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Title: Paint for Brakes
Post by: hastd2 on 09 December 2006, 20:18

Hi folks,
Does anybody know where i would find some red paint for my brake calipers.
Would Halfords be a good start??? :undecided:
Cheers

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: VR6_ROB on 09 December 2006, 20:26

yeah you can buy red caliper paint in halfords
dunno if its good stuff though never painted my calipers before

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Dub-77 on 09 December 2006, 21:58

What about red hammerite?

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Uku on 09 December 2006, 22:43

aye ive used hammerite before , as good as the 'caliper' paint and cheaper . i did my calipers on my 205 with hammerite and it stayed on there for years with no problems abnd i track day'd that car too so heat isnt a problem for it either

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Dinky on 10 December 2006, 12:55

As mentioned. hammerite is the way to go..
ensure you wire brush them down and remove all loose bits of rust and give it a couple of coats..we dont want any pink calipers now do we.. :wink:

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Len on 10 December 2006, 16:55

Only if you mix white with the red Dinx!

Thats the other point if you do decide on a special colour you can mix Hammerite.
Oh and obviously use the smooth type!

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Dinky on 11 December 2006, 23:02

nah..dizzie didn mix his and his turned out pink! :laugh:

Dinx :kiss:

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: dazzy b on 11 December 2006, 23:27

i painted my brake calipers with halfords red caliper paint and they look smart, i suggest if you do it, wire wool them, spray brake cleaner on them and then wipe them over with thinners. hope this helps,  :smiley:

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Len on 12 December 2006, 09:18

Personally when I did my other car I took the calipers right off and put them on my bench grinder and used my angle grinder on the difficult bits!
Then cleaned em and made sure there was no dust on them.

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Bluefox on 12 December 2006, 22:25

I've used hammerite before with no probs, and there's obviously more choice available.
Oh, and if you do decide to use the Halfords option - buy the stuff from the specialist paint bit, not the lacquer from the Ripspeed section - that's too expensive for what it is.

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: hastd2 on 13 December 2006, 21:26

Hi Guys, i bought some smooth red Hammerite paint today, so have a job for the weekend :wink:

Title: Re: Paint for Brakes
Post by: Len on 14 December 2006, 20:18

just make sure you get ALL the brake dust off!