styling info needed

[reedbradshaw]

is it worth paintin my callipers? i got a crono ibiza so what colour should i paint my calipers???

will i have to remove the wheels?





dorry if this is a bit stupid but gotta ask

 

[Diablo559]

yeep you will have to remove your wheels most popular colour to paint is red i think lol as far as i know i think someone has discussed this before pretty sure they mentioned using hammerite smooth paint . just make sure you give them a good clean before applying paint and let it sit for as long as possible to dry . hope this helps pretty sure you will have more comments.

 

[Nath.]

I did not remove my wheels when I did mine, just used a small brush and some smooth black hammerite


I went for the black as I found the red to be a little OTT


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g217/nathwarr/brakes2.jpg

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g217/nathwarr/brakes1.jpg

 

[dasmith83]

no offence nath, but wots the point in painting them black? they go that colour wen dirty neway

i'd go for red m8...the cupra's come with red brembos as standard and that looks good imo

 

[Nath.]

no offence nath, but wots the point in painting them black? they go that colour wen dirty neway

i'd go for red m8...the cupra's come with red brembos as standard and that looks good imo

none taken chap

as said I didn't like the red and mine were going powdery white, prob cos its low mileage

2005 with 7k on the clock

 

[dasmith83]

ah thats ok ive had mine for 3.5 months and done 4.5k already! as long as i stay below 15k in a year im ok!

 

[T. Spark]

I whent with red on mine, depending on colour of car, even blue might go?!

As for milage, mines also a 05 plate with just a tad over 39,000 miles on the clock!

 

[Sisson]

I did mine silver so they look new...

 

[rashcupra]

gotta go with the red if you want them to stand out but i think this question is just a matter of an opinion depends what you want if you want suttle go black if not go red or yellow just remember to use high temperature paint or get them powder coated for quality!

removing the wheels is probably the best option unless you have enough space between the spokes.

 

[FR*Man1984]

I painted my calipers when I ordered my new brakes. I went for yellow as a nice contrast to grey! Think they look cool, don't care what any of you fink, lol

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/brettikins1984/PB120065.jpg

 

[rashcupra]

i like because its diffrent certainly makes it stand out

 

[S13]

I painted my calipers when I ordered my new brakes. I went for yellow as a nice contrast to grey! Think they look cool, don't care what any of you fink, lol

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/brettikins1984/PB120065.jpg

Nice, especially with those discs
What paint did you use?

 

[FR*Man1984]

Nice, especially with those discs
What paint did you use?

I bought the Savage brake caliper paint off eBay for about 25 quid...

It comes in two parts, doesn't set straight away so you can store it for further painting.

I put about 3 coats on so the effect was allot better as when the first layer had dryed you could still see the caliper grain. Took about a week in total for all the layers to be painted and for them to dry properly.

 

[Ibiza02]

go for yellow wiht your car will look class

go to halfords or somewhere like that get some caliper paint or hamerite smooth paint and get it lashed on