Brakes and paint.

[Shay]

Just got my new front rotors (slotted, yay)
still getting fuked around with the pads i ordered.

while the wheels and breaks are off i was considering painting my brakes, was wondering if any one in perth has some red caliper paint left over that i can have.

also whats involved was gonna wash with a bit of wax and grese remover before i do it. good idea or not,

cheer in advance

[Jerram]

Just got my new front rotors (slotted, yay)
still getting fuked around with the pads i ordered.

while the wheels and breaks are off i was considering painting my brakes, was wondering if any one in perth has some red caliper paint left over that i can have.

also whats involved was gonna wash with a bit of wax and grese remover before i do it. good idea or not,

cheer in advance

you could do that

I did a spectacularly brotek job painting my calipers
- Wash with just car wash liquid
- Not even proper caliper paint
- One coat

Despite that, it still looks the same as it did when I applied it about a year ago.

[Shay]

sounds more like my way of doin things, lol

cept i want to use proper paint
and cbf buying a whole can from work

[Wraith]

:nopics1:

[Shay]

:confused: you mean from jerram, cos i dont have any :confused:

unless you want to see rotors in boxes.

[Jerram]

there we go

This is of course rubbish phone photography on an overcast evening, but you can see how the brotek job turned out.

[Shay]

painted them gold???
are your rims 16 or 17

[Jerram]

Gold yes, (there's grime on them atm as they're a real bitch to clean properly) and they're 17s.

[Shay]

kk cheers mate

[SKM_87]

tape up disc and other bits you dont want painted. use plenty of brake cleaner to clean it. 2-3 coats of high temp paint in colour od your choice and hey presto. btw i got no red but i have white

[maloo97]

tape up disc and other bits you dont want painted. use plenty of brake cleaner to clean it. 2-3 coats of high temp paint in colour od your choice and hey presto. btw i got no red but i have white


+ 1

I did it the same way as above.
Painted Red Colour on my old calibra!

[HappySlapper82]

+ 1

I did it the same way as above.
Painted Red Colour on my old calibra!

+2
and sorry I only have white but youcan have it if you want it I don't need it anymore

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj35/HappySlapper82/SL370281.jpg

[tomtom]

those white calipers would last for about half a drive lol (on the AH pads anyway).

I do like it lots tho!

[Neeko]

I removed my calipers to paint them. Also used 00grade steel wool to clean them and sandpaper to roughen them up a little just so the paint adheres a bit better.

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/nicolaim88/26-02-09_0939.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/nicolaim88/IMG_0051.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/nicolaim88/31-12-08_1131.jpg

http://i451.photobucket.com/albums/qq238/nicolaim88/31-12-08_1132.jpg

[lee683]

i painted my friends calipers on her swift purple. looked really good. dont know y i didnt take any fotos when i did them??

didnt take them off. just taped up what i didnt want to paint and then sprayed them. did abt 3-4 coats

[Shay]

cheers for all the help guys will probably go down nics pathe seeing as ill have to take the calipers off anyway to replace the rotors.

some good looking pics there, and yeah im after red so i guess ill just have to get some from work

[Neeko]

cheers for all the help guys will probably go down nics pathe seeing as ill have to take the calipers off anyway to replace the rotors.

some good looking pics there, and yeah im after red so i guess ill just have to get some from work

i reckon its the way to go mate :) just makes it look very neat when you can see that they are covered with nice red paint from every possible angle