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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: Dizzie on 17 October 2004, 15:07

Title: painting calipers
Post by: Dizzie on 17 October 2004, 15:07

now it said red on the tin, but looks kinda pink to me. here's a pic, but they look red in the pic. weirdness. Fielder recons it's cos of the rust.

(http://www.dizzie.biz/golf/caliper.jpg)

Title: Re: painting calipers
Post by: Dinky on 17 October 2004, 18:37

It does like kinda pink like! :-\ surely ya cleaned them up thou before painting them ??? n kerb-age on ya alloys? :D

Dinx  :-*

Title: Re: painting calipers
Post by: Dizzie on 17 October 2004, 19:15

pink is the new red!
you heard it here first!  :D

Title: Re: painting calipers
Post by: Speedydub on 17 October 2004, 19:17

Yes, pink IS the new red? :-\

*polish polish polish*

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v63/speedydub/newcar.jpg)

 ;) :D

Title: Re: painting calipers
Post by: Dinky on 17 October 2004, 19:19

Dizzie likes pink Dizzie like pink! :D
It so isnt the new red like! :D ;)

Dinx  :-*

Title: Re: painting calipers
Post by: Helios_Blue_Valver on 19 October 2004, 22:36

All I did on mine was clean them off with a wire brush and acetone and then used black primer before hitting them with hammerite red. When i brushed on the hammerite i was mad that the looked covered in streaks. Funny thing is it all flowed together and looks really good though. 

Title: Re: painting calipers
Post by: Dizzie on 19 October 2004, 22:44

I'll be repainting mine with that soon as ben's dad did their mk4's with hammerite and they're really red

Title: Re: painting calipers
Post by: Helios_Blue_Valver on 20 October 2004, 01:14

that stuff is hard as nails too mate. My car gets washed every week to two weeks with the pressure washer and it has yet to chip the paint off or fade in about 9 months on the car.