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Rich Norman · 07-09-2006, 08:05 PM

Satin black or cast iron.

The blue Civic with red drums

OH YEAH BABY !!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by casterqc

I have a blazing blue metallic yaris liftback with 16" wheels.

I'm thinking about painting the drums and calipers so it keeps looking good with time ( rust, dirt, etc). The thing is that with the wheels I have you can clearly see the drums and calipers...I want it to have a good clean look!

Wich color would you pick: Blue? Red? or clear? (clear gloss made by vht for brakes and calipers).

I saw a black yaris with red drums and calipers and I think it looks good...but I'm not sure how it would look on a blazing blue one...

need your opinions

weeze-dog · 07-09-2006, 09:59 PM

You could powder coat it yourself. A friend of mine does it using his oven, he does whole wheels too.
Takes a powder coating gun and the powder, then bake it at 400 degrees for X minutes. There are some DIY guides online.

*Chris07LB* · 07-10-2006, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeze-dog

You could powder coat it yourself. A friend of mine does it using his oven, he does whole wheels too.
Takes a powder coating gun and the powder, then bake it at 400 degrees for X minutes. There are some DIY guides online.

Lets all pray he uses this oven ONLY for powdercoating!!

TRD_Yaris · 07-10-2006, 02:39 AM

it does look pretty good on your drums. After about a year, those drums would've looked pretty nasty. What type of wheels are you gonna rock? open faced rims definitely look better with painted calipers/drums.

oh, and powdercoating also requires "electromagnetizing" the metal so that the powdercoat bonds much better. I have a full write up on Powdercoating if anyone is interested. Cerametallic coating is basically the same but uses a blend of Ceramic and other heat insulating chemicals to "heat treat" certain metal parts like Exhaust manifolds, turbo outlets, etc.
or insulate heat out of stuff like a exhaust manifold heat shield, fuel rails, or intake pipes you want to keep from absorbing engine heat.
There are also heat dissipating powdercoats, which are usually "wrinkle" paints which helps metal dissipate heat off better. This works great for brake calipers, rotor hats, etc.

casterqc · 07-10-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TRD_Yaris

What type of wheels are you gonna rock? open faced rims definitely look better with painted calipers/drums.

here they are...16 inch 10 spokes wheels

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Violin · 11-15-2006, 12:38 PM

I got some of this stuff in red to do my calipers: http://g2usa.com/brake_caliper_paint.shtml

Any tips?

Violin · 11-20-2006, 10:04 AM

Tada!

07-10-2006, 02:39 AM	#4
TRD_Yaris Yarii Hunter Drives: 2007 Yaris Liftback and S13's Join Date: May 2006 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 437	it does look pretty good on your drums. After about a year, those drums would've looked pretty nasty. What type of wheels are you gonna rock? open faced rims definitely look better with painted calipers/drums. oh, and powdercoating also requires "electromagnetizing" the metal so that the powdercoat bonds much better. I have a full write up on Powdercoating if anyone is interested. Cerametallic coating is basically the same but uses a blend of Ceramic and other heat insulating chemicals to "heat treat" certain metal parts like Exhaust manifolds, turbo outlets, etc. or insulate heat out of stuff like a exhaust manifold heat shield, fuel rails, or intake pipes you want to keep from absorbing engine heat. There are also heat dissipating powdercoats, which are usually "wrinkle" paints which helps metal dissipate heat off better. This works great for brake calipers, rotor hats, etc. __________________ Thanks for all the help over the years, YarisWorld!!!

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weeze-dog Drives: 2002 Ford Focus ZX3 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 57	You could powder coat it yourself. A friend of mine does it using his oven, he does whole wheels too. Takes a powder coating gun and the powder, then bake it at 400 degrees for X minutes. There are some DIY guides online.

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