Two different things but I didn't feel like making two different posts, so here it is in the Roadster section because that's what I drive.


I went a different route on my calipers - rather than painting them a loud color that shouts "hey, lookee here, I'm a caliper!!" I went with a semi-gloss black. And rather than a Mercedes decal I had a local shop make up some fairly standard Chrysler logo decals with a little curve to them. In silver, of course. Rear calipers were also painted but are decal free. Too bad the factory wheels have such wide spokes, but there you have it.




I used to have a Karmann decal under the rear wing but, well, since I work for Meguiar's I figured this was probably a bit more apropos.



So, there you have it. Just a couple of recent new touches to the Roadster.

 

Very nice Mike, I bet you could sell those caliper logo's. I did mine subtle too. I used Rustoleum Hammered Paint. Its a cross between gray and copper and it has a metallic look to it when it dries. SO far I've had no peel issues at all. I do them every year before Carlisle and the last coat had a real nice shine to it. I did my wife's car two years ago with the same paint and they look good as new after almost 15,000 miles.
Your's look great. Like that decal too. Subtle and nice. Now its time for a set of wheels.
Pat

 

I really like the calipers, the logo is an excellent touch. I am planning on doing something with my calipers when I get new tires in the near future. Good Job!

 

Mike, I like those logos, too, and you might find a market for them. But....is that a spot of wax you missed wiping off on the front fender. :-)

 

Spot of wax, where? Down low in front of the wheel on the little groove? That's what we here at Meguiar's call a "reflection".

 

Mike-IN-Orange, I have an alabaster-white rdstr., what meguiars product should I use to make my paint "pop"?? I have used several waxes, polimers, polishes on my xfire. I don't notice a difference between them, except for the way water beads up. suggestions???

 

I would highly recommend you pick up a dual action polisher like the Porter Cable 7424 or Meguiar's G110, some M105 Ultra Cut Compound and M205 Ultra Finishing Polish. The machine is extremely safe and effective, not to mention easy to use. The M105 with a polishing pad will get rid of the majority, if not all, of the swirls and level the paint. The M205 as a follow up will impart a high degree of clarity to the finish and really prep it for your wax. Something fully synthetic like Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax is a good choice for a bright, crisp shine. But before you do those steps, clay the car to remove all the bonded crud on the surface. Your paint will feel silky smooth when you're done.

I recently did a full on, though very fast, rotary buff job on Justin's (AKA Z28toXfire) Alabaster coupe with the write up at Transforming a swirled mess of an Alabaster Crossfire

 

As always, looks great Mike, very low key.

How exactly are the decals put on? Is it something you just stuck on after the fact, or did you paint, wait to dry, put on decal, and clear?

Thanks.

 

Yes, that was the process. I've done this on a few cars and not once has the decal come off - even after almost 50,000 miles of use.

 

Ok Mike you have opened the can of worms......how do we get those Chrysler decals?

 

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Under Wing decals... ?

 

Love that under wing decal

 

kenng - love that exhaust , just ordered mine and told its on backorder until next week. Looks great!
Pat

 

Hmmmm...... I have that exhaust but didn't get the decal. Would look great on my tool box too.


For those of you looking for the Chrysler artwork for the caliper decals I've attached both 300dpi .jpg and native Photoshop files. I have it in .eps (vector art) format as well but the forum software won't let me attach that file type. PM me with your email address if you want it.

The local place I had mine done at uses some weird proprietary image editing software that takes .jpg images and turns them into some other form of vector art, but they couldn't take .eps files. Go figure.

 

Low key is in?!?

Damn, there goes the neon calipers I was planning.


Lookin good, as always, Mike. Makes me wish I had a pop-up wing so I could put something clever under there.

Maybe "Just Try And Catch Me"
or "Eat My Dust"
or even a NeedsWings sticker... too many choices!