Painted my calipers

[CupraSteve]

What a ******* though! I threaded the ******* locking wheel nut as some numpty did it up too tight, getting it off did this to my torque wrench

And then i hammered my finger

Had to resort to this to get the ******* off

Finally all painted up

 

[wurzel]

Looks tidy! (the car not your finger )

Did you remove the caliper for the carrier to paint it?

What paint did you use?

 

[LEON_FR]

i fuc*ing hate doing the calipers its a real pain in the arse, but its one of them jobs that has to be done...i will get round to it one day...

 

[PABLO ESCABAR]

OOUUCCHH bet that hurt mate ,calipers look cool tho .Apart from the wheel nut prob were they easy to do as i need to do mine soon,,,waitin till the summer

 

[CupraSteve]

used hammerite, dont buy that special caliper paint, its a con, basically hammerite, hammerites heat proof too!

i just painted round the calipers, call me half job didnt have much enthusiasm though with a dripping sore finger

 

[Pabs]

nice mate - I'm doing the fronts on mine (again) soon, and i might even get round to doing the rear calipers this time too!!!

Hammerite is good and cheaper too.

 

[Fidge]

I used hammerite red on mine, I do like your choice of colour! Unusual!

 

[CupraSteve]

my aim was to just make em look new, and freshen them up a bit

 

[CupraSteve]

dont spose anyone got a spare wheel bolt they could send me for a couple of beer tokens have they?

 

[SJFISHER67]

I have done this job a few times to my cars in the past. Always pleased with the result!

Your car is looking good too mate!

 

[CupraSteve]

cheers

 

[Pabs]

spare wheel bolt? Might have one lying around somewhere - I removed it as it was too short to bolt my alloy in place....

 

[CupraSteve]

cheers mate, no worries tho iv got my mate at VW to send me one, thanks for the offer tho