Refurbing Your Brembos: For Dummies

[GoogleBear]

I used alloy wheel laquer, its been fine

 

[diddles]

Far from perfect but much better, could of done will new stickers tho.

 

[R4cup]

How long did it take to dry mate

 

[diddles]

I did four coats, waited about 10 mins between each coat as it was warm and breezy out. Then waited 20 mins after the final coat and put the wheel on, then left it for around 6 hours before driving.

 

[R4cup]

Ah thats not too bad then, will be doing mine soon

 

[diddles]

Yeh it's easy, don't realy have to rub it down that much, just go really lightly over the brembo decals as mine started to come off.

 

[R4cup]

I have decals to go on so im guessing I really need to rub hard on the old decal to get it off....

 

[diddles]

Not really mate, the decal comes off pretty easily, I only went over mine lightly and it started to disintegrate.

 

[alex13p]

Apologies if this has been asked in this thread, but it's 19 pages long now ha!, my lacquer isn't peeling or bubbled, it's just a nasty faded colour across one patch of the caliper.

Do I just skip the bit about peeling the flakey bits off and go ahead with starting to rub them down? (Being careful of the Brembo decal of course)

Thanks

 

[speedinsaxo]

Apologies if this has been asked in this thread, but it's 19 pages long now ha!, my lacquer isn't peeling or bubbled, it's just a nasty faded colour across one patch of the caliper.

Do I just skip the bit about peeling the flakey bits off and go ahead with starting to rub them down? (Being careful of the Brembo decal of course)

Thanks

yes

 

[alex13p]

yes

lol,

Thanks.

 

[Fien]

Just bought a mk4 Ibiza and one of the previous owners has painted the callipers black. The pain has started to come away now so it looks a bit shoddy. Is there any reason why this process wouldn't work on normal callipers?

I'm thinking - quick sand down, fill in the missing bits with black paint, lacquer and all done.

 

[m.r.davies]

Just bought a mk4 Ibiza and one of the previous owners has painted the callipers black. The pain has started to come away now so it looks a bit shoddy. Is there any reason why this process wouldn't work on normal callipers?

I'm thinking - quick sand down, fill in the missing bits with black paint, lacquer and all done.

Yes it should work
The magic is the lacquer, that really brings it to life

 

[Nolando89]

Just bought a 2004 leon cupra r and have almost pink calipers thought they were beyond helping but I might just give this a go, it can't really look any worse!

 

[jamie paton]

They will come back like new mate if you use the technique used in this thread, I can't believe this was about 7 years ago since I had my cupra r


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[@lq!]

Würth lacquer, 600 + 1200 sandpaper + Würth Brake Cleaner

Here is a results..

Before,

Masking

First layer

Second layer latest

Latest with wheels

 

[Alexis27]

Looking good.

Quick note about lacquer from the very first post - thin layers will give you a rough finish. Spray on as much in one go without it running to get a smooth surface

 

[Turbosnail270]

Has anyone been so fussy as to flat and polish after trying this technique? Wondering on the results... Mine are in desperate need of a spruce up! Won't be flat and polishing myself tbh

 

[Tris179]

Hey guys, thinking about doing this when it warms up a little more.

Do I need to worry about the lacquer not being high temperature?

I got in contact with Hycote and they said that it wasn't suitable for for calipers.

Having said that, looks like you have all got on well with it.

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[RichyH]

I would and am going to use the high temp lacquer, makes sense too, a normal lacquer will flake off after the constant temp rise and fall. There's plenty different brands out there to find one that is suitable


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