I polished my brake calipers

[Snake-Eater]

Figured since it's shiny and I'm showing you it should go in "Show'n'Shine". I was tired of the black painted calipers I had, especially against the black wheels, when I saw someone on LS1Tech with polished calipers. That was it. I started off with a power drill and a paint and rust stripper attachment. I stripped off all the paint and the first couple of layers of coating on the calipers. I switched to a pretty low grit (80-100) polishing pad attachment and went to town. I kept switching to higher grit pads until I was satisfied, then I went with a sanding block and 220 grit and sanded out all of the deep gouges until it was smooth. Once everything was smooth I switched to 320 grit and then finished up with 800. I then used Mother's metal polish to shine them up. Let me know what you think:

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[99COBRA2881]

Looks really good, you might look into getting some Zoop Seal to protect the metal from the elements.
http://www.zoops.com/zoopseal.asp

Helpful Tip: Use some never sieze on the hub, where the rim seats and you wont have rust form between the wheel and hub. Also wont ever have to deal with a wheel and hub that are seized together.

 

[todd4566]

Looks good. :thumbsup:

 

[JebTonkin]

That looks awesome.

 

[Mport_KLR]

looks good :thumbsup:

 

[byeofcr]

that is sweet looking, itd probaly be a hugeeee PITA with our calipers tho.

 

[trance_in_miami]

very nice. But I was curious about that Zoop Sealant. I currently using Poorboy's Wheel sealant but i would love to see the difference.

 

[trance_in_miami]

I will stick to the Poorboy's Stuff

Nevermind

$130 waaaaaayyyyy out of my LEAGUE

 

[96redvette]

i would imagine that they would oxidize pretty fast without something on them, considering how hot they get