steve ex vauxhall

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Thinking of tidying up a couple of last outstanding bits on my car and considering painting the brake Calipers.

I know loads and loads of people have done it, seen some good and some bad, same with everything, just wondering what anyone's thoughts are?

Colour?
Type of paint?
Aerosol or brush on?
Finish?
And where did anyone get anything decent?

Cars got to come off the road for a clutch anyway so was thinking of doing everything at the same time.

Any thoughts anyone

Marietto

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Hi there buddy. There's a member of NESF (North East Subaru Forum) who has done quite a few for the Subaru members up here is the North East. From all accounts he does a cracking job of them from feedback he gets. Might be worth logging on there and dropping him a PM for advice. His username is Trev85 and his post on the subject is here: http://nesf.forumotion.co.uk/t11793-... colour change

There is even a photo of one of the lads he done in PINK!!

Hope this helps

steve ex vauxhall

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Spot on cheers mate, just having a butchers at it now

scooby.steve555

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Did mine myself mate, sandblasted them off then a few coats of spray on red caliper paint from a local motor factors and some white with a small brush for the lettering.

Take a look if you like

https://www.scoobynet.com/members-ga...he-4-pots.html

CharlySkunkWeed

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has anyone tried aerosol on Brembos while still fitted to car ? Would love to just mask off everything that doesnt get painted and spray away. I am not mechanicaly inclined with things like that (if something goes wrong i cant go anywhere with no brakes).

steve ex vauxhall

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They look spot on mate

What paint did you use ?

Tbh is was going to try and avoid red or gold , but unsure now

scooby.steve555

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Cheers, I've just been out to the shed to see if i still have the can but i threw it away afterwards so I'm not sure on what make it was sorry..

A lot of people seem to use Hammerite smooth brush on paint, i did do some calipers a while back with that but i preferred the spray on as it seemed to cover better.

decisions decisions

L.J.F

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I used a tin of Mat black VHT paint from Halfords (£8)

steve ex vauxhall

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Any pics of the end result fella, was looking at that stuff myself earlier

Couldn't make up my mind to use aerosol or brush on, does seem to get a better finish with the aerosol but not seen enough of the brush on stuff.

They are gonna be stripped so I'm now edging towards aerosol

Road Warrior

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Used VHT black then a clear coat on top when i did my Brembos, really pleased with the result

L.J.F

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steve ex vauxhall

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Damn, they both look good

Cheers fellas

AWG

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Those black Brembos look amazing matey

rallypair

Just done my rear calipers with hammerite smooth blue used a brush,then put on subaru in yellow decals,looks the part.

sedge69

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gonna be doing mine soon, decided to go for something different with the colour and couldn't resist this one
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Foliatec-H...item2ec0da0ade

alcazar

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I've always used Hammerite smooth, two coats at about 45 minute intervals.

Leaves no brush marks, dries very shiny and needs VERY little prep.

But you DO need a tin of Hammerite thinners to clean the brushes, nowt else will touch it. Says a lot for the paint, really.