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T-Red Paint For Brakes #137854 10/20/01 01:40 PM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 42 Corpus Christi Texas C Clifton OP Member
OP Clifton Member C Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 42 Corpus Christi Texas	I saw on a post somewhere that someone had painted 2 coats of high temp TRED and then clear coat on his calipers.. I want to do this but i dont know the color code for tred 1997 BMW 318i.. 1999 SVT Contour T-Red Tan-Int #172 born on 10/08/98 rip on 11/1/01

Re: T-Red Paint For Brakes #137855 10/24/01 01:03 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 42 Corpus Christi Texas C Clifton OP Member
OP Clifton Member C Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 42 Corpus Christi Texas	k?! 1997 BMW 318i.. 1999 SVT Contour T-Red Tan-Int #172 born on 10/08/98 rip on 11/1/01

Re: T-Red Paint For Brakes #137856 10/24/01 03:03 AM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 397 Assonet, MA S SVTdriver762 Member
SVTdriver762 Member S Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 397 Assonet, MA	Try asking SVT (Ryan) in NE CEG. His calipers are painted T-Red. I'm not sure if he put a clear coat though. Patrick 2000 SVT Contour #762 Silver/Midnight Blue Built 12/7/99 K&N 15.29 @ 91.66 MPH

Re: T-Red Paint For Brakes #137857 10/24/01 05:15 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 705 Worcester, MA, USA S SVT Member
SVT Member S Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 705 Worcester, MA, USA	I went to my local body shop and they mixed the red using a paint scanning device. The color code should be in the driver side door jam. I went to a local car parts store and bought high temp engine clear coat. Hope this helps. Ryan Toreador Red 1998 SVT #2843 "Performance in the hands of few"

Re: T-Red Paint For Brakes #137858 10/24/01 06:54 PM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,906 San Jose, CA USA M Must Ride Member
Must Ride Member M Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,906 San Jose, CA USA	Quote: Originally posted by SVT: I went to my local body shop and they mixed the red using a paint scanning device. The color code should be in the driver side door jam. I went to a local car parts store and bought high temp engine clear coat. Hope this helps. From my understanding of High temp paint, it allows the heat to pass through it therefore staying cooler and not allowing the paint to be affected by the heat. If you put regular paint on there with hi temp clear on top that wouldn't really do any good because the base coat is still taking all the heat. This may lead to cracking or even flaking. Josh Aka Spectra SVT 02 Dark Highland Green F-150 XLT Mods: Gunrack and cowboy boots

Re: T-Red Paint For Brakes #137859 10/25/01 11:42 PM
Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 288 Nantucket, MA S SVTstyle Member
SVTstyle Member S Joined: Apr 2001 Posts: 288 Nantucket, MA	let me attest that svt's (ryan's) calipers look very, very good. his process works very well. i painted my calipers silver to match the car, but no clear coat and you can tell a difference. i'll be doing the clear coat the next time the rims are all off. former proud owner: '98 silver frost svt #4109 of 6535 build date: 11.13.97 purchase date: 11.13.00 sell date: 12.8.01 15.717 @ 90.95 mph (first run ever) bridgestone potenza's s-03 pole position* silver painted calipers * black pin stripe * "saleen" location build number in metalic gray * otherwise completely stock "that was commercial material...i was waiting to see words pop up at the bottom of the screen."

Re: T-Red Paint For Brakes #137860 10/26/01 06:36 PM
Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 705 Worcester, MA, USA S SVT Member
SVT Member S Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 705 Worcester, MA, USA	Thanks Mike! They did work out very well. There has been some slight discoloration, but it was pretty minor compared to the heat and brake dust that they are subject to. Ryan Toreador Red 1998 SVT #2843 "Performance in the hands of few"

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