Brakes!!!

[grwms]

i got a 52 plate cup and i d like to paint the calipers. what colour u lot reckon i should do them? anyone got any pics of them done? id love to see the,. cheers

 

[AcID ZeR0]

What colour is the car?

 

[edde]

I'd paint them black.
White would in theory disapate heat better but thats realy no difference.

 

[Pete]

Pink gets my vote - if you're giong to make them stand out then why not a bright colour?

 

[bass_direct]

Paint it blue with 2 white viper stripes

 

[bass_direct]

No seriously paint it blue

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Its better and easier if you paint them off the car .Make sure you clean em well . I used some wire brushes in an electric drill . You can get them from alot of pound shops or from screwfix .
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?id=13734&ts=88335

Then i painted them with black smooth hammerite spray . Check out ebay . I got 3 for the price of 2 in the shops . I took the pistons out of the caliper because there was some rust inside the pistons so i wire brushed the insides of the piston with the drill , mask up the machined surface that slides into the caliper . Then i treated it with loctite rust remedy and then a couple of coats of cold galvanising zinc spray .Fill the space inside the caliper body with some kitchen towel to fill the space , draw round the piston on a piece of card and put the card in the hole to stop the spray getting inside and onto the seal .They look alot better than the pics , and the orange on the calipers is from the light in the shed , not rust before anybody comments .Apply a thin smear of copper grease to the piston before you put it back into the caliper . Here are some pics .



http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/2bcfa0e7.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/5f6bbbad.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/4dfbce6b.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/af1c21a2.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/ac2a8c50.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/ea00c3fb.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/PISTON2a.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/8c63b290.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d127/mrbillyuk/RUSTREMEDY.jpg

MrBillyUK !

 

[V1NNY]

Paint them silver

 

[Djw Dave]

Paint them silver

Yup

 

[bass_direct]

Djw Dave, are they 16v brakes under 15's?