I definitely think they should be painted to freshen them up! I painted mine black and added some white Audi decals that my mate made up! ..
If you have large wheels that you have spent money on the last thing you want is people's eyes being drawn to the rusty discs and calipers that potentially will be on show. As above black or silver is a good safe color and much better than rust color.
As your car is new you could probably get away with some kind of lacquer coating that would maintain the original colour.
Here are my standard Callipers when I painted them before I upgraded the Callipers
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Here are my standard Callipers when I painted them before I upgraded the Callipers
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Quite like those s-line stickers, especially with the black paint.
My question is, how long do you think the stickers would last on the calipers?
They can get very hot, surely they'll peel or flake.
Chris
Here is a pic of when I took them off and as you can see they still look like the day they were put on View attachment 51152
I did them on the car but spent a lot of time prepping them and to be honest I think it would have been easier to take them off, however the result was still good it just took me a full day to do that's all.They look very oem. Did you strip them down when you painted them and did you use spray or brush? It's just that i've always painted them on the car.
I know they are loads bigger, that's why I took a pic to compare the size difference lolSome difference in size, those S5 ones look good mate!
I know they are loads bigger, that's why I took a pic to compare the size difference lol
Here is a pic of when I took them off and as you can see they still look like the day they were put on View attachment 51152
Thanks for the info, I get these and some black high gloss/ temp paint. Just need a warm dry day...lol
Just thought, i'd better check that it won't effect the warranty. You know want Audi are like!!!
Thats exactly what I used to paint mine and I used some clear nail varnish!lol