[Mk2] [Generic] Painting calipers and disc

[dawolf]

I'm thinking of painting my brake calipers and the part of the disc which attaches to the hub (previous owner did a bad job on these). Just got a few questions:

1) My car is black with white advan wheels which have dark blue strips, do you think dark blue calipers would look good?
2) What kind of paint will I need? Is it best to get a tin?
3) How long does it take to dry?

Think that's it for now. Lol.

Cheers.

[fearless]

on a black car i would go gold the paint is touch dry in a matter of a few hours you need high temp paint bought mine from ebay cost me £6, ive heard on here people have used hammerite, some you have to mix with hardner but mine was straight out of the tin, look on ebay here's mine i might paint mine gold instead of red

[Nails]

I always paint them black, and use hammerite, my last car I hammerited and I had that for 10 years and they never peeled.
I think that the only claipers that should stand out should be meaty brembos etc etc

[HighwayStar]

Did mine with stuff from Demon Tweeks. Was £20 but the only place I could find orange... there's a premium member discount though.
Had to mix with hardner and as said dries in about 3 hrs sufficiently to put the wheel back on.
I reckon where you get it will depend on what colour you decide on... some are harder to source than others.

R.

[fearless]

just looked in my shed mine was bought off ebay fasinating finishes was there name, thay specialise in all sorts of strange paints thay have loads of colours in there shop and can also make them up for you in any colour, i would have posted the link but just had a strange thing happen on ebay it said i had commited to buy a tin and i didnt, so i logged off a.s.a.p told me to click on pay now logged off and signed back in and no sign of paint in my bought items list very strange

[Charl]

oooh those red calipers look well against the blue, I might have to do that myself

[dawolf]

Okay, I popped into Halfords today and they have plenty of colours in the hammerite range. I'm now torn between dark blue and black. Hmm.

[BrianUK]

Go to B&Q - they do a range of spray paints called Plasi-Kote. Buy one can of primer and one can of you desired colour....

This stuff works great. I have painted calipers on a range of cars using this stuff - from Bright red to Fluorescent orange (which needs a base coat of white). It works, it lasts - it dries quckly and and its easy to apply.

Brian

[Rory]

I painted mine with hammerite. Done them Black with a silver flex. Looked pretty good on a black car. Hammerite lasted fine. Picked a small tin up from B&Q for cheap.

[GHOST]

Halfrauds. Less than a tenner for heat resistant brake spray. Mask off ( half hour) what you dont want sprayed (discs/pads) and spray away. Touch dry in minutes and doesn't leave brush marks.