steveho

halfords do it in red/yellow /blue,but not in black which is what i want.

they do 'high temp paint' in black but i'm sceptical if this is upto the job bearing in mind the corrosive properties of brake dust etc...

steve

alcazar

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According to a VERY good source, almost any paint will do.
I've had experience of car cellulose enamel, high temperature engine lacquer, and Hammerite smooth, (Smoothrite).
All lasted approx the same time, the Hammerite looked best, but needs a special thinners to clean the brush (unless you have access to xylene?), which adds to the cost.
Smoothrite can be had in LOADS of colours now, and costs about £5 for enough to do all 4 calipers at least 4 coats! (A small tin, 250ml??)
I usually give mine two...........one of the benifits of Smoothrite is that it dries so quickly. You can recoat in the time taken to go inside, and make a cup of tea, then drink it:
Alcazar

M0NEY

Halfords do it in black as thats where i got mine from!

Its a kit called Foliotech (i think thats how you spell it_ and it does come in black.

Has everything in the kit for £20 to paint the callipers

*Sonic*

I bought (from Halfords) a tin of high temperature paint (600 degress or higher i think) in Satin Black

When painting my callipers they looked quite cool, all shiny and black, till the paint dried, it has dried a dark grey, but it isnt that different to how the callipers would have looked brand new

done about 10k miles since I painted em, and they still look like new

cost about a fiver for the paint

M0NEY

That Foliotech stuff has been on my car for quite a while and hasnt faded

P 1 TUD

hammerite smooth in black will do fine, only about £6 a tin, done loads of cars of mine and theyve always been fine.

steveho

I've gone and bought some high temp engine enamel in satin black for £4.99 .Halfords do their own calliper paint ,but not in black which seems a bit crazy.

£20 for the foliotech stuff is a bit expensive just to paint my two front calipers.

thanks for the input

steve

M0NEY

Thats why i painted all 4 of my calipers so they all looked the same

storm man

have a tin in silver you can have free if down this way

TonyNesta

OK, so how have people gone about applying this paint ? Do you remove the calipers to paint them, or do them on the car ? This may be an obvious question, but mine are looking very tatty and I wish to clean them up a bit, but don't know if I can be arsed taking them off to do it ! Call me lazy if you want....


T

M0NEY

My 4 pots were off the car so i painted them before i put them on.

I know people (one of them is krade on here) that left the calipers on and he painted them fine

TonyNesta

Result ! Off to Halfords........

P 1 TUD

mine were painted on the car, used a small artists brush, its a doddle.

steveho

My calipers are in good condition apart from the finish,so a good wash with brake cleaner then out with paint and brush done in situ,then leave for a good 24hr


steve

TonyNesta

Could they be done without taking the wheels off ? Only joking.......

M0NEY

lmao. Try it

simb 2

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The last two cars i've painted the calipers on the car. No probs yet, just done the front two, will do the back when I get time.

simb