(PICS) How to polish New Edge PBR calipers

[BMAC96GT]

I figured I would post a little "how to" on the way I polished my set of PBR calipers. Mainly so people could see what goes into polishing your own calipers. Didn't think this should be in the how to section since there are plenty of resources on how to polish

Picked up a set of PBR calipers off of a 04' GT for $30. Not bad, but they weren't clean to say the least.





First step, used a wire brush attachment on a cordless drill to clean them up a bit





PBR logo, casting lines and marks that are to be removed shown below. The PBR logo could've stayed, but wanted to take it off for a cleaner look and also makes it a heck of a lot easier for sanding





All logos and casting marks removed with using 220 grit on a orbital sander and also block sanding/hand sanding with 180 grit







Next step, 400 grit











Next, 800 grit









Next, wet sand with 1000 grit








Next, wet sand with 2000 grit











After this I polished the calipers with Meguires metal and aluminum polish, then paint

















And thats it....final pics

 

[OnyxCobra]

damn, that looks incredible. how long did the polishing take?

 

[Hoseitdown]

Psht. Days probably. Haha. Looks good though!

 

[BMAC96GT]

damn, that looks incredible. how long did the polishing take?

Appreciate it. Gradually moving up to higher grit sandpaper and then polishing with a compound doesnt take much time at all. The time consuming part is the initial grinding and sanding to get all of the casting marks out of the calipers. That took forever. Not really sure the total time for both calipers though, I worked on them for a couple hours each day for 3 or 4 days though

 

[Ferocious]

Well worth the time and effort. They came out amazing.

 

[Goldmember]

Damn. I might just leave them on a shelf to admire, would feel guilty to get them dirty.

 

[Venom351R]

massive improvement

 

[Gregor185]

I should do this on all 4 corners!

 

[MustangChris]

wow!! Thanks for sharing!! THose came out tits!

 

[Willis_98GT]

Night to day difference man, they came out amazing

 

[02GT]

You've inspired me, i just snagged a set and ill be doing this sometime this weekend and finishing it up probably mid next week, ill post up some pics as well.

 

[DeepList]

Those turned out nice. Good job!

 

[wayne94mustang]

I did mine back in 04ish and just to let everyone know, they still look great. No need to worry about the shine not lasting long.

 

[Blakonblak94]

Are those calipers a decent upgrade over the stock set?

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[CWO]

Those turned out great. Nice work.

 

[Tony]

daayuuum! very impressed