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Old 08-04-2010, 09:13 PM
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Hey guys. Check out the work I did on Spartacus(my 2002 4.4i ). I painted his calipers!!
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Old 08-04-2010, 09:56 PM
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Great job.
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Old 08-04-2010, 11:27 PM
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So you painted the caliper onto the caliper hanger, painted the anti-rattle clip onto the caliper, and painted the pads onto both? Sort of like red glue? How are you going to change the pads? The colour is fine, but sorry, details matter.
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looks good but like previous poster said should have disassembled some...
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i know dude. i thought about painting mine since it has that rust layer but changed my mind. i just cleaned it with wire brush and caliper cleaner. didn't wanna disassemble anything...
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Old 08-07-2010, 07:28 AM
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Looks really nice, but yeah Spartacus's shoes are now sticky =/
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