Painting Calipers, new brakes

[dorkins]

well, ive decided to paint my calipers while my car is just sitting in my driveway with a club on it...

i ordered some decals from brent
to clean the calipers, brent said he used wire wheel acid, is this http://cgi.ebay.com/Acid-Cleaner-Bio...QQcmdZViewItem the stuff?

i will be painting the calipers black, and putting 4 coats of high temp clear on them, with white camaro decals (i have a white camaro)

also, i plan on putting new rotors and pads on, because my rotors are warped, and look horrible
i can get 4 rotors from r1concepts
http://www.r1concepts.com/makes.asp?...s%20/%20Wheels

for under 280, these would be sliver zinc plated, and slotted (is there any advantage to the gold zinc plating over the silver?)

or, i can get ebay rotors for 165
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Chevy...58372034QQrdZ1
will these drilled/slotted rotors crack? im assuming they will

any advice is appreciated!
if anyone knows of a better set, for a good price, please let me know!

[Loochy88]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

i bought some rotors off ebay, from a company i hadn't heard of before, since they were cheap and i needed new ones. they looked identical to those pretty much. ive had them on for over a year now, and they're doing just fine. i just inspected them a couple weeks ago when i did my pads.
mine cost right around 150 (set of 4) i believe.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...s/100_0597.jpg
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...s/100_0588.jpg

[bah]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

i'm gonna have to repaint the 1 caliper i had done because a bolt fell off and it rubbed my wheel :( i just dont have the time or i would get all 4 done, but the 1 looked pretty sweet after i did it, just a little spot got messed up, i'm gonna wirewheel as much off as i can and just redo it and make sure the bolts are back on tight this time :)

[dorkins]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

thanks loochy
should i go with hps pads, or performance ceramic pads? i cant decide, which will last longer, be easier on my rotors, and have better stopping power?

[bah]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

i have heard hawk pads are the best, i am going to convert to hawk pads + drilled and slotted rotors here pretty soon

[99camaro-3.8]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

hawk hps pads are the best ive ever had. i had them on my old car and they worked great. im getting ready to put them on my camaro soon too. let me know how those ebay rotors work out for ya i might be looking at doing the same

[Fuelman]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

Check out these guys before you buy http://www.rotorpros.com/ just E-mail them for a quote

[bah]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

Check out these guys before you buy http://www.rotorpros.com/ just E-mail them for a quote

yeah, they just quoted me $300 for all 4 drilled slotted rotors zinc coated + hawk pads, i think i just found a new friend in the rotor buisness :)

[dorkins]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

sounds very nice...
im emailin them now!

[99camaro-3.8]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

they'll be getting my business too. haha. thanks Fuelman

[dorkins]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

280 shipped for hps pads, and slotted/drilled silver zinc coated
it must be 20 more for a specific color

[99camaro-3.8]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

wow. thats for all 4 rotors and 4 sets of pads?

[bah]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

i told him if he included braided lines then we've got a deal at 300

[dorkins]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

sounds tempting... might as well do braided lines while im under there, huh?

would make painting the calipers much easier too...

[bah]

Re: Painting Calipers, new brakes

yep, because you will have them off