Caliper paint

[ibiza20vt]

I wanna paint my calipers red , is there a paint that's commonly used ?

 

[sssstew]

i just used hammerite. but the shops have proper caliper paint in red too if you want.

 

[Nath.]

Hammerite works a treat, it drys quick and covers in 1 coat (unlike the expensive so called proper stuff) The calipers don't really get hot like drums do so hammerite is fine.

 

[badbill_uk]

i used red caliper paint from halfords and it went on in one coat.

 

[vroomtshh]

I used Ford radiant red spray from halfords that I had lying around

I personally don;t like hammerite. Brush on stuff never goes on nice, and the spray takes about a month to go hard

 

[Gooner_Mike]

hammerite is awesome stuff!

 

[Martin_FR]

Always used hammerite smooth for painting drums and calipers, never had to do it more than once

 

[Stokie]

Hammerite all the time for me, just painted mine with the hammerite stuff in red

 

[darkhorse]

Hammerite smooth spray. Rub down, 3 decent coats, let it go off for a couple of hours. Job done

 

[krussel]

I used a Etech kit from ebay which was £18 and included a large can of brake cleaner, which is quite usefull for other things. Hammerite is good though.

My paint thread below

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=327754

 

[barney501]

Hammerite smooth spray. Rub down, 3 decent coats, let it go off for a couple of hours. Job done

Did you take your callipers off to spray them mate? They look really good. I usually paint mine with high temp engine paint then use a stanley knife blade to cut the "seat sport" letters off once the paints dry and hard.

 

[darkhorse]

Did you take your callipers off to spray them mate? They look really good. I usually paint mine with high temp engine paint then use a stanley knife blade to cut the "seat sport" letters off once the paints dry and hard.

I left them on but the caliper bolts were removed as I was changing the discs and pads as well which allowed me to move them around. I cut the soft paint off the letters and after a week I put some fine wet & dry paper on a flat block and polished the paint residue off the letters.

If anyone is spraying them on their car make sure you mask off most of the car!