Pic of painted red/silver calipers on leon
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I'd vote red. And a tip for you... use Hammerite paint. Damn cheap to buy, you only need a small tin and you can paint it directly over rust, although I'd recommend removing any surface rust first for the best finish. Did this on my last car and it lasted thousands of miles and still looked good (when clean...) and worked out much cheaper than 'calliper paint' that you can buy.
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Not the right colour, car or even behind a wheel! but thought it might be useful.
Dismantled everything off the car and wirebrushed, sanded, cleaned, rust treated and painted with two thin coats of Silver Hammerite (following the instructions on the tin) which keeps the texture of the metal underneath!
5 months later and still look fresh!
I went for silver as It looks factory/standard - Reds OK if you've got huge brakes and want to shout about them!
Dismantled everything off the car and wirebrushed, sanded, cleaned, rust treated and painted with two thin coats of Silver Hammerite (following the instructions on the tin) which keeps the texture of the metal underneath!
5 months later and still look fresh!
I went for silver as It looks factory/standard - Reds OK if you've got huge brakes and want to shout about them!
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Especially on a silver car - silver's gotta be the way to go
Unless you opt for some LCR vented rears and paint the front's red to match
Audi calipers have a thick silver coating ... think they might be powder coated actually (anyone confirm ??) so could get some TT rears and paint the front's silver anyway to match
I've got silver (unpainted) Brembos upfront, Bill's blue anodised brakes and vRS green rear calipers
Not the right colour, car or even behind a wheel! but thought it might be useful.
Dismantled everything off the car and wirebrushed, sanded, cleaned, rust treated and painted with two thin coats of Silver Hammerite (following the instructions on the tin) which keeps the texture of the metal underneath!
5 months later and still look fresh!
I went for silver as It looks factory/standard - Reds OK if you've got huge brakes and want to shout about them!
Awww I like Silver, think thats gonna me my choice.
Matches the car better and looks a little less showy etc. You got a good finish there C11PRA DC
I'm not very mechanical and will probably just about manage to get the wheels off. Do you have to take off much is it just paint carefully.
Just paint carefully.
Take the wheels off first.
Get yourself a wire brush and some reasonably coarse sand paper and start by giving the callipers a really good going over with the wire brush to remove any rust.
Then give it a going over with the sand paper to smooth things off, remove any other bits of rust and generally tidy things up.
Now get a damp rag and wipe over the callipers to remove any dust and let them dry.
Now paint them carefully making sure you don't get cover anything that needs to be removed as it could bond (glue almost) the bits in place.
Let them dry and then give them another coat if you think it's necessary. A couple of coats should be all you need really.
Let it dry and that's it, job done
Take the wheels off first.
Get yourself a wire brush and some reasonably coarse sand paper and start by giving the callipers a really good going over with the wire brush to remove any rust.
Then give it a going over with the sand paper to smooth things off, remove any other bits of rust and generally tidy things up.
Now get a damp rag and wipe over the callipers to remove any dust and let them dry.
Now paint them carefully making sure you don't get cover anything that needs to be removed as it could bond (glue almost) the bits in place.
Let them dry and then give them another coat if you think it's necessary. A couple of coats should be all you need really.
Let it dry and that's it, job done
Cheers Rob
When it finally warms up, or gets a little up above zero, I'll getout on the drive with a paint brush a tin of hamerite.
With all this talk of hammerite. I can hear a song in my head.......
...opens google........links to youtube
wicked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFeL4OGcwRI
any old iron, any old iron, any old iron, any any any
rusty railings red
When it finally warms up, or gets a little up above zero, I'll getout on the drive with a paint brush a tin of hamerite.
With all this talk of hammerite. I can hear a song in my head.......
...opens google........links to youtube
wicked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFeL4OGcwRI
any old iron, any old iron, any old iron, any any any
rusty railings red
I'm not going to click that... as I know full well that tune will be in my head for the rest of the week! 
lol its too late for us, someones already played it.
Just heard someone in the corridor giving it
"If rusty railings red"
Just heard someone in the corridor giving it
"If rusty railings red"
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