Lilazndude646

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.

MindBomber

Looks good.

Painting calipers is cheap and it makes a big difference.

lollygagger

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

civicchick2001

nice! looks good, i like ur rims too

SSMCivicCoupe

iTrader: (2)

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

Matt300

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!

Speed9117

iTrader: (1)

Looks good I've thought about doing that forever.

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

Lilazndude646

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.

sl33pyriceboi

iTrader: (3)

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

should have gotten these. lol

Kennykid2002

iTrader: (1)

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

Speed9117

iTrader: (1)

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.

Lilazndude646

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

MindBomber

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

Speed9117

iTrader: (1)

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

Speed9117

iTrader: (1)

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.

MindBomber

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.

Speed9117

iTrader: (1)

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.

Lilazndude646

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.

PinkHelloKittyX

What do you brush them with?

TFMEX

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/

Teachmehowto20

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

krudmuphin

iTrader: (1)

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

KurtzN1

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