Brembo refurb?

[DIZZYCUPRA]

After giving the rear brakes a freshen up i noticed my n/s front brembo has a crack in the laquer and is holding water giving it a sort of frost look has anyone refurbed there calipers as it dont look to appealing at the momment

 

[Phillc]

Have a search mate there is quite alot on the site about this.

 

[JamJay]

Rub them down with a fine grade wet & dry paper but be careful not to rub off the Brembo stickers. Don't go down to the paint, just rub the lacquer off. Then give them 4 or 5 coats of new lacquer and they'll be shiney red again!

By the way Phillc, muchos like the new wheels .

 

[Phillc]

Cheers jamjay i am very please with them PITA to clean though.
When i had my brembo's done i found the red is not painted on but powder coated so if you brushed brake fluid (carefully)on the calipers the lacquer will peel off a treat, then spray with a degreaser and re-lacquer.

 

[JamJay]

I really want to respray mine (i've done the lacquer thing) but I don't know what paint to use, a similar shade to OEM, nothing illuminous. I saw a thread where the guy used Halfords high temp and they were too bright for my liking.

 

[ArosaRacer]

i used vw Flash red on mine and its the same as Brembo red

 

[JamJay]

Is it ok to use non-high temp paint then Arosa?

 

[james walker]

high temp paint is a must on brembos... get very hot under hard braking mate.

why not whip them off and get them re powdercoated proffesionally.... last for ages then.

 

[ArosaRacer]

ive had no problems with mine, and its just standard paint

 

[JamJay]

I can't afford to keep the car off of the road for that long and then go about setting up the brakes again when they are back.

I will keep and eye out for a high temp paint that's the same.