Just looking for some inspiration and more importantly, some photos of what people have done with their callipers......... what colours would/do look good, especially in this case for an Arctic blue? Not thinking about bright pink or anything crazy lol but what about gold, or silver, or even black? Or maybe yellow? There are lots of good options but also lots of options that could look rubbish too 😂
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Calliper Colours!
- Thread starter 182_steve
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Standard FTW
Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Did you do them yourself?
Yes mate, halfords smooth hammerite, two very thin coats so you get no runs etc, get the wire brush on them first, degrease them and give them a good clean and dry before you start.
The calipers have been painted about 4 years previous to the above pic, they need doing again now to be perfect as theres a couple of chips here and there.
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Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Are calipers easy to take off in order to paint them?
If you take them off you might aswell spray them, i just removed the wheels mate, no real need to remove the calipers if you are painting them with a brush, i had a various choice of brush sizes, small ones for the tricky areas etc.
Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
I'll do that, sounds easier!
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
I may do mine too
Yeah I was thinking paint just with the wheels off, nice one @Christ Almighty I think that's the answer all round :up:
No worries mate, it gets rid of the rusty renault bumhole colour, makes a huge difference
chris blue
ClioSport Area Rep
172 Ph1 2001
Red, surely. Have had several colours, and red always looks best imo
Mine have been satin ish black since i've had the car
I've been doing a lot of brake work recently so pulled the calipers off to paint whilst swapping lines etc
Sadly today's photo disappointed when I came to upload it ... Sorry lol
I've been doing a lot of brake work recently so pulled the calipers off to paint whilst swapping lines etc
Sadly today's photo disappointed when I came to upload it ... Sorry lol
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Silver for your car @182_steve as yours is nice and oem and will suit it well.
@Chris_Beer even tho blurry, I can still see some silver awesomeness right there!
I think i'm settled on silver now bud your quite right, all about the oem+ for this car. New discs and pads all round being ordered asap then this can all be done at the same time :up:
I think i'm settled on silver now bud your quite right, all about the oem+ for this car. New discs and pads all round being ordered asap then this can all be done at the same time :up:
It's Mondial Blue.. but these photos made my mind up for Silver Turini's and Silver Calipers.
Boring to some, but fresh and mature for my old age I think:smile:
Boring to some, but fresh and mature for my old age I think:smile:
Clio 182 - RB
Sending a full set of callipers I got off here a few months ago to Big Red before the summer break to be refurbed and i'll be going with premium silver! Looks so fresh and clean [emoji16]
Incase anyone is interested.. They said if I send all 4 callipers in at once they'd give me 10% off, which works out at £275 inc sent back to you!
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Incase anyone is interested.. They said if I send all 4 callipers in at once they'd give me 10% off, which works out at £275 inc sent back to you!
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R29TJR
ClioSport Club Member
2005 RB 182 Cup
Sending a full set of callipers I got off here a few months ago to Big Red before the summer break to be refurbed and i'll be going with premium silver! Looks so fresh and clean [emoji16]
Incase anyone is interested.. They said if I send all 4 callipers in at once they'd give me 10% off, which works out at £275 inc sent back to you!
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Did you end up getting your callipers done by Big Red?
What did you do regarding the sliders etc?
Tom
Clio 182 - RB
@a17vts - I'll be getting them done in a few months, when we have the better weather.
Regards to sliders, I asked them if they could source me new ones, they said they would, although told me that there would be no need as they clean and zinc plate your old ones.
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Regards to sliders, I asked them if they could source me new ones, they said they would, although told me that there would be no need as they clean and zinc plate your old ones.
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R29TJR
ClioSport Club Member
2005 RB 182 Cup
Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Just finished doing mine. Not the most fun and quite fiddly job, and im freezing! Front wheel bolts would not shift so took it to the local garage and chucked them £5 to undo them and torque them back to correct setting! They were even shocked as to how tight they were. Excuse the extremely dirty wheels.
Anyway, much better. I'm not the best with a brush so there is a small amount of paint where it shouldn't be haha.
Anyway, much better. I'm not the best with a brush so there is a small amount of paint where it shouldn't be haha.
E46 M3, Clio 182
They look great mate, youve done a great job, its difficult to get them 100% with a brush.
Stay Puft
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172
Ta mate! Should look good when I eventually get my wheels refurbed.
