Painted Calipers

[Octane2097]

decided to cheer myself up today by painting the calipers.
halfords, tin of red caliper paint, wire brush a 1/2inch brush and a steady hand looks like:

so they arnt perfect, needs recoating but it started to rain so had to pack up
will be adding another coat tomorrow assuming the weathers ok

oh and heres a little photoshop :

gonna get my wheels done like that, and a refurb too!

 

[Deleted member 55317]

nicely done bud looks great

 

[jc_boc]

Top job mate. Looks so much better now.

 

[TSI BOY]

Doing mine this weekend yours look good mate hope same for me. I'm going for blue on a white fr

 

[yaue10]

Ithink you should get your wheels done anthracite...looks wicked!

 

[Noddy_2k8]

looks sweet,
i fancy green for my boc, something different

 

[MARKG_BOC]

Do you have to take your hole caliper off or just paint what you can see

 

[Deleted member 66409]

I done my 4 callipers on my SC and just used a brush, but I painted mine a boring black. Much better than they were but I will be looking to doing them again soon possibly silver? I don't know. They look nice red mate, my SC is the same colour as yours and the red looks nice! I may do mine red soon

 

[betty_swollox]

Looks canny good mate

 

[robby71]

I done my 4 callipers on my SC and just used a brush, but I painted mine a boring black. Much better than they were but I will be looking to doing them again soon possibly silver? I don't know. They look nice red mate, my SC is the same colour as yours and the red looks nice! I may do mine red soon

I did mine silver - need another coat when i get the chance

 

[Octane2097]

Ithink you should get your wheels done anthracite...looks wicked!

I always thought anthracite would look awfull but i got the idea last night after it started raining i wrapped the wheels in a bin liner cus you could still see the alloys thru the plastic i thought hmmm...

Now im deffo having it done, lol

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[Deleted member 66409]

I did mine silver - need another coat when i get the chance

I like the silver mate! Cheers

 

[Octane2097]

should have dried nice and hard by now so il give it a wash n take some pics get em uploaded

ps my rear brake calipers wer already silver were yours the same robby71?

 

[MARKG_BOC]

In the process of painting my calipers and when it comes to cleaning them it's a pain in arse can you paint over or have to clean them till get silver

 

[robby71]

should have dried nice and hard by now so il give it a wash n take some pics get em uploaded

ps my rear brake calipers wer already silver were yours the same robby71?

The 1.4s have drums on the rears - i painted the drums black

 

[robby71]

In the process of painting my calipers and when it comes to cleaning them it's a pain in arse can you paint over or have to clean them till get silver

you want them as clean as possible before painting or they'll look a mess and the paint wont stick properly.
I used a cordless drill with wire brush attachment to get the almost clean and some wet/dry to finish off before cleaning with brake cleaner

 

[ryanb]

Looks great! Good job

 

[TSI BOY]

Just finished doing my front calipers backs will be next weekend. I wish I did it when I first got it they were filthy lol

 

[Octane2097]

Couple of pics of the finished product looks much better!

Yes i know my wheels need a refurb... damn winter we had.. its on the list aswell as painting

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[TSI BOY]

Few pics of mine aswell only done the front ATM but gives an idea

Half way through

Finished wheel off

Wheel all done

What you think??