Polished Brakes

Mama's Boy

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I remember a thread on Stangnet a few months (probably years) ago that mentioned somebody taking a dremel tool and polishing their brake calipers to a somewhat glossy shine. Anyone have any pics on this topic or know the dremel attachment numbers I would need to buy?

 

Mama's Boy

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nobody?

 

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SVTStang03

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I'm curious too....

 

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saleen137

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I know this is really late and all but i'm doing this saturday i can post pics if wanted.

 

stangman

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saleen137 said:

I know this is really late and all but i'm doing this saturday i can post pics if wanted.

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would pics of a 02 ws-6 with it done do for you?

 

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sounds cool, I'm interested aswell

 

Mustang5L5

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Takes a lot of work and maintainence. Polished aluminum will oxidize over time.

These are what i originally had

But i painted them instead as i hated pulling the wheels every so often to clean them.

These are on my black '88 and not my '03

 

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bdcardinal

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what would happen if you polished them and then put on a coat of clearcoat? a friend of mine bead blasted and clearcoated the transmission and rear diff cover on his celica gts and it looks awesome.

 

Mustang5L5

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bdcardinal said:

what would happen if you polished them and then put on a coat of clearcoat? a friend of mine bead blasted and clearcoated the transmission and read diff cover on his celica gts and it looks awesome.

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Heat tends to yellow clearcoat. I thougt the same thing back when mine were polished and asked around but the general consensus was that the clear would yellow on me.

 

horseplay01

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If you are still intrested, look check this out: http://206.229.248.211/~shastings/webpages/polishingcalipers.htm

 

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millatime

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if you want shiny calipers, you could just buy these

http://www.aerospacecomponents.com/page8-9.htm#p8-9

 

Wikkdgt

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millatime said:

if you want shiny calipers, you could just buy these

http://www.aerospacecomponents.com/page8-9.htm#p8-9

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Buy what??

Oops nevermind, the link wasn't there a minute ago.