yah, I hear you. I felt the same way about doing the stripes myself, and I DID screw up a couple times. Fortunately Rob over at BSM was cool and just replaced the messed up pieces. But now I'm pretty darn good at laying stripes! Thanks for the advice. I'll post up pics when I'm done, too.

Did you do all four calipers? Or just the fronts?

 

I did all four. The fronts were harder because you need to cover more area, but the backs have some tricky hills and valleys. One thing I found was that I needed to look at the paint with a couple of different lights. My main shop light was OK, but when I turned it off and used a flashlight, it picked up a couple of missed spots. Maybe the shop light was too bright.

 

cool, bro'. My kit should come in this week. I'll see if I can do it this weekend and post pics.

thanks again

 

If you put the decals on the calipers, will the clear coat mess it up??

 

You can also use scraps of paper as an on-the-spot mask as you go. Just cut up a couple curvy and straight pieces and hold it/move it while you paint, its pretty thick stuff and wont bleed even with brush painting. This is done all the time with templates for airbrush work.

 

You really don't need to buy a caliper paint kit. Last July I painted mine with Apple Red Rust-oleum Painter's Touch multi-purpose latex. After thoroughly cleaning the calipers with rubbing alcohol, I put two coats on each caliper using a sponge brush. After almost a year, they still look great (other than a little brake dust). I think an 8 oz. can was only about $4 or $5.

It is kind of tedious to do......took me about four hours from start to finish.