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James Junior wrote:I want to paint my brake calipers red so I plan to buy a set of axle stands, take my alloys off and give them a bit of an overhaul and then take the calipers off for a good brush down and a new lick of paint.
How easy is this for someone with little to no experience such as moi?
Are the calipers easy enough to remove and later replace?
I also want to replace my brake pads as the last owner fitted poor quality aftermarket parts and I want to give some Toyota stopping power back to the car.
Is this also relatively straightforward or should I leave this to someone who knows what they are doing?
- I thought I'd have to take the calipers off. 
- thanks! (just make sure you get the right color) 
(although its some times hard to get them round the disc again with fluid in them.) but if your doing all this its not much more difficult to take the calipers off for refurb, bleed the brakes and use uprated fluid.... 
(also i used halfords red caliper paint but in hindsight i'd use the spray stuff)
...what is the purpose?? To make people look at your brakes and see you have stock discs and stock calipers?!?! If you want red calipers then buy an aftermarket brake setup with some 4 pots 
I just think it is blindingly obvious that the calipers are standard, so painting them red will not make them look much better. Stock calipers are an ugly sight. - gunmetal or silver looks so much more subtle and thought about imo ..and for an alternative paint you could use Hammerite, it's heat resistant and dries in less than half an hour and is a lot cheaper! still thats your opinion which you are welcome to, i suppose we all have our own tastes and if i like something i do it regardless of what people think and im not trying to make it look like a porche as most people say that, and a set of the brakes you are describing cost £1000-£1500 which i really could not afford with a wife and 2 kids on one income rant over i feel better now You're not saying you've got better brakes than anyone else, it just tidys up an otherwise scabby area of the car.
.. (well mine do)££££'s on a big brake kit!
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...... wish I could read minds.
...... wish I could read minds. so red it was funny though most of the calipers ive painted in my time i done in gold, so given time i might go over in gold but for now looks a bit smarter than rust and at the time it was a cheap mod and on my budget, ive done quite well looked in my garage how much ive spent so far scary nearly £1000 on bits car stands me in £2200 no where near finished yet though 
mmmm, defo a colour to go with the blue, but dark blue and silver mixed should give you a close match. Just stick to the calipers though, someone on here attacked the underside of the car with a spare can of Hammerite gold paint and it looked soooo pikey. About £600 on bodykit parts and £500 labour later, although it's all one-off stuff apart from the Border front. All the engine work cost was alot of sandpaper and even more time.
(f*ck I want lots of money so I could do that instead).£150 bonus in my paypacket so I think I'll get myself one of those ebay Aeroware style spoilers and then throw some pics up for someone to do a good photoshop as I won't have the cash for the re-spray for a few months and I'd love to see it all black. I'm lucky that my family are mechanics and that ebay exists or i wouldn't be able to afford to run it at all. ...... wish I could read minds. 
