painted my calipers today!

[R3OBC]

...nice weather and Sundays seem to lead to a bit of tinkering with the car lately! which is always good! I went to get some Red Paint earlier, although with my car being very silverish / blue, i thought Red might be a bit of a clash! Anyways, turns out there was no red paint anyway, so i got some sky blue paint instead, as i thought this would probably be better anyways! So....... took a few pics too, Cheers all, Rob. http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SwAAAHEXfooQJt5fgI7P5skRo8t0ZRQnQ2LE3ihuood5R6*0xXIkgvs!Dd*0KVznMiBe0dNE7f18JD7MaHBTPyzNyF1rmfc0CutHrxV8Jeiz0T4Sl3UqZQ/caliper2.JPG?dc=4675414730895959880">http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SwAAAHEXfooQJt5fgI7P5skRo8t0ZRQnQ2LE3ihuood5R6*0xXIkgvs!Dd*0KVznMiBe0dNE7f18JD7MaHBTPyzNyF1rmfc0CutHrxV8Jeiz0T4Sl3UqZQ/caliper2.JPG?dc=4675414730895959880

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[paddymph]

doesnt look too bad at all mate! wat paint is it?

 

[R3OBC]

Alright paddy, remember when Rob was telling us to use Hammerite at the JJB meet............he was right lol!!! little £5 tub of hammerite! just took my time in the sunshine.........cant think of a much better way to spend a sunny sunday

 

[paddymph]

nice one, did u need to clean the calipers/take em off??

 

[R3OBC]

i rubbed them wi a wire brush, and sprayed some serious chemical cleaner on them for good measure lol! i would think a good rub would be enough! Red for yours i assume? would look good. All was done wi the calipers inplace, i just took the wheels off........i aint that good lol, i taped off the bits i didnt want to paint

 

[paddymph]

might do it next sunday then?!

 

[Daz]

Cool, I need to do mine - thinking Silver on my Darkish Blue Car?

Daz.

 

[Matty]

Did my fronts in blue which goes nice with the monaco blue paintwork although gold may have given it a williams ish look.

Calipers need a good going over with a wire brush. Took mine off in the end. Just got to do my rears now.

 

[ClioJohn]

id have painted them silver, i think i might do it next week

 

[Daz]

Well, I need mine doing... definetly methinks.

Might have to get some Hammerite and give them some action!

Daz.

 

[BenR]

nice to see somebody useing axle stands properly!

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Bet its bending his jacking points though!

 

[The Monk]

looking good Rob, so when you gettin your clio lowered??

 

[KDF]

Quote: Originally posted by BenR on 23 March 2003

nice to see somebody useing axle stands properly!

LOL never even noticed the axle stands were on the jacking point..

get em back under the axless man...

 

[R3OBC]

..........axle stands.............they held the car up..........good enough for me lol! Ill be ordering the apex springs as soon as i get paid at the end of the month!

 

[SteveJJH]

Does hammerite not have a problem with heat? do you not need special lacquer? this all sounds a bit easy to me - i might have to get myself down homebase at the weekend.

 

[R3OBC]

im going on the advice of one of the fellow club members............i was in B&Q but their colour choice was limited lol!

 

[patty]

mate u got any pics of the whole car once the calper was painted???

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[BUTRE]

painting the calipers... nice, but how much bhp gain?

 

[R3OBC]

it actually makes the car slower wi the extra weight of the paint! lol! i aint got a pic of the whole car but ill get one for ya at the weekend hopefully mate

 

[Scott R]

Apparently Hammerite flakes off the calipers. I did mine last sunday with a tin of Halfords Brake Caliper paint.

 

[R3OBC]

hard to say, i was advised to use hammerite by someone who has had it on his for ages......its summer......dont bother me if i have to do it all again lol. how much was the halfords stuff?

 

[Daz]

Yea, would like to know how much Halfords charge too...

Guess I could always nip in.. only 6 odd miles away!

Daz.

 

[Scott R]

£9.99 for a tin that will cover well more than 4 calipers.

 

[R3OBC]

neva seen that stuff before...............was £5 for the hammerite. Someone asked if i had a pic of the full car, i do in the camera at home, ill upload it at some point this weekend mate, cheers, Rob

 

[Ian_W]

Rob,



What was the make of the caliper looks like the company I work for!!!

 

[R3OBC]

it says Lucas on it........! lol...........

 

[R3OBC]

ok........sorry bout the pic, it was gettin dark so ive had to adjust it a bit...... whole car.......

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[R3OBC]

ah bugger it its not workin, cant be arsed just now its friday lol



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[R3OBC]

ill try again...............pic of full car wi them done..............

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[Scudetto]

oh, brake calipers - i thought you meant youd painted the other sort.

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[Lee]

I painted mine too

http://mysite.freeserve.com/rodstreet/images/7-picture2.jpg?0

 

[R3OBC]

pml...........only other calipers i thought of were them on a mountain bike lol................any more painted calipers?

 

[Scudetto]

looking mighty sporty there, Rod!

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