Brake Caliper paint questions.......
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I've always used Smoothrite! It works really well, and doesn't seem to crack or fade. I've tried Gold, Silver and Satin Black ,and all are OK. Even mixed the Gold and Silver to come up with a lighter Gold colour. Looked excellent.
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Gastro,
I don't know how easy they are to do but...
... you can buy kits, with cleaning products, the paint and hardener. Costs about £20 from Halfords/Ripspeed Stores, Demon Tweeks, adverts in the back of Fast Car/Max Power/etc. Comes in blue, black, silver, gold, red and yellow.
Also Halfords have their own paint product for calipers. It comes in yellow, red, blue, black, (gold I think) and it costs about £7.99. No hardener needed, but you will need something to clean the calipers with.
They should last a while.
Hope this helps
Andy
I don't know how easy they are to do but...
... you can buy kits, with cleaning products, the paint and hardener. Costs about £20 from Halfords/Ripspeed Stores, Demon Tweeks, adverts in the back of Fast Car/Max Power/etc. Comes in blue, black, silver, gold, red and yellow.
Also Halfords have their own paint product for calipers. It comes in yellow, red, blue, black, (gold I think) and it costs about £7.99. No hardener needed, but you will need something to clean the calipers with.
They should last a while.
Hope this helps
Andy
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I'd say that you would need some kind of heat tolerant paint (maybe wrong dont know if that actual caliper gets hot).
Powder coating might be an option...but you'd have to take the caliper off the car.
Powder coating might be an option...but you'd have to take the caliper off the car.
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Best stuff to get is FOLIA-TEC caliper paint,
just painted mine 4 weeks ago. it's dead easy
you get caliper cleaner, paint, hardener.
Best results are to take off the calipers if at all pratical as u can completely cover them, but it still looks good if u have to paint them on the car. Only downside is you can't use your brakes for 24 hours. On a previous car the paint still looked top after
2 years after which we sold it for the scoob.
You can get it from the usual places but try halfords 1st, £25 I think, red,blue,yellow,black,gold,silver,green.
hope this helps....
cheers' CRAFT
just painted mine 4 weeks ago. it's dead easy
you get caliper cleaner, paint, hardener.
Best results are to take off the calipers if at all pratical as u can completely cover them, but it still looks good if u have to paint them on the car. Only downside is you can't use your brakes for 24 hours. On a previous car the paint still looked top after
2 years after which we sold it for the scoob.
You can get it from the usual places but try halfords 1st, £25 I think, red,blue,yellow,black,gold,silver,green.
hope this helps....
cheers' CRAFT
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My P1 has unpainted brake calipers...
So - was wondering about painting them red (?).....
Questions :-
1) How easy is it to do ? (do the calipers have to be spotless beforehand.....?)
2) Any recommended paint type ?
3) Where do I get it !?
4) How long will it last - ie does it start flaking off within a few weeks........?
Help!
Gastro
So - was wondering about painting them red (?).....
Questions :-
1) How easy is it to do ? (do the calipers have to be spotless beforehand.....?)
2) Any recommended paint type ?
3) Where do I get it !?
4) How long will it last - ie does it start flaking off within a few weeks........?
Help!
Gastro
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Try painting the letters with pva glue, leave to dry then paint calipers completely, then peel off glue when paint is dry.
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A good clean with a soft wire brush, brake cleaner then give it large with Hammerite, I think it's almost £3.
I am now using on my third car, great! and not dressed up as a high tec boy racer product. "more money than sense"?
TC
I am now using on my third car, great! and not dressed up as a high tec boy racer product. "more money than sense"?
TC
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