polishing oem calipers
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nsxhk said:
I am sure it can be done. Might be a lot of work but it could be done for sure.
However, I think they would rust like crazy. Problem is that any carbon-steel will rust very quickly (think how quickly your brake rotors will rust if you haven't driven the car for a couple of days).
And since your calipers can get extremely hot when you use the brakes painting them with something like a clear-coat would not work.
If you would want to have the look of bare steel on your calipers (my bet) you would have to have them powder-coated or painted with a similar color.
But I do like the idea though :biggrin:
Talking about rust on calipers.
I was with my wife looking at the MB new GL class last week. I took it for a test drive. After returing from the drive, I looked around the car and saw rusty lug nuts and calipers on th GL. I checked another GL on the lot which also had rusty lug nuts.
The salesman told me he can try to get me life time supply of new lug nuts if I bought the car. I passed. How disappionting on the kind of quality you get on a$60,000 car.
I was with my wife looking at the MB new GL class last week. I took it for a test drive. After returing from the drive, I looked around the car and saw rusty lug nuts and calipers on th GL. I checked another GL on the lot which also had rusty lug nuts.
The salesman told me he can try to get me life time supply of new lug nuts if I bought the car. I passed. How disappionting on the kind of quality you get on a$60,000 car.
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good prep. for high-temp. paint & clear-coat...
I used a wire-brush'like wheel attachment w/ my power-drill to remove the rust/brake-residue from my calipers & brackets about 2 months or so ago (they still look rust-free).
I was going to follow up w/ a high temp. clear-coat that I have, but I decided otherwise. No matter how much you polish the calipers/brackets, you won't get a mirror-like finish. They look hellavalot cleaner and presentable now, but nothing like what polished/ chromed/ annodized finishes look like. The end result reminds me of a lighter-colored, duller version of the '02-'05 NSX bronze calipers.
Nota Bene: Remember to use gloves, protective eye-wear, and proper clothing while doing this. The drill-attachment wears down and small metal wire fragments fly in all directions.
I used a wire-brush'like wheel attachment w/ my power-drill to remove the rust/brake-residue from my calipers & brackets about 2 months or so ago (they still look rust-free).
I was going to follow up w/ a high temp. clear-coat that I have, but I decided otherwise. No matter how much you polish the calipers/brackets, you won't get a mirror-like finish. They look hellavalot cleaner and presentable now, but nothing like what polished/ chromed/ annodized finishes look like. The end result reminds me of a lighter-colored, duller version of the '02-'05 NSX bronze calipers.
Nota Bene: Remember to use gloves, protective eye-wear, and proper clothing while doing this. The drill-attachment wears down and small metal wire fragments fly in all directions.
Frank_Oles' rims are chrome powder coated. They look fantastic. I'm not sure how it would hold up on calipers though.
Re: good prep. for high-temp. paint & clear-coat...
Yes, Duplicolor makes 500* clear which will be OK only if you don't agressively use the brakes (ie track). There is also 1200* clear available - don't remember who makes it. I applied it over my 500* paint (don't ask me why) and it wrinkled so I had to start over.
I'm amazed how well the 500* paint/clear holds up on my non-track NSX. It's still perfect 3 yrs later. The track rat on the other hand... that lasted all of a couple laps and turned brown. :biggrin: The clear also browns when overheated. I had polished the "NSX" and only cleared over that and you can no longer tell it was polished.
nsxhk said:
Yes, Duplicolor makes 500* clear which will be OK only if you don't agressively use the brakes (ie track). There is also 1200* clear available - don't remember who makes it. I applied it over my 500* paint (don't ask me why) and it wrinkled so I had to start over.
I'm amazed how well the 500* paint/clear holds up on my non-track NSX. It's still perfect 3 yrs later. The track rat on the other hand... that lasted all of a couple laps and turned brown. :biggrin: The clear also browns when overheated. I had polished the "NSX" and only cleared over that and you can no longer tell it was polished.
Re: good prep. for high-temp. paint & clear-coat...
VHTMLmotorsport said:
Re: good prep. for high-temp. paint & clear-coat...
No, wrinkled. It pulled-up/reacted-with the paint under it... a big mess. Using 1200* color under the clear probably would have netted different results. It won't matter if your applying the clear directly to the metal.
nsxhk said:
No, wrinkled. It pulled-up/reacted-with the paint under it... a big mess. Using 1200* color under the clear probably would have netted different results. It won't matter if your applying the clear directly to the metal.
You can buy Clear Powder coat...not sure how it would hold up, but I've thought about polishing mine too.
check out http://www.eastwoodco.com/
The have DIY kits for powder coating that you may be interested in.
check out http://www.eastwoodco.com/
The have DIY kits for powder coating that you may be interested in.
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