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Thougt I 'd try polishing my brake calipers instead of painting them. Looks alright but a pain in the ass to do . Just remember to wear a face mask if you try this.
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they look pretty good. i never thought of doing that.
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Yah, that does look nice. Spaztikid...your car appears to be flying in your sig picture, very nice 
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Wow, looks a lot better than painted! Looks almost chrome too! Awesome job!
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someone brought up that by polishing the brake caliper like this you will affect the cooling caacity of the caliper. It is supposed to have those grooves for cooling purposes.
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more surface area means means faster cooling by heat dissipation.
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great job! 
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THAT IS AWESOME! I was thinking about painting my calipers but you got me sold on polish.
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They really accent the wheels
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There's still plenty of surface area for cooling, if that was a problem. I only polshed the face of the calipers the rest remains the same. It's no different then painting the calipers. The paint would fill the grooves anyways. Thanks guys for the comments
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That looks awesome. I just painted mine silver this weekend...I wanted to polish them, but painting them seemed like it would be a lot easier.
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Look's cool.
but I foresee "RUST" being an issue in the future calipers are cast iron and are painted for a reason, to seal them.
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I'll take all teh cooling i can get. There's still plenty of surface area for cooling, if that was a problem. I only polshed the face of the calipers the rest remains the same. It's no different then painting the calipers. The paint would fill the grooves anyways. Thanks guys for the comments
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Now i want to do mine white 
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Brake dust + white calipers = yuck Now i want to do mine white
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Looks really good
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