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Old 04-06-2005, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by VaSteve
While we're talking about calipers....can you paint them? I know you can powdercoat, but doesn't that require taking the whole thing apart? Isn't there some bling bling paint you can put on there for looks?
They originally came anodized, just clean really well, use heat resistant paint. I did the SCs several years ago in cheeby orange and they still look pretty good. You can tell when you are really using your brakes when you “cook” the paint off during a track session
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