I contacted TPH real quick on Facebook and they said $400 but they don't have Cores yet so you'll have to take them off and send them in, which is fine for me. Looks like they do really good work.
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Thanks for replies and pics.
Guess I will have to do the powder coat route. I had an '01 WS6 and I pulled the cali's off and had them powder coated red. Also put WS6 stickers on them. All of it lasted 16 years! No maint/touch-ups. Just regular wheel cleaner on a regular basis. Definitely wouldn't go the paint route... My thinking was to keep the items as "original" as possible but the pics you guys posted changed my mind. Those calipers look awesome. Will use your guy!... Thanks |
For those who have done it, anything special about pulling these off?
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I just did it, But I don't want to give you any wrong advice, so see if someone with professional experience offers you some more thorough directions. Basically do not get air in the system, keep reservior filled with cap cracked open to relieve pressure, put latex gloves over the banjo's and secure them as it will gravity bleed while calipers are off getting coated (heard you can keep brake pedal depressed and will prevent this), and also replace the copper compression washers when putting it all back together (although I did not). I used a Motive Power bleeder, and still had to do a second round of bleeding after my test drive. So maybe after 1st round of bleeding, depress /cycle the brake pedal some and do another round of bleeding right from the start (driver rear, passenger rear, driver front, passenger front). If ZL1 is not DOT-4 consider the fluid upgrade before flushing. I think that about covers it?
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I just went through a horrible ordeal with my local powder coater and thought I'd share my experience for what it's worth. To make a long story short, this guy did a horrible prep job which resulted in gassing bubbles all over the surface on two of the calipers. Of course he jammed those two on the bottom of the box, so I didn't see them until I left his shop and got home. I took them to another power coater with 30 yrs. experience. He told me he wouldn't recommend powder coating due to the fact that powder coat starts to break down and get soft around 350 degrees.
In the end, I bought the 1LE red calipers for about $1500.00, then I had the second powder coater media blast them down to bare metal, I primed, painted and clear coated with VHT high heat caliper paint as seen in the second pic (These are for sale btw). The first is obviously the first powder coater's handy work. Attachment 925064 |
For WIW, I am using the G2 caliper paint, watched Lethal do it and it looks great and only approx. 100 bucks. I will post pictures later this spring.
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This is who I used. Ask for Wade. They service the Virginia, DC, Maryland area.
http://www.calipersrus.com/viewourgallery.htm |
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