Painted Calipers...

[Dan1587]

I really fancy painting them, they are red at the moment but they are standard! So I'm thinking black...if they were 6pot bembros then they would be line green, but I can't afford them yet
Anyone got any pics of some coloured Calipers that look good on a blue 172?
Cheers
San

 

[Revels]

The brakes aren't big enough to show them off.

Just do them black.

 

[jsr26]

I did mine this weekend in dark grey, just to tidy them up. With Revels, not big or cool enough to show off on the clio, so keep them subtle...

 

[Dan1587]

This is what I was thinking...what did you use proper caliper paint or just hammerite?

 

[jsr26]

just hammerite, thought it would look better than what was there... brushed it on and it actually smoothed out nicely, no brush marks etc.

 

[montana]

planning to spruce mine up in black

 

[Joe#]

just hammerite, thought it would look better than what was there... brushed it on and it actually smoothed out nicely, no brush marks etc.

How many coats did you do?

 

[ch!ppen]

I've always used Hammerite in the past.

Infact i used their dark blue on my VTR and it was a very close match to the Mauritius Blue body of the car. Looked different yet subtle

 

[syko6288]

Ive just done mine in halfords blue engine laquer and it came out pretty good after 2 coats

 

[Gt rob]

mine are red hammerite, front calipers are a lot bigger than most cars

 

[Christopher]

Why show off ugly Laguna callipers? It baffles me nowadays.

Black.

 

[Dan1587]

I picked up a little pot of hammerite today, £8. Bargin! Will crack on next weekend!!
Yeah, they are bigger than most cars, but they are still standard...! Red looked alright, but I think black will look good!

 

[Gt rob]

laguna calipers on a tiny clio, self explanitory. id love 28 pot brembos but my budget doesnt stretch that far so i make the best of what ive got, and besides my calipers/ discs fill the space in my wheels

 

[Gt rob]

lime green would be a good colour

 

[Dan1587]

laguna calipers on a tiny clio, self explanitory. id love 28 pot brembos but my budget doesnt stretch that far so i make the best of what ive got, and besides my calipers/ discs fill the space in my wheels

Thought you had standard calipers, didnt realise you had uprated ones.
Lime green would be good, but I think black will be alright!

 

[Christopher]

They are standard. Standard ugly callipers.

Don't paint them green. lol.

 

[Dan1587]

Nah you missed my point, if I had massive Brembo's, they'd be green.
Black it is, i've bought some black paint now, so that's what they are going to be

 

[Stu_350z]

How does everyone clean them before painting?

wire brush and some degreaser type spray??

 

[Dan1587]

Someone's painted mine already, so I was going to clean mine with some emory cloth, so most of the red has gone, then clean it with some brake/clutch cleaned so i've removed most of the dust.