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Ok you know what. Since my car is down. I want to match the brake calipers to my paint. And i hear the only way to do that is powder coating. Can anyone tell me how to do it or how its done? I have to go to bmw parts and get the same color touch paint of my car right to begin with? |  |  | | 05-18-2006, 12:55 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: çî†ÿ øf åNgëL§, CA Posts: 5,314 |
Remember, i want the same color. I know theres brake caliper paint cans but its not the same blue. | | | | | 05-18-2006, 01:04 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Quad Cities, Iowa Posts: 2,110 |
You should go to a body shop and have it done by a pro. Painting is a really hard thing to do, I tried to paint a part of a quarter panel on a honda accord and it didnt turn out very well, but it was better then most other do-it-yourself repairs on other accords. I think it costs about $40 to powder coat a valve cover so it shouldnt be too much for calipers. __________________
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You might as well powder coat your intake manifold and valve cover since your car is down. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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Quote: | Originally Posted by Tyler You might as well powder coat your intake manifold and valve cover gasket since your car is down. | valve cover gasket? __________________ ...steven
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Quote: | Originally Posted by 1996 328ti valve cover gasket? | That wouldn't be good. Yeah you got me there.. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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Quote: | Originally Posted by 1996Bmw318TI Ok you know what. Since my car is down. I want to match the brake calipers to my paint. And i hear the only way to do that is powder coating. Can anyone tell me how to do it or how its done? I have to go to bmw parts and get the same color touch paint of my car right to begin with? | touch up paint ... to show the person that'll be doing the powdercoating for you? because i doubt the touch up paint will survive the temps they use to cure the paint in the PCing process. not sure if they'll be able to do an exact match, but you can ask any place that does powdercoating. __________________ 1996 318ti, California package, 267k miles
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Current Mods: e46 m3 steering wheel | | | | | 05-18-2006, 01:24 AM | #8 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |
My friend bought the blue caliper paint off of tirerack.com for his gti and it looks good. The blue isn't really noticeable meaning it doesn't stand out much. I'll post a pic of the car hopefully you can see it. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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Yeah thats what I thought. Since its dark behind the wheel the blue will look black. __________________
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Quote: | Originally Posted by SDKmann Yeah thats what I thought. Since its dark behind the wheel the blue will look black. | Not neccesarily look black it just doesn't stand out like say red would. You can see it but only if your looking at it up close. Once i saw his i wish i never bought red & still have it sitting in my closet. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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Quote: | Originally Posted by 1996Bmw318TI Ok you know what. Since my car is down. I want to match the brake calipers to my paint. And i hear the only way to do that is powder coating. Can anyone tell me how to do it or how its done? I have to go to bmw parts and get the same color touch paint of my car right to begin with? | I'm pretty sure I've answered this question for you before, so I'm not going to repeat myself. __________________
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Quote: | Originally Posted by aceyx I'm pretty sure I've answered this question for you before, so I'm not going to repeat myself. | Now that you mentioned this didn't hydrolock post a thread on this b4? I'm thinking yes. Use the search button hydro. Nevermind. http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthrea...powder+coating http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthrea...powder+coating http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthrea...powder+coating EDIT: Here is a pic of the gti with the painted caliper,i tried to zoom in and save it but can't figure that out . __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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Remembering the color of my car. You guys think the calipers would look in either white or silver? Cuz if they were to look good in either those colors, i can save myself the trouble and just by the spray can. | | | | | 05-18-2006, 01:27 PM | #14 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: England, UK Posts: 1,288 |
just get them powdered silver or black. __________________
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Since you are trying to match the color of your ti, would the powdered paint have the same paint code?  I would think it would be a bit different as far as the color due to the difference in the paint. But what do I know...  | | | | | |
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