Painting my brembos, primer?

[Paddy_g46]

Hi there, im fitting brembos to my car but they are in a bit of a sorry state at the moment, lacquer peeling etc, i want to paint them red but how do i need to prep them? Do i need to use primer?

My plan is to plaint them red, refit some new stickers and then lacquer them again. Can anyone advise on best paint/lacquer to use?


Patrick

 

[Ady182]

Well I can help with the stickers lol

 

[Evoss]

First off give them a good old sand down.

Then if you can, get a wire brush attatchment for a drill and give that good going over.

Now make sure you clean them to get rid of any paint particals or metal dust lying in the small areas. I used a diving cylinder to give mine a good blast. Or get a brush

After that you can paint them with high heat reistance paint. Price £9.99 Halfords.
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_175090_langId_-1_categoryId_165495

You dont need to laquer as this paint is very robust and shiny anyway.

Good


These are mine that I did a week or so ago.

 

[Ady182]

You will need to lacquer over the stickers if you want them to stay put....

 

[Paddy_g46]

You will need to lacquer over the stickers if you want them to stay put....

yep!

sand them down? really? the brembos have a like plastic covering on them. I fi start sanding them its going ot make a dogs dinner fo the surface finish. I was thinking i could just make sure they are spotless clean and then paint straight on?

 

[Ady182]

You might need to sand the caliper to make the finish coarse enough for the paint to adhere to, or it might not look any good, im no expert though lol!

 

[Gaz_]

You will need to lacquer over the stickers if you want them to stay put....

Not true. I repainted my 197 ones, and my decals aint lacqured, and they are fine. Get good quality ones and you should be ok.

 

[Ady182]

Not true. I repainted my 197 ones, and my decals aint laqured, and they are fine. Get good quality ones and you should be ok.

I wouldn't necessarily say not true, your instance yes, not every instance. I have a little experience in this field tbh

 

[SBV116]

I lacquered over mine!

 

[Paddy_g46]

so do you guys think i will be able to paint straight onto them (after a good clean!)?

 

[Paddy_g46]

so should i use primer or not guys?

 

[SoA2k6]

You shouldn't need to prime them unless there's bare bits of plastic showing where the pain has come away. Make sure you scotch the area you're painting, otherwise it'll just flake off. Lacquer over the stickers too.

 

[Paddy_g46]

You shouldn't need to prime them unless there's bare bits of plastic showing where the pain has come away. Make sure you scotch the area you're painting, otherwise it'll just flake off. Lacquer over the stickers too.

scotch?

 

[SoA2k6]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Scotch-Pads-Professional-Surface-finishing-pad-RED-10_W0QQitemZ270305856017QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint?hash=item270305856017&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Rub one of those generously over the whole surface that you're painting, wet preferably to lift the dirt and prepare the surface better. Dry, then paint.

 

[Paddy_g46]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Scotch-Pads-Professional-Surface-finishing-pad-RED-10_W0QQitemZ270305856017QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint?hash=item270305856017&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

Rub one of those generously over the whole surface that you're painting, wet preferably to lift the dirt and prepare the surface better. Dry, then paint.

Is it like a sanding pad because i have wire wooled the whole surface prior to painting?

 

[SoA2k6]

Yeah pretty much. They're a bit finer, but you'll be fine in this case.

 

[iimushroomzii]

Have a look in Mini-Valvers project thread, sure he paints brembo's in there.