Painting Your Calipers on BMW e34

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		RED Calipers Something like is a typical Ricer Boyz behavior. But at least I spent the time and money and had this done the right way, and it turned out great. Took the original black calipers off and shipped them to Howard Cook at Powder Tech Plus, 904-269-1719. Howard had them sand blasted and powder coated red. I didn't need to take the pistons off the caliper since Howard masked them off. Also had some exact font size "Porsche" logo vinyl stencils made After I mounted the calipers back on the car, I taped the stencils on to the caliper and masked off the rest of the caliper and used some white color high temperature engine enamel paint to spray on the "Porsche" logo. I gave it about 3-4 thin coats, and when dried I peeled off the masking tape and the stencils. They turned out so well personally I can't tell if they are the real thing or not. Well, there you have it - it's really not too difficult at all. If you would like to see more technical articles like this one, please continue to support Pelican Parts with all your parts needs. If you like what you see here, then please visit our online BMW catalog and help support the collection and creating of new and informative technical articles like this one. Your continued support directly affects the expansion and existence of this site and technical articles like this one. As always, if you have any questions or comments about this helpful article, please drop us a line. Cheers!