GXPWeasel
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- Location
- Kansas
- First Name
- Greg
- Truck Year
- 1982 | 2015
- Truck Model
- Sierra C15 | Silverado Z71
- Engine Size
- 5.0 | 5.3
I finally got around to doing a little work on the wife's new ride. She told me when she bought her new Atlas Cross Sport in June that she wanted the calipers painted. I had some free time last Saturday night, and a fresh bottle of bourbon to keep me company.
This is the first time that I've used the brush on "kit" for painting calipers, and I'll admit that it worked very well, but I don't think it is worth the price over just buying some high temp rattle can paint. Oh well, at least I know how to do this with a brush now, LOL. All of my previous jobs over the past 20 years have been with a rattle can, and removing the calipers from the vehicle, and using a lot of tape and paper to ensure paint only ended up where I wanted it.
She wanted the caliper brackets to stay factory silver, so I cleaned them up and sprayed them with some clear to keep them looking nice.
After 3 coats of color, and a good clean and wax on the inside and outside of the wheels, I'm happy with the result. I think the R-Line edition Cross Sport should have come from the factory with painted calipers, but I guess I'm glad they didn't now since this will set ours apart.
There isn't a single other Pure Gray Cross Sport in the city we live in, so it's a pretty unique vehicle around here.
This is the first time that I've used the brush on "kit" for painting calipers, and I'll admit that it worked very well, but I don't think it is worth the price over just buying some high temp rattle can paint. Oh well, at least I know how to do this with a brush now, LOL. All of my previous jobs over the past 20 years have been with a rattle can, and removing the calipers from the vehicle, and using a lot of tape and paper to ensure paint only ended up where I wanted it.
She wanted the caliper brackets to stay factory silver, so I cleaned them up and sprayed them with some clear to keep them looking nice.
After 3 coats of color, and a good clean and wax on the inside and outside of the wheels, I'm happy with the result. I think the R-Line edition Cross Sport should have come from the factory with painted calipers, but I guess I'm glad they didn't now since this will set ours apart.
There isn't a single other Pure Gray Cross Sport in the city we live in, so it's a pretty unique vehicle around here.
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