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Painted brake callipers - AaronR33 - 22-01-2020
I want to paint my brake callipers but im after some advice on two things.
First of all, which colour to go for? I originally was going to go for the standard red but a friend mentioned about doing dark purple which i think would look quite cool. Anyone got any other colours that might work well with the colour of my car?
Second, which paint should I use? There's various kits on eBay but im not sure which one works best or which is best value for money.
Any help or input on this would be much appreciated :thumbup:
Painted brake callipers - parthiban - 22-01-2020
If your car is the one in your avatar then I'd say go with red - struggling to visualise the purple but not sure how that would work with the grey.........
Most of us have painted our calipers using Hammerite Smooth and a brush
Painted brake callipers - Lexuspat - 22-01-2020
Hammerite smooth is best and most kits on ebay are just small tubs of that.
I think purple would be something different and would look good give it a go be different.
I've got yellow so why not
Painted brake callipers - el_bandido - 22-01-2020
Hammerite. I used the spray can, black paint with some white Lexus decals. Give the callipers a really good clean with a wire brush and some sand paper.
Painted brake callipers - Talisker - 22-01-2020
el_bandido Hammerite. I used the spray can, black paint with some white Lexus decals. Give the callipers a really good clean with a wire brush and some sand paper.
That's what i used, Hammerite matt black aerosol with white decals.
But i totally smoothed my callipers to get rid of all the casting marks.
Painted brake callipers - el_bandido - 22-01-2020
That's exactly what I did with the sand paper basically. I could probably have done a better job, but it was my first mod
Painted brake callipers - jomo - 22-01-2020
Was one of my first mods too, i did mine too quickly, got red pain every where looked like id run into a blood bank van!
Need to redo them and take a bit more time and effort this time, may take them off and grind off the casting marks and fit new seals while their off?
Painted brake callipers - AaronR33 - 23-01-2020
Just to help with the colour choices, here's a pic of her looking clean
![[Image: 310464_10150275303516886_718501885_79717...7635_n.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/Azzer16/310464_10150275303516886_718501885_7971739_1254597635_n.jpg)
I think the purple could work really well or it could turn out horrible. I just wanted something different to the usual red.
Painted brake callipers - DaveEdin - 23-01-2020
Just go for the purple... If you don't like it, you can always paint over it. This ain't no one-shot deal here after all...
If you do like it and nobody else does - heh who cares, it's your car :lol:
Painted brake callipers - nimrodmk3 - 23-01-2020
I'm sure it will be cheaper than Richard Hammond paying £300 for red calipers