Car is only 5 months old, callipers faded to grotty green already. Put it down to using Alloy Wheel Cleaner - good for cleaning wheels, bad for callipers.

Solution - one tin of hot black, one tin of hot white and two boring hours. Think it was worth it though

 

I bet you it took more than two hours!
I painted all my calipers in green, what a fart on, never again mate.
Oh by the way they do look a lot better.

 

Hmmmm........2hrs each[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

 

what a difference! well worth it!

out of interest, what took the most time, preparation or the actual painting ? I'm very very tempted to do the same on my MY01...

 

Prep was easy,wire brush on the end of a drill,zap,wizz done!!
longest was painting the SUBARU and the two lines in white[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Jackin the car up took ages tho,using that fiddley little screw driver to turn the jack,scrapping knuckles etc .Then when i put it all away b*$*$*d there was the jack handle stuck to the underside of the wheel cover[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]

 

yoza -- I fell for that one at the side of the A12 once.

 

sounds good, where do you get the paint, I looked in my local Halford's lunch time and the've got nothing...

(Glad I'm not the only one who did'nt spot the jack handle - talk about 'ministry of crap design'....)

cheers

 

dont be 2 ashamed about not finding the jack handle. the dealer where i boughgt my scoob gave me another one cos he couldnt find it either.

 

Im glad it wasnt just me!
knuckles were healing nicely,but had to use them tonite[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
I should have stayed in!
But I say that every time!!!!

 

 

Buggar!

Just changed my brake pads today and started to use the piddly screwdriver...

Normally I'd use a 2 ton hydraulic car jack, 2 jerks and it's all over ;-)

Nice caliper paint job. I think i should spend some time doing mine as they look far wors than yours did.

 

must do mine where is the paint from?

 

I'm tempted to just slap black all over the Subaru lettering too!

 

 

One can of Halfords (£9.99) blue caliper paint + a couple of hours.





Iain.

 

 

Hope this answers your question

 

cheers yoza