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So after school, decided to paint my calipers red. Looks nice in my opinion.
I know this post is stupid, but i haven't been active on the forums.
Took about an hour and a half.

 
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Looks good.

Painting calipers is cheap and it makes a big difference.

 
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Wow excellent job. I'd prefer black, but my point is how well you did painting them.

 
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nice! looks good, i like ur rims too

 
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Looks good! what rims are those? i like them.

 
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Yeah, that came out nice! I got red on my drums, but the red wasn't as bright as I'd like it to be...came out a little dark. Yours are perfect!

 
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Looks good I've thought about doing that forever.

They are Honda Fit OEM wheels if I'm not mistaken.

 
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You should, it is a cheap and nice looking upgrade.
Thank you all for your replies

& i do not know what rims they are, just know they are stock 2005 rims.


@ Matt300, i got the caliper painting kit. Came with the heat resistant paint, caliper cleaners and a brush. Bought it for around 30 bucks.

 
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3D-Br...ht_6302wt_1167

should have gotten these. lol

 
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Nice, did ya mask off and spray?
Or did you remove the caliper all together?

 
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bahahaha that is awesome. I definitely saw those on a beater dodge neon a while ago. I was so confused, but it makes so much more sense now.

 
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i masked everything besides the caliper.
& i brushed it.

 
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Those aren't standard stock wheels, I believe they're an HFP dealer option.

 
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I think they're stock. my next door neighbor has them on her fit... They're first generation stock though. They have thinner spoked wheels now.

If I remember right the HFP ones for the fit are like 8 spoke gunmetal glory. I was drooling over them on H and A wishing I could get them for my car haha. they were like smaller versions of the HFP rims for the 06-11 civic si

 
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maybe I will after all sometime. half the reason I didn't want to do it was because I realllllly didn't want to take the calipers off to do it lol. I guess as long as you're careful with masking that's just as good.

 
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fit rims look great, I've wanted a set for a long time for my winter tires, they never come up for sale though, so much better than em1 wheels.

 
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They really do. They would be an absolutely fantastic set of winter wheels. I've seen a couple sets pop up in my local craigslist, but I just don't have the money because everyone selling them knows what they're worth.

I'm waiting for someone to post a set really cheap after they go and buy some horrible les schwab aftermarket wheels and don't think they're stock wheels are worth anything haha.

 
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if you are patient, just mask everything and take your time brushing. It took me and my friend 1 and half hour to take out the front wheels, clean, dry, paint 2 layers, and put the wheels back.

Something productive to do when you have time on a saturday or sunday.

 
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What do you brush them with?

 
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Best stuff on the market in my opinion. going on 3 years with mine painted red... 50$ for the kit and its still looking like new!

http://www.g2usa.com/

 
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i id this when i first bought my car, looks real nice, i wanna repaint mine dark purple tho next time. as we;; as my VC

 
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Nice! I would only do red if I had disc brakes all around though.
I did this a while ago, but I masked and sprayed with high gloss black furniture epoxy.
By the way, I'm too deistracted by the fact that you own a Lotus Elise to even care about this thread anymore, lol

 
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nice job! Any pictures with the wheels on the car from a bit further away?