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Old 04-15-2008, 02:01 PM   #6 (permalink)
kdbcom
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Date registered: Feb 2006
Vehicle: B200 CDI SE
Location: Surrey UK
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I think the newer Bs must have better paint/plating on the calipers as mine after about 9 months still look virtually new, whereas on my last B the calipers looked dull & rusty looking in under 6 months.

They were so bad that I had to paint them. I used a good quality high temperature engine paint which being thin went on easily and did not burn off. Also 2/3rds the price of caliper paint.

Probably won't have to worry about doing the new calipers for a year or so but I have done the Disk/rotor centres (hub) as they look awful very quickly.

One of the troubles with the 5 spoke wheels is that you see a lot of the calipers, disks/rotors & hubs

PS. if you do the disk centres make sure you don't get the paint on the Pad swept area of the disk
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