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Re: best paint to use for rusty calipers????
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Posted by Rich [Email] (more from Rich) on Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:29:42 Share Post by Email
In Reply to: best paint to use for rusty calipers????, steve, Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:16:43
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I just got through with that task. Cleaned them by tearing them down and soaking in kerosene for a couple days, then went after them with a good wire brush- the $10 brush from eEurosport was the best of the 3 different ones I had- get 2 of them. This got the big chunkies of brake, grease and rust off (with a good amount of elbow grease). I finished cleaning them up with a Dremel using the wire wheel attachment- used 3 wheels ($15). Them I used some rust inhibitor.

As far as painting, I had bought some VHT brand paint (good to 950F) special order. Seemed to go on well, but when I baked them, the paint bubbled. The VHT paint kit included the paint, 2 brushes, brake cleaner and rust remover/inhibitor for $30 plus shipping. Waste of money. Buy the components separately. The day before I had used some Dupli-color high temp ceramic paint (good to 1200F) on the new rotors on the cheap from Walmart (<$4). This worked MUCH better. It went on smoother, dried better, didn't bubble and looks better.

Replacing the seal kits cost about $60.

Total time: 10 Hours

Good luck!

If this seems like too much time, I ran across new GM metric calipers in the Behrent's catalog for about $35 each. eEuroparts has rebuilt rears for $45 each. Based on the amount of scubbing I did, hindsight proves this may be a better option if you have less time than money! Plus you won't need rust inhibitor, or seal kits. Just take them apart, tape, paint and put them together again.

Rich
'97 900SET Talladega
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