Gona paint them red...
Anyone recommend the best paint to go for?

Halfords own brand tin?
The stuff in Halfords Chav Section? Folia-Tec in a tin with hardener?
Or a spray version for a smoother finish?
Or any others?

Im looking for a good quality one so it dosent come off when I'm cleaning under there with brake dust remover. Got some strong stuff in the garage, its like acid, makes short work of brake dust, lol it turns it green and runs off like water! I um, 'borrowed' it from a car dealer valet department a while ago.

M.

 

I've used the Folia-tec brush-on a number of times (although avoided red like the plague - everybody and his dog has red . been on for 6 years now and no rust Expensive though.

It does last. But the calipers need to be properly cleaned before using (no rust or loose paint - i.e the supplied brake cleaner and a quick go over with a wire brush is NOT enough). I buffed up the caliper brackets with the wire buffing wheel on my grinder, and did the same with the calipers with the flapper wheel on the drill (as I didn't want to remove them from the car).

Depending on how thick and how many coats you apply it'll retain the rough pattern of the orginal casting, or it be completely smooth.

Takes 24hours to set, so be prepared to leave you car on axle stands overnight.


Have used hammerite before, generally lasts about a couple of years before it needs redoing depending on how well it was intially applied (clean metal, primer etc.)

 

Does anyone know if you can strip back the calipers and polish them up??
Think that they would look quite good... Finish witha coat of lacquer perhaps??

 

Just get a tin of Hammerite, smoothrite, slap it on job done