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IROCanSS · 08-03-2011, 12:22 PM

It's easy.

Just watch you don't scratch them or get brake fluid on them during the bleeding. that's a bitch but it will eat the paint off.

I've had to touch mine up bc I wasn't careful enough but it was easy to fix them while on the car.

Like I said, powdercoating is way mote durable but way more costly.

CaniacFan · 08-03-2011, 12:24 PM

jrhaus... Awesome tutorial. I paid to have mine painted and decaled and it was $300. Then I had to pay to have them mounted. I hate all you guys out there with skills..

My dad wouldn't let me ever work on cars cause I was a girl.. Damn him.

khislop007 · 08-03-2011, 12:42 PM

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IROCanSS · 08-03-2011, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by CaniacFan

jrhaus... Awesome tutorial. I paid to have mine painted and decaled and it was $300. Then I had to pay to have them mounted. I hate all you guys out there with skills..

My dad wouldn't let me ever work on cars cause I was a girl.. Damn him.

Thanks and that wasn't nice of dad!!!

If my little one on the way turns out to be a girl... she's learning cars just the same as a boy would.

Beck · 08-03-2011, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jrhaus76

If my little one on the way turns out to be a girl... she's learning cars just the same as a boy would.

This is great. My daughter wasn't ever really interested in cars, but she's more interested now that I have the Camaro. She learned to drive a stick in my and now she's hooked.

FINALLYSATISFIED · 08-03-2011, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CaniacFan

jrhaus... Awesome tutorial. I paid to have mine painted and decaled and it was $300. Then I had to pay to have them mounted. I hate all you guys out there with skills..

My dad wouldn't let me ever work on cars cause I was a girl.. Damn him.

How much to have them mounted?

LoneStar · 08-03-2011, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 3CamarosOnHand

Here are my ABM done in my garage, 500* engine primer, Dupli color metal flake blue, and ABM airbrushed over that , 5 coats of clear

Looks great! The more I think about it, the more I want to paint my calipers blue (to match my blue bowties and engine cover).

Darth_Emma · 08-04-2011, 10:40 AM

Here are mine. Jetstream Blue.

IROCanSS · 08-04-2011, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarCamaro

Looks great! The more I think about it, the more I want to paint my calipers blue (to match my blue bowties and engine cover).

To each their own but I think the blue will seriously clash with the IOM. You can get away with the bowtie bc it's small and it "retro" but the blue calipers probably wouldn't look too good on that color. But... not my car so whatever. Just my 2 cents.

Darth_Emma · 08-04-2011, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jrhaus76

To each their own but I think the blue will seriously clash with the IOM. You can get away with the bowtie bc it's small and it "retro" but the blue calipers probably wouldn't look too good on that color. But... not my car so whatever. Just my 2 cents.

+1

I think orange calipers would look better on an orange car. Or, gloss black with orange "Brembo" lettering.

IROCanSS · 08-04-2011, 11:40 AM

Colors you could do on IOM:

Orange with black lettering
Black with orange lettering
Maybe silver with orange or black lettering

But no blue, red or yellow please!

LoneStar · 08-04-2011, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by jrhaus76

To each their own but I think the blue will seriously clash with the IOM. You can get away with the bowtie bc it's small and it "retro" but the blue calipers probably wouldn't look too good on that color. But... not my car so whatever. Just my 2 cents.

Which is why I've been hesitant to do so. I definitely don't want them orange, and won't bother with black or white. Red and yellow are definitely out, along with green, pink, purple...

Lettering wouldn't work so good on the V6 brakes, and I'm definitely NOT falsely labeling them as "Brembos". Lol

...Maybe I'll actually consider black. It'll definitely be something I think about, before going through with it.

IROCanSS · 08-04-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarCamaro

Which is why I've been hesitant to do so. I definitely don't want them orange, and won't bother with black or white.

Do a photo shop. It helps, at least you'll have an idea.

IROCanSS · 08-04-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by LoneStarCamaro

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Lettering wouldn't work so good on the V6 brakes, and I'm definitely NOT falsely labeling them as "Brembos". Lol

...Maybe I'll actually consider black. It'll definitely be something I think about, before going through with it.

Pink! WIN

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IROCanSS Account Suspended Drives: 89 IROC 350 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Back roads, southern Ohio Posts: 12,504 View My Garage	It's easy. Just watch you don't scratch them or get brake fluid on them during the bleeding. that's a bitch but it will eat the paint off. I've had to touch mine up bc I wasn't careful enough but it was easy to fix them while on the car. Like I said, powdercoating is way mote durable but way more costly.

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CaniacFan Drives: '10 SS CGM #75,288, '14 Stingray Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,938	jrhaus... Awesome tutorial. I paid to have mine painted and decaled and it was $300. Then I had to pay to have them mounted. I hate all you guys out there with skills.. My dad wouldn't let me ever work on cars cause I was a girl.. Damn him.

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Darth_Emma Psssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh! Drives: under contruction Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Marysville, Ohio Posts: 12,996 View My Garage	Here are mine. Jetstream Blue.

08-04-2011, 11:40 AM	#39
IROCanSS Account Suspended Drives: 89 IROC 350 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Back roads, southern Ohio Posts: 12,504 View My Garage	Colors you could do on IOM: Orange with black lettering Black with orange lettering Maybe silver with orange or black lettering But no blue, red or yellow please!