Hey guys, I just thought that I would mention this since it seems to be a success so far.

Here's the scoop. I hate rusty calipers. and Ive painted them with some success in the past, but only after they were sandblasted clean, de oiled and properly prepped for paint.

all of that is kind of a pain for my daily driver, so I decided to try something else this time.

I had a bottle of permatex rust convertor sitting around, so I decided to brush some onto my rusty calipers to see what would happen. Sure enough, they dried up to reveal a glossy coating that seems to be holding up to the heat. Ive been rolling with them like this for a few weeks now, and they seem to be holding up. And its cheap.

Here are the downsides. The only color that you get is black, and the calipers have to be RUSTY for this to work. Otherwise the stuff doesnt do anything.

I applied it to my knuckles and LCA's too, and they look WAY better than they did.

Just thought that you guys may be interested to try this budget idea for yourselves.

 

bump for a good idea, I tried it before, and it worked great on other rust spots, because it turn it into black primer looking paint,

 

i used that stuff on my dashboard frame looks better than rust!

 

I saw a bottle of that rust converter at Wal-mart once. The funniest thing about it was that the picture on the bottle was of a 911.