eznfrank
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 09:38 PM |
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Shiny calipers
Why oh why do companies sell calipers without matching sliders?
Yes, what I want to make my car look really pretty is a set of shiny coloured calipers and then a set of sliders that look like Tony Robinson has dug
them out of an iron age settlement on time team of a Sunday aft!!!!
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blakep82
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 09:52 PM |
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brake caliper paint!
i know what you mean though. both my calipers are painted red, one slider it gold and the other one's grey...
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StevieB
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 09:56 PM |
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I soaked my carriers in malt vinegar for a week, removing occassionaly to scrub with an old toothbrush until the rust turned to black goo.
Then I washed them off and put them in the gas barbecue for 2 mins to draw all the water out of the porous metal.
They came out looking new, but covered in a fine orange skin of fresh rust. 10 mins on the bech grinder with a wire wheel on it and they were silver
and shiney and new.
They've oxidised again by now - if I was to do it again I'd have them powder coated.
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coozer
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 10:07 PM |
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Mine went in the electrolysis bath overnight and came out with a jet black cover on them.
Wire brush in the drill had them shining new and a quick coat of red oxide to stop the rusting.
Two coats of smooth hammerite and an hour in the oven = 
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Mal
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| posted on 16/2/08 at 06:54 AM |
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If you took them to your local metal platers, after de-rusting, you could have them zinc plated and yellow passivated for a small sum and then they
would look like new.
Mal
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eznfrank
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| posted on 16/2/08 at 09:26 AM |
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Oh yeah, I get all that, just what I don't get is why the re-furb companies don't do it themselves????
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