Yesterday, I noticed for the first time after washing the car that the red paint was bubbling around the bleeding nuts of the red calipers. I'm so glad I didn't high pressure the wash or it would have peeled it right off. Has anyone had this?
Bubbling paint on calipers near bleeding screws
- Thread starter GEE-TEE
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Vincent998
GT Owner
Unfortunately, this is increasingly common and can be exacerbated with brake bleeding. If you do elect to have the brakes bled, have a clean, water-drenched cloth rag handy. After closing off the bleed nipple, use the wet cloth to thoroughly clean the area around the nipple. It will help to mitigate what GEE-TEE describes. Brake fluid is NASTY stuff when in contact with paint.
HighHP
GT Owner
Prior to wet rag, great idea, I never thought of. After you close the bleed screw, the screw body remains full of brake fluid, which can migrate past the rubber cap onto the caliper. Take an air nozzle and blow out the residual fluid. Put a rag all around to catch the fluid blow out.
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Thank you. Unfortunately the last time the brake fluid was done was when the car went to Galpin for airbag recall. I wish it had been you. Thank you guys and like Vince said I'm not gonna worry about it too much and maybe another 10k miles ill consider repainting them and sprucing up the car. Lately I also notice a lot of cracking noises along the door, roof and dash and probably has to do with rubber getting old and dry. Thanks to Macintosh I can ignore that
twobjshelbys
GT Owner
extrap
GT Owner
The seller of the GT I just bought is a retired rubber and plastics chemist and knew applying WD40 to the car's rubber once or twice a year would keep it soft, and it worked; they're perfect. Of course, it spent nearly its entire life in a climate-controlled garage with its cover on, soooo yeah, there's that too.
2112
Blue/white 06'
Mine seem to be bad on the rears only so far but will consider having them redone in the future. What is G2?