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Old 11-15-2008, 02:06 PM   1 links from elsewhere to this Post. Click to view. #1 (permalink)
 
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On a fluke, I painted the calipers of the front disk brakes bright red. Looks nice and cool, cost nothing cuz I had the touch up paint from another use, and it took about 30 min to do both sides. It can be done without removing the tire, just paint between the spokes. Ha. JS

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or you can take it off and make them look like this



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or you can take it off and make them look like this


You left the lug bolts unpainted? I'm shocked.

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Thats right we put them back in when we were done. They went in and back out to turn the rotors and drums to hit every angle with paint.

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According to my service manager, you should not have used the jacks in that position. There is a place under the frame with indents where they should have gone. I did that when I painted my drums and calipers. I also found that the factory torque of the lugs was way off. Glad I did them all over...

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the indents is where the jack goes and yes try putting the jack stands where you are jacking it up from not possible

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the wheels look great can we get a closeup?

how did you do the red stripe?

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