Calipers back to bare metal, you've guessed it :D

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Blasted the calipers back to bare metal, ready for the 2k paint that's going on, yes it's yellow with black decals.

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Always fully blast the calipers, takes ages to do with a bead blaster but results are far better, paint costs a lot as it will be 2k paint but will look good, hopefully LOL

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S800VXR said:

Totally agree..... Will stick a note in with mine when I get the VXR8 ones done too . Here's some RS6 finished items...

They are a nice finish in black!

I will add pics as they progress the refurb

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EssexVXR8 said:

But it is on a red R8 not sure if there is a red one with yellow calipers still unsure if it will work

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Have you got a pic of the full side of the car ?

DRC72 said:

Yellow works well with red.

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Chuffed as f---k to find these decals done by paul in my letter box this eve, perfectly cut out of stainless steel sheet, can't wait to get calipers finished and on the car
It was only last week I asked on the forum about cad files and paul not only helped with a cad file, he made them awesome work paul and a big thank you.

Edited by snowwolf on Wednesday 11th February 20:40

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DRC72 said:

How much for a pair of these

Will be posted off Mon

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S800VXR said:

Me too please.....

Cheers for address's will be posted off Monday,

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2k primer all done, hopefully white primer will go on tomorrow and then the yellow, Hsv decals will be gloss black

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Yum Yum first coat of 2K yellow put on this evening.

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DRC72 said:

Thank you i look forward to them arriving.

Dale

May be a delay Dale, not had opportunity to get to post office, tried to use parcel2go earlier and site would not work, will try again tomorrow as deadline for collection tomorrow has gone

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Need to place the decals in the right place, what looks right? the centre line of the decal on the centre line of the bleed nipples or the circle of the griffin central to the face of the caliper

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ARAF said:

Difficult to say. because it depends on what you can see when the wheel is on.

How about, putting the brakes back on, and attaching the decal with blue-tac? Then bolt the wheel on, and see what you think.

Once you are happy with the placement, you can epoxy them on.

Your probably right Araf, things don't necessarily look right if central or level but need to look right as the eye sees them, I will wait till on the car.

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Cheers for the photos Ian, I will get all calipers together and when I have put final coat on decals I will try all four together wee what the look like.

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mik_ok said:

Look fantastic Mike. Top image looks best to my eyes.

Thinking the same here too mike

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jonnM said:

+1

How will the decals be attached?

I will use a type of silicone adhesive, I could use gear that would make it very hard to remove them but I want to be able to remove if need be.

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DRC72 said:

These are going to look good on the car and yellow suits it better.

I saw red calipers on the E3 and they did not look right to me, which is just my opinion.

I will post a photo when I get them on the car,

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OK great, glad they arrived ok, thank Paul Stanbridge

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DRC72 said:

Thank you Paul Stanbridge for you time and effort in making these parts, they are amazing.



Cheers Dale.

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Few photo's of yellow calipers fitted today, didn't finish them till it was dusk so will take a few more pics tomorrow, also fitted discs while I was at it.