Brake Calipers

[Hirdmeister]

spot on... cheers.

now, on the subject, this splitter.. better to buy direct from dealer or off've the bay

 

[olaf]

Get it from the Stealers.

Probably work out cheaper than ebay, plus it would be a bitch to post.

 

[Hirdmeister]

so, just ring up dealers asking for part xxxxxxxxxxx and they collecting it..

 

[Snoopcousins]

Good work Snoop, how did you get the calipers clean? using what product?

Cheers jonjay. I just used Megs car shampoo and a lot of elbow-grease with a wire-brush until the bare metal colour came through.
Hosed them off then dried them with a cloth making sure no spots of dirty dust left as it dirtys the new paint.

 

[Snoopcousins]

I think Snoop has a pink leon. YOU BIG GIRL

lol!
My camera aint great when the suns out! the last pic was a bit better.
Il try and take some better ones!

 

[Hirdmeister]

All done and dusted tonight now... front callipers painted red (thanks Hammerite), SEAT logos off've the bay on the fronts (Thanks whoever I bought them off!), front Cupra R splitter attached (thanks to dealers and that bloke who does step by steps for almost all mods) and then tonight, painted the rear brake callipers red (again, thanks to Hammerite).

Very happy with the results... when I get round to it, I will take some pictures...

Only other thing to do now, probably in readiness for the BTCC at Croft (both days as its only 10 miles down the road from me), going to paint my tyre make and models with a white pen.... it comes off pretty quickly, but will look good over the weekend.

 

[Dyscontinued]

going to paint my tyre make and models with a white pen.... it comes off pretty quickly, but will look good over the weekend.

Anyone do this? Was contemplating it for a while until my gf said it would be really chavy.

 

[IBIZA SC SPORT]

I have a IBIZA SC SPORT in red, obvious choice painted calipers red,

with halfords caliper paint, using a brush u can get a more precise finish, and less masking up

Make sure u clean the calipers, i steam cleaned and wet and dry, the calipers were super clean so the finish was better.

It looks really happy i did it.

 

[IBIZA SC SPORT]

Anyone do this? Was contemplating it for a while until my gf said it would be really chavy.

Yes, i did this about a month and a half ago, make sure you do it on a sunny day! It lasted for 3 weeks.

Slowly go brown, aided by tyre dressing.

But when they re white, they look super! not chavy, look good on low profiles, got a remark "why do you have racing tyres on your car?" they obvious have no idea about cars but it did look good.

Only downside is that they rub off rather quick and take a fair amount of time to put on.

 

[_IvY_]

i think yellow would be best choice