Painted calipers

[Little_Si]

Fitted some new front brakes to my car yesterday. Standard discs with Pagid Fast Road pads. While I had it in bits, I carefully applied a coat of silver hammerite to the calipers. See pic below. I think it looks good. Much better than the dirty black they were before.

Only problem I have now is bleeding all the air out of the system. Pedal feels like a big sponge at the minute. I clamped the brake hoses before removing them to stop air getting back up, but I can't of clamped them hard enough.

 

[imported_Strider81]

looks neat - why not red though?

 

[The Slug]

or yellow even

 

[madvw]

personal taste i guess.. plus it matches the car colour.


tidy job, nice and subltle /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ok.gif

 

[Little_Si]

I did think about red, but wanted a nice subtle look. It matches the car colour quite nicely too.

 

[TDI-line]

Very nice, i'm amazed no one ever paints their callipers beige though.

 

[VAGMAN1]

will hammerite stand up to the heat generated during braking?

 

[imported_velcrobix]

I painted mine with black hammerite over 12 months ago and they still look fine. i also went for the subtle look.

 

[Markb]

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will hammerite stand up to the heat generated during braking?

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You can get a high temp version.

 

[imported_fingermouse]

i used normal car paint on mine and after 6 months they are still ok.

 

[The Slug]

Yeah looks nice Si, nice paint job u must have a very steady hand, lol