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Old Feb 3, 2007 | 9:08 PM
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I have a 2007 tahoe and wanted to know first if anyone has painted calipers on their breakes and have any pictures of it...

and second...how and where can I get it done and how much would it cost? I know nothing about cars and would love to have them painted red but don't know if I can do it myself or where I could get it done where it wouldn't chip off? HELP
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Old Feb 3, 2007 | 9:17 PM
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This is one post re: painted calipers
https://chevroletforum.com/m_16462/tm.htm

There's one with pics where someone on this forum did his own. Just couldn't find it. You can try using the search function at the top.
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Old Feb 3, 2007 | 9:36 PM
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Yup, I did it and love the way it looks.

https://chevroletforum.com/m_16977/tm.htm

Of course us firefighters are gonna always do things in red now aren't we?

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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 1:53 PM
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Here is a picture in the process. I used a brush on caliper paint purchased from Autozone. It dries pretty quickly. It takes 3 or 4 coats to look good. The first few coats had me worried. Just take your time masking. If I had to do over again I might consider painting an LTZ in the caliper.

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Old Feb 6, 2007 | 2:33 PM
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Of course us firefighters are gonna always do things in red now aren't we?

You got that right. I wish fire engine red was an option for the entire exterior.
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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Well hello to my brother from a differnt city

I am so no car smart and am scared to try and paint my own callipers. But I guess I can try. I will go to auto zone tomorrow and see if I can find a kit or the paint to do it in red. I hope it looks good on my fine silver birch metalic tahoe
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 12:14 AM
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I hope to paint mine sometime when it warms up. And as to us fireman making everything red...well real trucks are yellow.
http://soddydaisy.org/library/Engine2.jpg
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 12:30 AM
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so is there a kit at autozone or is it just the paint can?
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 1:15 AM
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Advance Auto carries a Duplicolor kit for painting calipers in several colors. Check the Duplicolor website.
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Old Feb 11, 2007 | 1:33 AM
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so is there a kit at autozone or is it just the paint can?
we have both at autozone the paint can and the kit
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