Tools for the job....



Re painted the hubs and the calipers first then decided to get the lettering sorted.... a job I've wanted to do for the last 12 months





No Beer last night



None of us locals are admitting it but we are all getting ready for the Welsh Motor Show





I'll be throwing my wheel cleaner away now for sure... I've put 2 coats of wheel sealant on over the weekend so the brake dust should now hopefully fall off





Before anyone asks the small length of ply under the wheel enables me to get the jack under the car



Simon

 

looks nice m8, what paint did you use ??

mark

 

Bloody tart

 

Thats better simon, the painting of the lettering brings it to life

BTW you have spelt subaru wrong

 

Where are the wheel centre caps Simon

 

Where did you get the anti-gravity axle stand?

 

The red paint is the 2 pack brake caliper stuff you can get in Halfords.
It's called FOLIATEC The white is a signwriting paint

 

In the boot have not put them back on yet as I hope to be getting some plain one's this week

Now now Si


Now if I told you that everyone would want one

 

Will have to pull all the stops out for this Show now wont i??

 

I dont want to put any pressure on you but if you dont win the show n shine we wont ask you again

 

We are chasing you on a smaller budget

 

I dont know about a budget !! more like a miracle

 

Budget you kill me ive only just started back to work.Im not going there to win im going for the crack bud. Might even be equipped with my 5 Zigen if all goes to plan

 

Another very loud scoob !!! excellant

I think since it's our local one and a new event we are all trying to make just that little extra effort..... I'm hoping it will be a really good day if it goes as well as the web site suggests Looks as if we have a couple of mid wales 22B's joining us as well Si so we should have a really high quality stand and a fair mixture of the Subaru range to say the least

Back in work eh !!! great news matey

 

It's so much easier to paint the lettering with a small roller rather than a paint brush and will take seconds rather than hours The roller will only hit the raised parts of the calliper negating the need not to have any beer the night before

 

I did my old calipers the same way, took seconds, but Si is a perfectionist

 

They look great

 

I've driven a brush many times in the past, it took 30 minutes each side

I know what you mean though Phil I had thought about it but wanted to try and ( thanks Danny ) get the edges as crisp as possible

 

Cheers frayz

 

Simon, your Calipers look great, did mine last week the exact same colour and design too. Even used the Folia tec stuff too, imo thats the best Caliper paint around, really tough stuff and the next morning any left over paint in the tin turns to rubber! lol. For the white text I used Radiator paint. Will post some picys of mine tomorrow.

Im guessing you have only done the front Calipers from your photo's, if you have done your back ones too and have painted over the Subaru text since its not embossed like the fronts. You can get replacement heat resistant vinyl stickers for the back ones. Finishs it off nice. They are on eBay, not sure if I can link to eBay auctions on here so just do a search for Subaru Caliper Decals.

Hope that helps.
M.

 

Many thanks for that neglow

I only mixed small amounts of the caliper paint at a time around 8-10 small brush dips of each that way not to much goes to waste.
I originally painted them last year... two coats on each then just dropped another coat on this morning before doing the white, still plenty left in the tins as well. I may well get a set of those decals to finish the rears off as they are so visible through my alloys.

Si

 

About time you painted under them arches init??? Remember, dark blue hammerite mate...
Looking good though...

 

mmmmm very nice sir
SNAP !!!
might do my wheel arches and hubs this weekend now you did yours....

looking good si..

 

Now why did I think you'd copy

Looks great Simon. When I was going to do mine I was going to try and do it by painting a piece of wood white and pressing it against the lettering and seeing if that worked.

 

When I was a kid didnt we used to make stamps out of potatoes

 

We are all at it

 

I don't have potatoes as big as my calipers It would work on each letter though

 

Great job Mate. is it not the small things that make the big difference

Have you noticed that ply is almost as thick as the tyre wall

Another top job si

 

cheeky begger !!

i did the calipers well before him (i think )

stalker

 

I like that! Might do mine black!