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im looking into getting my calipers re painted as there flakey around the bleed nipples
my only issue is where to get them done.... I want to go with the oe paint scheme to
keep it original. The only issue is there ra-r calipers change colour with heat so they start
off a very light gold and turn silver when up to temp..
Dose anyone know the paint / code for the calipers by chance and anywhere I might be able to
get them re painted back to there best
I emailed Ian @ Godspeed Yesterday, he got back to me this morning
he said he was unable to help as it’s a paint and they only powder coat
so not to sure what to do.
I want to keep the the calipers in the heat sensitive paint so they change colour
paint or powder coat dosnt make a difference to me but I want the same effect
and as close colour wise as possible...
I want to keep the the calipers in the heat sensitive paint so they change colour
paint or powder coat dosnt make a difference to me but I want the same effect
and as close colour wise as possible...
Elaborate for me please mate...thats paint system is something new to my ears...SJ.
Elaborate for me please mate...thats paint system is something new to my ears...SJ.
you can see in the pic they are a gold in colour,,, they turn silver once they are heated up basicly.... I want to keep that and a colour as close to the original paint as possible
you can see in the pic they are a gold in colour,,, they turn silver once they are heated up basicly.... I want to keep that and a colour as close to the original paint as possible
It looks a close match when wet but not when dry and heated from what I saw? Odd that there isn't a readily available solution to such a mass produced part. Its not like the brembos were on limited edition cars.
The 2007 RA-R calipers are coated in a heat sensitive paint
The colour is silver when cold, changing to gold when under high heat. Then reverting back to silver when cold.
Heavily tracked RA-R calipers will permanently turn the paint to have a gold tinge. This is due to the calipers having some substantial heat through them, likely from heavy track use.
The colour on your calipers shows sign of this. The flaking from the bleed nipple area is likely down to brake fluid contact in the past along with potentially having heat applied to release the bleed nipple.
The 2007 RA-R calipers are coated in a heat sensitive paint
The colour is silver when cold, changing to gold when under high heat. Then reverting back to silver when cold.
Heavily tracked RA-R calipers will permanently turn the paint to have a gold tinge. This is due to the calipers having some substantial heat through them, likely from heavy track use.
The colour on your calipers shows sign of this. The flaking from the bleed nipple area is likely down to brake fluid contact in the past along with potentially having heat applied to release the bleed nipple.
that’s would explain the slight gold effect from cold... Tom do you no if it’s possible to get them refurbed as close to original as possible
wanted to keep the car as standard as possible but struggling here any thoughts would be great...
It looks a close match when wet but not when dry and heated from what I saw? Odd that there isn't a readily available solution to such a mass produced part. Its not like the brembos were on limited edition cars.
lt looked perfect on my wife's brembo calipers and she's not the lightest user of brakes.SJ.
that’s would explain the slight gold effect from cold... Tom do you no if it’s possible to get them refurbed as close to original as possible
wanted to keep the car as standard as possible but struggling here any thoughts would be great...
Your best option would be to get as close a match to the original silver colour as possible.
I'm not sure if anyone in UK can recoat the calipers in a heat sensitive paint finish.
Also worth mentioning that the dust seals are an STi part, so aren't cheap and easy to buy!
23 April 2020, 10:35 AM
Ra-r sti 6 pot caliper paint / refurb
.SJ.
, the only time my caliper colour changed was when i turned my gold brembo callipers pink on track
.SJ.
