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painted brake calipers and a wash !
« on: 17 March 2009, 16:17:09 »
Me and Bighed painted the brake calipers Sunday and this morning gave her a quick wash!

Rear


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Wash, bearing in mind my next things on my list are rear tyres wheel refurb and Lowered slightly a lil bit more!





« Last Edit: 17 March 2009, 16:23:46 by Christian »
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #1 on: 17 March 2009, 16:37:06 »
That's what I need to do to mine is paint the calipers but not sure what colour to do them, my mig is green

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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #2 on: 17 March 2009, 17:17:45 »
id go black,anythin else on standard callipers looks tacky imo... :y
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #3 on: 17 March 2009, 17:34:39 »
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id go black,anythin else on standard callipers looks tacky imo... :y


Ive always done black, i dont wanna show off my brakes i just want it to not look rusty behind my wheels!  :)
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #4 on: 17 March 2009, 19:18:02 »
Black is best -- or neon pink  :D  ;)
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #5 on: 17 March 2009, 19:32:16 »
Look very good, what paint did you use?
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #6 on: 17 March 2009, 19:45:54 »
Looks good .... i did mine black too , i think it was hammerite i used  :y
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #7 on: 17 March 2009, 19:49:40 »
Looks very nice and comes up well :y
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #8 on: 17 March 2009, 19:55:43 »
Yup it was Hammerite Smooth!

Stays decent for years unlike some Caliper paints ive used, and this is 6 quid from a local B&Q  :)
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #9 on: 17 March 2009, 21:28:04 »
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Yup it was Hammerite Smooth!

Stays decent for years unlike some Caliper paints ive used, and this is 6 quid from a local B&Q  :)

Did you remove them or paint them in situ?
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #10 on: 17 March 2009, 22:42:31 »
My rears are black - thanks markey mark - came ready painted!! :y
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #11 on: 17 March 2009, 23:03:29 »
I used hammerite smooth,colour silver,look ok :y
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #12 on: 18 March 2009, 00:00:20 »
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Yup it was Hammerite Smooth!

Stays decent for years unlike some Caliper paints ive used, and this is 6 quid from a local B&Q  :)

Did you remove them or paint them in situ?


Removed wheels and painted in situ!

Did discs and vented part and got a little paint on disc surface but one touch of the brake and it was gone!
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #13 on: 18 March 2009, 08:14:56 »
What preparation did you do first to the callipers ?.Assume you only painted them with Hammerite and a small brush.
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Re: painted brake calipers and a wash !
« Reply #14 on: 18 March 2009, 08:26:37 »
i always use hammerite too...

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