high. The guy at the paint place said it should be fine.

[Guysmiley]

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Did you use high temp paint or regular body, cause I'm sure regular body paint will cook off over time, Looks good though

I see you did them attached to the car to avoid bleeding afterwards. do you think its more work masking then just taking the caliper off altogether. is it just dupli color tornado red? ohh and what kind of lowering do you have? its a nice ride height looks stock--->but better

Doing them attached was fine. It was not that hard to mask off. If you could take them off it would be easier to paint but I did not want to bother doing that.

As far as the paint goes I had it mixed at a paint and body supply place. I just gave them the paint code for my car and he put it in a spray balm for 25 bucks.


My suspension consists of Intrax springs (1.5" drop) and Tokiko Blue struts.[/I]

[Compton]

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You can buy caliper paint at canadian tire for under 10 bux. The can is big enough to do all 4 sides. Make sure to shake the can very very well or it will look more orange(if choosing to go with red) Also id really prep up the calipers...sanding and primer(if possible) Mine are starting to peel and i did them less then a year ago.

[Guysmiley]

Re: My little long weekend project

You can buy caliper paint at canadian tire for under 10 bux. The can is big enough to do all 4 sides. Make sure to shake the can very very well or it will look more orange(if choosing to go with red) Also id really prep up the calipers...sanding and primer(if possible) Mine are starting to peel and i did them less then a year ago.

I used a wire wheel to prep mine, and it's worth the extra 15 bucks to have my paint match to me.

[jrockmk2]

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nice looking car dude, yeah i used the canadian tire brand just black though and had no problems at all i didnt prep at all and they lasted all winter without any chips=)

[Guysmiley]

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nice looking car dude, yeah i used the canadian tire brand just black though and had no problems at all i didnt prep at all and they lasted all winter without any chips=)

thanks.

[VAG_Tech]

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Looks pimp my man. What's next on the project list?

[Guysmiley]

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Looks pimp my man. What's next on the project list?

Rear sway bar!!!!! Hopefully this summer.

[jrockmk2]

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what one are you going to go with?

[Guysmiley]

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what one are you going to go with?

not to sure, any suggestions??????

[jrockmk2]

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i just picked up the autotech 28mm, but probably would have bought the neuspeed if i could have done so locally. From what ive read the neuspeed is a much easier install, plus it would go with your red theme =)