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Member ID: DIY_King

Location: Bradenton, FL

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2003 Honda Accord

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  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

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  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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Shawn’s Honda Accord
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Caliper spray-painting made easy DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord

DIFFICULTY LEVEL: 1=Basic knowledge of how to jack up a car, remove the lug nuts and tire, and how-to spray paint.
(Hardest=5 Easiest=0)
TOTAL COST approx.$20

First I would like to say that if you are confused about how to paint calipers or you think that there is some big mystery about how it is done, then forget everything you know.
Painting calipers is just about as easy as tying your shoes. Below is a quick esay way to paint your calipers while providing total protection against over-spray.

The initial step is to gather your tools and equipment....I used "Engine Enamel" to paint the calipers, any high-temperature resistant paint will work (i.e. Engine Enamel, Brake Caliper Paint, or High Temp etc)
I also used a brake parts cleaner which is not required but it is useful, a roll of masking tape, some newspaper, all the tools that come with your car to change to tire or a four-way and a floor jack, and one big-ass box!

DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord


First take off your tire after you have jacked up one of your wheels.
Second, tape of all the rubber parts around the brakes (Brake lines, CV boots, caliper grommets etc) after you have provided that neccesary protection for your rubber and plastic parts, spray the brake cleaner on....use as directed.
Now that your brakes are clean tape off the rest off the parts with the newspaper to protect the other parts from over spray. Doing this avoids making it look tacky if half of the sway bar is painted or if the shocks are half over-sprayed.
this also makes it look more sphisticated by giving the impression that the calipers were that color new or that they were taken off to be painted (much more work!)
DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord
Third push the box over the rotor and caliper like in the pictures and afix a peice of newspaper to each end of the box, one peice in the wheel well is a second barrier against over-spray that might escape, the second peice on the outside end of the box, will act as a flap,
put it down after each coat to prevent paint from escaping.

DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord


Now that the box is in place to protect your car from over-spray and the newspaper is taped up to protect the wheel well components from being half painted, you can go ahead and throw up as many coats as you want and clear-coat if you would care to.

DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord


This is also a great oppurtunity to clean and armor-all you wheel-wells and clean the inside of the rim, as pictured below.
DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord
After some paint for the calipers, polish for the inside and outside of the wheel, chrome polish on the lug nuts, scrubbed and armor-all'ed wheel-wells
Here is the
The Finished Product
DIY_King's 2003 Honda Accord

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03hondanick  

Posted by: 03hondanick

10/05/2009 02:19PM

sweet deal, ur page helped me get my rear bumper off, thanx..... like what ya dona with ur ride

fxdonr  

Posted by: fxdonr

10/04/2009 11:35AM

Great straight forward, detailed instructions on how to remove the door panel. Saved me lots of time in guessing how to do it. THANKS!

gndcis  

Posted by: gndcis

09/21/2009 07:31AM

Thanks a million for the detailed instructions on bumper removal. I struggled to remove the tail lights on my '05 Accord Sedan, not knowing what was holding the lights down despite my removing the 3 bolts from inside the trunk. The step by step explanation above with pictures is very accurate for the sedan. I finally managed to change my taillights.

ejreams  

Posted by: ejreams

06/28/2009 11:39PM

I kinda like your fog lights.

woundedrising  

Posted by: woundedrising

05/03/2009 10:02PM

hey i like what u done with her so far

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: DIY_King

Location: Bradenton, FL