Brake caliper paint

[Racky]

The calipers on the daily look horrible and I want to give them a good clean and a lick of paint.

I looked on Halfrauds and the review for their paint are mostly bad.

Any recommendations for a paint that won't flake in 2 months time ?

 

[Danith]

Anything heat proof is best really. Rattle cans or brush on. Gonna be doing my rears with engine enamel soon and the carriers with VHT silver rattle can

 

[Racky]

Anything heat proof is best really. Rattle cans or brush on. Gonna be doing my rears with engine enamel soon and the carriers with VHT silver rattle can

I was thinking of that also. Do you use any VHT, or you got a favourite?

 

[Mr Underhill]

As above. I bought some Silver and Black VHT tins from Halfords to get a nice titanium grey finish. I think they do Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Silver.

Engine paint works fine also.

 

[R3k1355]

Simonz do a lovely matt red VHT, not sure if they do a matt black but it'd be a great choice.

To be fair alot of people powdercoat, and while high temp stuff is stable to 500+ degrees, alot of more common coatings can't stand sustained temps much over 100.

 

[Gus]

If it's a daily and won't be used for track then Halfords enamel spray paint is great. It gives a nice powdercoated gloss look, it's great as dust and dirt cleans off it easily.
Make sure you wirewheel the crap off the caliper first and get it nice and clean before painting.

 

[Racky]

If it's a daily and won't be used for track then Halfords enamel spray paint is great. It gives a nice powdercoated gloss look, it's great as dust and dirt cleans off it easily.
Make sure you wirewheel the crap off the caliper first and get it nice and clean before painting.

Yes, that's the plan. Wirebrush the hell off them, and paint afterwards. I wouldn't paint on top of this crap.

 

[Chrisgti6]

Brush on silver Hammerite. Lasts for ages, goes on easily and doesn't mind if you haven't done a great job of prepping them.