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harner
07-10-2009, 12:52 PM
before-
http://pictures.chrisharner.com/brakes/ta_before_final.jpg


after-
http://pictures.chrisharner.com/brakes/ta_after_final.jpg

Scope of Work
I cleaned the outside of the calipers with some brake cleaner, then sanded them a little by hand with about 350-grit, cleaned it up with a rag and taped off the inside/piston area.

Materials
For the paint, I used Dupli-color's red caliper paint. Link: @SummitRacing (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SHW-BCP100/)

The rotors are ebay slotted & drilled. $150 shipped w/no pads. The seller was "ocrotorpros (http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/rotorpros/)"

The brakes are:
Rear = Hawk Ferro-Carbon (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HWK-HB112F-540/)
Front = Hawk Ceramic (http://www.summitracing.com/parts/HWK-HB217Z-681/)




Sorry for the shitty quality pics. I took it with the Storm and I had grease and stuff all over the lens apparently. Usually the pics rival my g/f's digital camera.
bluebird94
07-10-2009, 01:09 PM
Sweet action! That looks nice. I painted my calipers a couple months ago. I need some drilled/slotted rotors. Thanks for sharing!
YZF
07-10-2009, 04:03 PM
Looks good! I'm thinking about upgrading my brakes on all 4 corners. Those rotors looks pretty baller.
windsofthor
07-10-2009, 06:11 PM
Get in there with a rag and respray those wheel wells.... Brakes look sharp!
PipesTA
07-10-2009, 07:39 PM
Looks good. Overspray FTL
harner
07-10-2009, 08:58 PM
Thanks guys. Thats 15 years of rubber and caked on mud and dirt in those wheel wells. That will be pretty time consuming, and eventually I'll get to it.

And the overspray was very minor. I shot that spring by accident :( I had a combination of painter tape, rags, carpet in the mix to make sure overspray was minimal.

I finally get off work in a few minutes so I can go do some more pleasant things to the T/A. :)
McCauleyWB
07-10-2009, 10:18 PM
Looks good! Seems like the rotors have gone up in price a bit. I recently painted my calipers too. While down there, I used some rubberized undercoat from a spray can and the wheel wells came out real nice.
harner
07-11-2009, 02:18 AM
Cool! What color, black? I think I'm going to give it a shot when I put the ZR1s on.
McCauleyWB
07-11-2009, 08:36 PM
Yep, black. It was a $5 can from Kragen.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/McCauley/100_1922.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/McCauley/100_1920.jpg
CALL911
07-12-2009, 02:02 PM
Looks good
harner
07-13-2009, 07:47 PM
Yep, black. It was a $5 can from Kragen.

That looks sweet! Thanks