Author Topic: Best way to color my calipers (Read 11266 times)

Thestoke76 · « **on:** February 17, 2012, 02:57:39 PM »

Hey guys/gals, this is my first post and was hoping to get advice on an often discussed topic. Powder coat or paint my calipers? NO red, black or silver i'm guessing. Idk. Help me out fellow audi ownerz.....

A4 Maine-iac · « **Reply #1 on:** February 27, 2012, 01:46:29 PM »

Looks nice. You can go either way. I just painted mine and has actually help up fine for almost 4 yrs now. So really up to you. Id go with black on your ride. With white decal rings.

Thestoke76 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 27, 2012, 02:19:30 PM »

U read my mind man. So what type of paint did u go with? G2, duplicolor?

A4 Maine-iac · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2012, 01:37:28 PM »

I used duplicolor. Primed, painted. clearcoat. You can see some very very old pics here.

http://www.a4mods.com/library/members/index.php?album=A4Maineiac

Thestoke76 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2012, 03:51:56 PM »

Aw man, looks better than i thot it would! How many coats? I keep hearing some "use the whole can" type numbers...6,8, even 10 coats! R they for real?!

A4 Maine-iac · « **Reply #5 on:** March 02, 2012, 02:39:44 PM »

I think i used 1 x primer 3x paint 1x clear.

Thestoke76 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2012, 02:45:24 PM »

Thats more like it. Thanks for the info bro. Hopefully will have some pics soon...

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