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This weekend back in my hometown of LaHarpe, Illinois, I entered my '17 into the annual car show. This was the 20th anniversary.
For those who appreciate all cars, especially muscle cars, our show is unique. It used to be called The Fred Gibb Car Show. The ZL-1 Camaro was born in my hometown. And for the first several years of the show, the then owner of the #1 Fred Gibb ZL-1 Camaro would bring it back for the show to show it off. He's since sold it, and is now in a private collection.
So I took my brand new Mustang to a show where there's probably never been more ZL-1's and Yenko's together in one spot.
Thanks! Quite the project. Glad I did it, cause now I know a lot more about how a car works. And after having my license for 21 years now, I can now confidently say I can now for sure change a tire. I've always known how to, but I can't remember a time when I've actually done it. Not even sure we did any hands on during drivers ed.
Just rolled out into the sun for the first time after receiving the Full Croftgate treatment At Venomous Works in Yorktown, Virginia. Full paint correction then Croftgate Assurance Ceramic Coating! Man this Ruby Red is BANGIN"
Took calipers off. Primed them with Rustoleum High Heat Primer. Then coating in Rustoleum Red Caliper Paint. Then Clearcoated with Rustoleum High Heat Gloss Clear Enamel.
Took two full days of painting, but should have let them dry even longer. The red was still tacky and soft when I put on the clear coat. But knowing that it was going to take me a day to put everything back together, I couldn't wait much longer since this is my only car. If I had to do it again, I'd try the VHT products. I used VHT's Gloss Black to paint the insides of my rotors. I primed the front and back side of those, and only painted the front side. The VHT gloss black dried very quickly to the touch.
They turned out pretty good. They at least look really good after they were installed. But there's a few issues in the paint job that you'd only notice if they were taken off and looked at. Couple clusters of microscopic bubbles. A section where the paint came completely off because I leaked brake fluid on it while bleeding.
But, they look like a million bucks after they were installed. One of my facebook friends, who's rebuilt a '68 Camero, asked me what brand of brakes I went with, after I posted the before and after. He completely thought I swapped them out.
That ceramic coating looks awesome. Shines that car up. Been hearing a lot more lately about that. How long did it take them?
24 hours. the guy who did it, Robert Jahn who runs Venomous Works, is at Mustang week and he was asked personally to detail all the Shelby's at the Shelby America stand!
Took calipers off. Primed them with Rustoleum High Heat Primer. Then coating in Rustoleum Red Caliper Paint. Then Clearcoated with Rustoleum High Heat Gloss Clear Enamel.
Took two full days of painting, but should have let them dry even longer. The red was still tacky and soft when I put on the clear coat. But knowing that it was going to take me a day to put everything back together, I couldn't wait much longer since this is my only car. If I had to do it again, I'd try the VHT products. I used VHT's Gloss Black to paint the insides of my rotors. I primed the front and back side of those, and only painted the front side. The VHT gloss black dried very quickly to the touch.
They turned out pretty good. They at least look really good after they were installed. But there's a few issues in the paint job that you'd only notice if they were taken off and looked at. Couple clusters of microscopic bubbles. A section where the paint came completely off because I leaked brake fluid on it while bleeding.
But, they look like a million bucks after they were installed. One of my facebook friends, who's rebuilt a '68 Camero, asked me what brand of brakes I went with, after I posted the before and after. He completely thought I swapped them out.
That ceramic coating looks awesome. Shines that car up. Been hearing a lot more lately about that. How long did it take them?
have you put some miles on since paint? I'm curious to know if the rustoleum will hold up with the heat after some enthusiastic driving?
have you put some miles on since paint? I'm curious to know if the rustoleum will hold up with the heat after some enthusiastic driving?
I've put "some" miles on it. Probably not enough though to really get the calipers as hot as they can get though. 20-30 minutes driving around the city. 10 minutes every now and then on the Interstate. Hopefully, that's been enough to "bake" them. The rattle cans said to bake parts off a car in an oven for 20 minutes. Let them sit, then another 30 minutes.
But I will say, so far they still look good.
Next weekend I'm planning on driving up to Brenspeed for their open house. It will be about 2 hours on the interstate. That'll be the bigger test for them.
8/6/18, 08:13 AM
I've always known how to, but I can't remember a time when I've actually done it. 
