Author Topic: Brake Calipers - Painted? Your opinion!  (Read 1981 times)

Offline kniterider

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Re: Brake Calipers - Painted? Your opinion!
« Reply #10 on: 01 August 2005, 09:20 »
paint em black, just make sure you use high temp paint as after a bit of hard breaking the paint will curl up and come of if it aint!!! and the brake caliper paint you can buy from halfords is crap and aint worth the money if im honest, if did my mk4 calipers in a metalic blue colour (as every fooker paints theres red!!) it was an high temp enamel paint by plasticoat, been on 20 months now and still looks good, stands up to heat and the pressure washer!!

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Re: Brake Calipers - Painted? Your opinion!
« Reply #11 on: 01 August 2005, 09:25 »
G60 is being put on hold... Gonna go 2L bottom end first.. give that a go.. I'd love the G60 but hearing loads about high maintenance.. ive just spent a load of cash getting my engine running right so it seems silly to now slash out on a engine i know nothing about.

But 2L bottom end here we come...

Knobby!

Gaz.... i brought some black hammrite paint yesterday.. not sure if hammerite is high temp.. but its strong!


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Re: Brake Calipers - Painted? Your opinion!
« Reply #12 on: 01 August 2005, 09:33 »
think hammerite will be ok if you apply in a few very thin coats, dont get carried away and try and do it in one thick coat cause it wont dry as good or look as good as will prob go funny if your calipers get hot!!!

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