Stiver3

Hi


Thought id give my callipers a new lease of life. Modernise them etc.
Cant really see from a distance (see photo)


But up close i think they make a difference.




And as they were before painitng.......


Lets hope they last a long time..... dont fancy painting them next month... lol....

Would any1 have gone for a different colour scheme??????

Cheers Charlie.

Miner 49er

Charlie,
I think they look great, I have seen yellow calipers on a porche boxter and they looked OK but red is really the only colour
What paint did you use to do the job, did you paint them by hand or strip and spray them? Having seen yours I think I will have a go myself

SILVERSCOOB1

No look spot on mate

Stiver3

The paint i used is basically a tin of vehicle paint (forget what car is was made up for), basically meant to be sprayed from a gun and compressor.

I literally took the wheels off and painted them on the car, using a paintbrush.
The white is simply a bright white touch up pen to get a fine point to outline the lettering.

So far so good... really easy to do as well. Should definitely try.

Charlie

RB5Caterham

Stiver3

Did you give the rear calipers a clean before you painted? Did you still use the car paint for that or is it hammerite smooth?

Cheers m8.

Miner 49er

Did you wire brush the calipers first?
Do you think the heat from the calipers will make the paint peel or flake? Maybe bright red hammerite smooth is a good idea, isnt it heat resistant?

Stiver3

Hi

Yes all callipers were wiped down with Thinners (basiacally a paint remover, de greaser etc) to ensure the surfaces were free from dirt.

All callipers were painted suing thick vehcile paint. I dont think they will eva fade.. so touch when appplied with a brush. Just select a colour get a small pot mixed up.

Woodnt advise spraying them though with a mixed up can... too thinner coverage...

Charlie.

Stiver3

Well i painted my last cars callipers red and in 2 years they never fadded. Pretty hard wearing. As long as you get a good even covering, they will be fine.

I'll have to see aobu the heat side of things. To be honest though, even if i had to do them again in a year or even 6months it only took me about 2 hours all in. Not that bad if you leave the callipers on the disks. Easy job.

No didnt need a wire brush, just de-greased and cleaned them. Paint has stuck on fine

Charlie.

StickyMicky

look fine

i plan to change mine from silver to red when i uprate the fronts in the future

Tiny

Look Good

16vmarc

Looking good. Ive just done mine too.

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthrea...light=calipers

Stiver3

look really good mate, more subtle than red, but still stand out!, thanks for all the kind replys

peachy wrx

they look really nice! might have to do that to my 4 pots

King Eric

http://www.showoffyourcar.com//cars/SUBARU/9179.jpg


Piece of cake to do. Look great!

kilo_4que

wot do you guys do to bring the white lettering out, buy seperate paint?

Stiver3

I used a white touch-up stick 4 the lettering, easy to use and went on fine, so far there all intact! *touch wood*

16vmarc

I used hammerite again, but with a detailing brush from Halfords.

kilo_4que

so you bought two tubs of hammerite?

one red and one white

Carl Davey

iTrader: (3)

I did mine red/white the first time, silver/black the second time and have just done them black/white. Each time thinking the current combination was the best....

Yours do look good.

16vmarc

No i did my calipers silver. I did the hubs in blue and used a detailing brush to do the lettering blue also.

powerman1

Sorry mate i dont like the red ...gold would have looked better but its only my personal opinion powerman

Soulgirl

Yes, PINK

Stiver3

^lol^ maybe next time round!