Sandblasting calipers?
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Sandblasting calipers?
My brakes have been exposed to many Canadian winters and have taken a beating over the years. I was interested in redoing the whole brakes next spring. I'd keep the calipers but they are covered in years of brake dust and rust. Is it possible to sandblast them clean?
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Originally Posted by fanaticrockford
i was wondering if you could powder coat them
#7
Originally Posted by Mizeree_X
Yeah, you can but you have to disassemble them in order to do that.
#8
Originally Posted by Pimpmobile
Dont think you would have to, all you would have to do is mask the piston and bleeder. I dont think piston dust boot would be affected since they are subjected to extreme temps already being right on the brake surface.
Could be....I was just going by what this website said: http://www.jetcoat.com/customer/pricelis.html. Scroll to the bottom. Maybe Matt or someone else with powdercoated calipers can chime in.
#9
I had to break down the calipers on my sister in law's Integra to get them powdercoated. To keep from powdercoating the parking brake spring and all that stuff we disassembled everything we could. In the end we couldn't get the rear pistons out b/c of the design so we just high temp painted them and they look exactly like the fronts which were powdercoated.
It's also good if you're taking the time to sandblast them b/c that stuff gets everywhere and you'll probably want to clean them up once they're done. I rebuilt the front calipers w/ rebuild kits from Acura and they were like $60 but the brakes work great and have held their color much better than my own painted calipers. The rears on the Integra have held up but they don't generate nearly the heat the front ones do.
It's also good if you're taking the time to sandblast them b/c that stuff gets everywhere and you'll probably want to clean them up once they're done. I rebuilt the front calipers w/ rebuild kits from Acura and they were like $60 but the brakes work great and have held their color much better than my own painted calipers. The rears on the Integra have held up but they don't generate nearly the heat the front ones do.
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