Caliper Painting.

[nickygn23]

I know this has been talked about to death......but.

Step 1.Remove tire and sand down rusty caliper.
Step 2. Use brake keen to remove rust flakes.
step 3. tape off the area so not to get over spray on stuff
step 4. Lay down some caliper paint. 10 minutes flash time. Three light coats.
step 5 . While the paint is drying and you have access to the chassis and suspension lay down some black paint to the area. Make it look nice.
step 6 . Have a beer.
step 7. reassemble and check out the fruits of your labor.

 

[1986 Buick GX1]

Thank you for the write up. It’s amazing how a little time and a coat of paint can really transform a car.
It looks great! I like the black, almost as much as I like dark silver.

 

[nickygn23]

Your right, dark silver looks great. Where did you get the Buick Motorsports sticker?

 

[nickygn23]

Before and after

 

[1986 Buick GX1]

Before and after

That looks waaaay better.

 

[nickygn23]

Thanks. A bit of effort but you can't argue with results.

 

[nickygn23]

Where Did All My Pictures Go????????????????

 

[1986 Buick GX1]

Where Did All My Pictures Go????????????????

Sadly, most photos were lost in the server room fire in December 2019.
(I think that’s when it happened)

 

[nickygn23]

I'll look later to see if I still have them.

 

[conn84gn]

I removed the caliper, plugged the line then painted with the red high temp paint
re installed and bled the lines
I was replacing the rotors anyway

 

[jlat]

Sadly, most photos were lost in the server room fire in December 2019.
(I think that’s when it happened)

hello people: yea right.. Sometimes pics disappear for no reason. In my case I pissed someone of.
IBBY

 

[conn84gn]

Rear install but they were already painted