Painted Brake Calipers

Andy76

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• May 4, 2015

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Guys n Gals,
Really couldn't make up my mind what colour to paint the calipers so I just took the bull by the horns and the results are attached!

They are painted graphite colour with white quattro decals.

What does everyone think?

 

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• May 4, 2015

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They look proper tidy.

 

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As I said Andy, looks well and I like the way it matches nicely with the wheel colour!

 

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I won't to paint mine too.

 

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• May 4, 2015

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They look a lot better than the rusty lumps of metal that were there before. Having nice big wheels attracts peoples eyes and the first thing I would see is the rusty brakes which are a bit of a let down.
Better if you had upgraded to S4/S5 brakes they come painted already and would fill the inside of the wheels up a bit.

Karl.

 

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desertstorm said:

They look a lot better than the rusty lumps of metal that were there before. Having nice big wheels attracts peoples eyes and the first thing I would see is the rusty brakes which are a bit of a let down.
Better if you had upgraded to S4/S5 brakes they come painted already and would fill the inside of the wheels up a bit.

Karl.

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Duly noted Karl. Any idea what sort of dosh we're talking for an upgrade like that?
Andy

 

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• May 5, 2015

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Looks nice.

Did you paint the calipers while they were on or did you remove and disassemble them?
How thoroughly did you clean up the rust before painting?

Best regards,
Andri

 

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andri86 said:

Looks nice.

Did you paint the calipers while they were on or did you remove and disassemble them?
How thoroughly did you clean up the rust before painting?

Best regards,
Andri

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Painted while on Andri.
Got myself a miniature wire brush, an air line and brake cleaner.

 

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What paint did you use on them?

 

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Brake caliper paint if eBay.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=311097033563

 

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