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Anyone considering powdercoating or painting their calipers? just thinking that painting the calipers red would go rather nicely with those gorgeous rims. Problem is, I wish I had a small stencil of the mercury logo that I could paint on the caliper, that would really be sweet. Anyone have any thoughts?
 
WOW---I just left the body shop today and the guys said they will paint my calibers black with high heat resitant paint cause it looks like a pigeon pooped on them from the factory--WOW---thanks guys--I will tell them to paint them RED instead of BLACK--DUH!!!!!! I shouda though of that as well....these guys in the body shop are willing to do anything I ask to this car to make me happy--( do I need to tell you why) -so come on with more ideas guys....still have pleanty of time to have them incoroporated into the car...lets hear them..
 
OH YEAH, I bought the powder coat kit (red) from a mail order paint mag. This is on my list when the weather up north improves enough to bring out the backup car. The MM will be on jacks for several days to complete this process. I'm psyched.....
 
the more that i think about it the less I want to powder coat. Looks like to do it right it costs alot of money, and Hi temp paint applied well and with enough time and effort will have the same effect. Looks like I'll be digging into this soon, perhaps tomorrow, I'll let you all know how it goes.


BTW, are the calipers a pain to remove?
 
This system offered to me, you do not. Maybe I gave the wrong impression. I want to do all 4 at the same time, thus jack stands. And they have to dry 24 hours, thus alternate car. Total cost=$38.

Besides, my alternate is TOOOO cool
 
It's perfect for my situation--everything seems to be "off her" now --so it works out perfect.....any more help as to what I should do in this situation...???
 
"L.A. Bob"...otherwise known as Bob Mathis from Lower Alabama painted his and they looked good. I saw them when he came up to one of our Atlanta Breakfast meets. Maybe he'll chime-in here with some tips....
 
Hmmm. I was thinking about this too. Eastwood Auto Supply sells a caliper coating kit for $50 that includes a cleaner/ degreaser and application brushes that make this whole thing look easy.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/aspfiles/itemdy00.asp?UID=2003040421555463&T1=10270Z

The instructions say that the stuff is dry and ready for a second coat if needed after 15 minutes. Sounds real easy except for the color choice. They offer a variety of goofy colors like yellow & purple, but I'm kinda torn between red and Ford blue. Either way I may have to change my Bob White's to match.
 
Hmmmm, interesting. Remember the Bullitt Mustangs have red Brembo calipers, but the new SVT Cobra in the showroom when I picked up my car last night didn't have noticeable calipers. A godshead white stencil on whatever color would look cool on a Marauder.
 
LOL!! OK, a modern Mercury logo then. Or even, no logo, just a nice painted caliper. To be technically correct though, I wonder if a Ford logo would be the right logo if you had to have one ?
 
Vince Gortner said:
Hmmm. I was thinking about this too. Eastwood Auto Supply sells a caliper coating kit for $50 that includes a cleaner/ degreaser and application brushes
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That was it, Eastwood Co.........damn, I paid $50?
I thought it was cheaper. Anyway, this is the kit I purchased.
And true, alot of colors to choose from...enough to make EVERYONE happy. :)

And for the athiests, let them corrode and be happy as well!
 
Painted them today, I'll get some pics up as soon as I can. Currently the car is drying far away from my home and digital camera
 
rurumon - The calipers look good. The only thing I would recommend is using a car cover to prevent overspray for getting on the car. John
 
hi rurumon : calipers look great , did you use the eastwood kit ? and how long did the paint take to dry ? i checked out you pictures and again the MM looks great . dennis
 
I thought the Eastwood kit was brush on. It looks like rumson used a spray. Rumson, details man, give us the details!

By the way, I heard RF is going with the purple that Eastwood sells.
 
I just used some hi temp engine paint I got from advanced auto. I usually gave it about 15 minutes between coats, 3 coats total. Left it around for the night to let it dry.
 
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