Brake Caliper painting....

[Cassie-Nova]

Other than the Brake calipers on the front brakes, is there any other parts of the brakes i can paint? The Drums on the back?

How much does this stuff usually cost?

And is it worth doing?

Thankyou!

[epo]

i painted the front calipers and the rear drums
just use hammerite paint dont buy the specail stuff its a waste of money

just pop down to ur local motor factors shop and ask them

[Mike.]

i might give that a go when i get some alloys :(

[Jim]

Like Epo said, just get some hammerite. Buy a wire brush whilst your at it to get as much muck off the drums and calipers as you can.

Jim

[Adam]

Like Epo said, just get some hammerite. Buy a wire brush whilst your at it to get as much muck off the drums and calipers as you can.

Jim

Thats the most important point, make sure all the dirt is off them as when you paint you get black dirt streaks in the paint.
And as already said get Hammerite smooth paint, ?5 a can and it goes a long way, i did both calipers and drums and it took about 1/4 of an inch out the can.
I only did one coat because i couldn't be arsed taken my wheels off again, and it looks nice and shiny, been on for 2months and stood upto all the rain we have been having lately.
But do two coats if you want it to look perfect.

[J4MES]

can look good on the right car, but its a boy racer favourite :cry:

[Mike.]

can still look good though james it brightens up the brakes

[Cassie-Nova]

Would Halfords sell the Hammerite paint?


can look good on the right car, but its a boy racer favourite :(

Whats wrong with that?

[epo]

yes halford sell any motor factors

like motorworld, motor save ect

[Tazzy]

i wanna do mine, dont know what colour though, thinking lime green, what ya think?

can you paint the calipers still on the car, or is it best to take them off?

[Cassie-Nova]

spray can version or the paint can?

[Mike.]

it would be a paint can i don't think they do that in a spry can :?

[Cassie-Nova]

poped down halfords 20 mins ago and they do the paint in a can and in a spray.....to paint/spray would i have to take off the calipers and drums?

for a red car wot colour do you think would stand out best?

cheers

[epo]

yellow imo

i painted min whilst still on the car but i used a can and brush not a spray

spray paints messy u have to make sure not to get any paint ne where else

[Mike.]

alot of masking then :D :o

[goth5552003]

ye do my with red paint looks good

[race-more]

paint them red mate, check my car in the gallery. no other colour really works with red. also as well as painting the calipers and drums i painted the "bell" of the disc, not the part the wheel buts to when bollted on but the portion before the disc. subtle but smart.. id take a picture of what i mean but its pissing down :roll:

[race-more]

this is what i mean.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v34/s_casemore/nova/brakes-resized.jpg

also can give a red shine on the brake discs, making them look hot. (when its not raining anyway. lol !!)

[isrs]

yeh yellow callipers and drums on a red nova works well, thats what i done.

[broody]

This might sound obvious but i remember a guy that spray painted everything, pads, disks, pipes.

DO NOT get any paint on the Pads or Disks at all!

[epo]

This might sound obvious but i remember a guy that spray painted everything, pads, disks, pipes.

DO NOT get any paint on the Pads or Disks at all!

pmsl what a dick head :lol:

[sTuDeNt]

What colour shall I do mines then!?

Got black car! Was thinking black! 8) Or white.

[Tezza1984uk]

mine car is nordic blue and my calipers are red!

with black, i would have a blue, red, green, depends what ur interior colour is really!

[epo]

What colour shall I do mines then!?

Got black car! Was thinking black! 8) Or white.

red deffo

[robb]

Red or silver,

Or buy new ones as they are silver.

I used some High temp paint for the front, what a complete waste of time and money. That stuff sucks.

I also used some Case Red in a tin for the back which decided to smoulder and is now bronze/black!