Brake caliper painting...

[Racingblue182]

After opinions on the best colour to paint up the calipers on my racing blue 182?

Im seriously considering this racing yellow colour I hear so much about..

 

[vavazoom]

black!cant go wrong lol

 

[Racingblue182]

I want em to stand out a wee bit though...

 

[d4nn3h]

Yellow or Red i think would look the best

 

[bmh.01]

Yellow usually looks good on racing blue, i've done mine silver and they look great against the black. Nice little cheap touch imo.

 

[len_beach]

Black. Anything else will highlight the piddly calipers.

 

[Racingblue182]

The calipers arent incredibly prominent behind the 182 wheels anyway so im not worried about them being highlighted. Yellow it is!

 

[DazG]

What about artic blue guys, behind trophy wheels?

I was thinking red, like brembo

 

[kully]

i'd go for the red too ^^^^^ .


got blue on mine though , not too much in your face

 

[Gary-Lew]

heres mine

 

[Racingblue182]

Right thats it, im buying the paint tomorrow. Is that actually liquid yellow or just a normal yellow?

 

[Gary-Lew]

folia tec two part caliper paint yellow from halfrauds, have used this kit on many a car. its bullet proof, good prep is essential

 

[Racingblue182]

Good prep being a damn good scrub with a wire brush and some good old wire wool in the hard to reach places?

 

[Gary-Lew]

yep, it cones with isoprop cleaner so all dust from wire wool and wire brush gets blasted away

 

[Racingblue182]

Just been out doing the first coating...looks like it will need redone as the edges are bloody anooying. Will do one more coat tomorrow and that should do it..

Bloody freezing doing that outside!

 

[kully]

Just been out doing the first coating...looks like it will need redone as the edges are bloody anooying. Will do one more coat tomorrow and that should do it..

Bloody freezing doing that outside!

lol........ get some pics done 2mrw .

 

[clidge]

yeah get some pics up mate would love to see i thought about silover for my iceburg 172...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[clidge]

btt

 

[Bubbles]

Do you guys cheat and paint the calipers whilst still on, or take them off?

 

[clidge]

any pics mate?

 

[Racingblue182]

I will take a pic this week at sone stage, they still need another coating though but I think the yellow looks good.

 

[makavelli]

this yellow caliper thing with racing blue seems to be catching on doesnt it

i think i will need a new colour for summer

 

[Darren]

how does everyone keep them clean? i did mine yellow last summer, and about 2 days later they were black!!! any suggestions to clean them?

 

[makavelli]

how does everyone keep them clean? i did mine yellow last summer, and about 2 days later they were black!!! any suggestions to clean them?

when i wash the car i give them a spray with some ag engine and machine cleaner then run over them with a wheel brush and most of the crap comes off

 

[clidge]

good thinking mac will think about this what about iceburg what would look nice ?

 

[Liam Murphy]

folia tec two part caliper paint yellow from halfrauds, have used this kit on many a car. its bullet proof, good prep is essential

:lolup: halfrauds! pmsl, penny didnt drop straight away

 

[makavelli]

u dont even need to bother wasting 20-25 quid on the folia tec, just buy hammerite smooth for a fiver a tin u wont even need half a tin to do 3 coats on all four calipers

 

[clidge]

ham smooth mmm what colours do they do maker..can you get it from any place buddy what prep work would be involved buddy

 

[Racingblue182]

Any motor factors will stock hammerite...give it a good old clean with a wire brush and blast the dust off with solvent cleaner or the like.

It says on the paint I got that it cant be recoated for 8 weeks..why is this? They badly need another coat to tidy up the edges..

 

[makavelli]

ham smooth mmm what colours do they do maker..can you get it from any place buddy what prep work would be involved buddy

u can get it from any halfords or diy place ie b&q, focus etc etc

they do allsorts of colours, i used yellow but they do pretty much anything

andy

 

[Serg]

hmmm i cant decide to either do black on my black 172 or be differnt and do pink ??

 

[Racingblue182]

Finally a piccie as promised, excuse the dirt under my arches. Thats just after the one coat, it seems I have to wait 8 weeks before giving it another coat

http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0440wy2.jpg

 

[DMJ Clio]

thinkin bout paintin my calipers on my black Clio.....but stuck on wat colour....i was thinkin yellow!!!

Yellow on Black mite luk neat but not sure...

 

[dansonamission]

Heres mine:

 

[matt__f]

I did mine in Hammerite Smooth Gold on saturday:

Suits any colour car too

 

[Geddes]

Do you think yellow would suit flame red?

 

[clioruss]

like yellow on all, i got yellow on my black gold

 

[Geddes]

Hammerite will do the trick wont it just rub the rust of and just brush on?

 

[clidge]

mmmmm silver on iceburg dont know which is best colour to go for or should i do them red...mmmmm with the machine cleaner damage the finish on alloy wheels if any over spray guys so i can keep them clean...wheres the best place to get ham smooth finish from and how long does it take to dry so i can put wheels back on cheers sorry for all questions...

 

[makavelli]

mmmmm silver on iceburg dont know which is best colour to go for or should i do them red...mmmmm with the machine cleaner damage the finish on alloy wheels if any over spray guys so i can keep them clean...wheres the best place to get ham smooth finish from and how long does it take to dry so i can put wheels back on cheers sorry for all questions...

you can get hammerite smooth from halfords or diy places like focus,b&q etc

costs about a fiver for a big tin, once the calipers are prepped paint and wait for 1hour for the paint to go tacky then reapply i did 4 coats with mine

i left the car overnight after the last coat for the paint to fully go off

andy