Red Calipers
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From: great lakes, yoo ess of eh
Yup, and they're really a LOT easier to paint than you might think. You don't have to sand them to bare metal, the paint easily covers rust, etc. Obviously if you paint over dirt then it won't last, but it's really easy! The second time I painted calipers, I didn't even mask them off it still worked great! I stick with black or silver though. Not a big fan of attracting attention to cheap-looking brake hardware. Now if they're Bremos, that's different! But if they were Brembos, they would already be powder coated anyway.
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Yup, and they're really a LOT easier to paint than you might think. You don't have to sand them to bare metal, the paint easily covers rust, etc. Obviously if you paint over dirt then it won't last, but it's really easy! The second time I painted calipers, I didn't even mask them off it still worked great! I stick with black or silver though. Not a big fan of attracting attention to cheap-looking brake hardware. Now if they're Bremos, that's different! But if they were Brembos, they would already be powder coated anyway.
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From: great lakes, yoo ess of eh
2013 are made by Brembo but IMO they're still pretty ugly, cast, unmachined components. Nothing that I would want to attract attention to. Sorry to be so blunt and rude but they look totally unfinished, crude and just not ready for the spotlight.
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Also do you happen to have the titanium package(Black out package).. If so you can you post a few more of the blacked out portions and how you like it vs the regular version.
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See post #9 on this page for my blacked out emblems: http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...6-Your-Audi-Q5
At the time of photo I only blacked out the outer part of the grill, since then I have blacked out the whole thing and the fog light portions of lower bumper. I love the look and if I ever get bored with it, I can just peel it right off.
This isn't my car, but this is what inspired me to do it and mine looks identical: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...pse64d9777.jpg
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Yup, and they're really a LOT easier to paint than you might think. You don't have to sand them to bare metal, the paint easily covers rust, etc. Obviously if you paint over dirt then it won't last, but it's really easy! The second time I painted calipers, I didn't even mask them off it still worked great! I stick with black or silver though. Not a big fan of attracting attention to cheap-looking brake hardware. Now if they're Bremos, that's different! But if they were Brembos, they would already be powder coated anyway.
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I just painted all four of my calipers over the last two weekends. Took my time. Did three coats and never took my calipers off. Just painted them in place. I'm very happy with the results. Very easy!
The attached photo is a pretty lousy pic but you get the idea. The photo,was taken in a dark garage with my iPad. It's raining out so no sunlight pics.
The attached photo is a pretty lousy pic but you get the idea. The photo,was taken in a dark garage with my iPad. It's raining out so no sunlight pics.
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Here's a pic of the ceramic paint I used. The entire kit costs $20. I went with the kit with a small can of paint and a brush. I didn't want to use spray paint. I just felt i could get better control over the finish with a brush.