Just Painted My Brake Calipers

[Crazyjester900]

Just painted the brake calipers as i just fitted up some new RIMS.

They have MUCH thinner spokes so you could see the rusy things..

Here how i went

Before:

After:

What you think...

 

[AANDYY]

nice

 

[Howard]

That looks good !

What paint did you use ? Looks like a nice finish ! :bannana:

 

[Crazyjester900]

just went down to the local car store and bought caliper paint in a can..
colour is "SATIN BLACK"

 

[Howard]

 

[pammy]

Very nice . I did mine in Silver but think black might have been a better choice as I do get brake dust sticking and making them look mucky.

 

[Howard]

Gonna do mine in gold

 

[tudu]

Nice job. Well done.

 

[The Dent Guy]

Looks really good - well done!

And love the wheels

Out of interest, did you remove the caliper off the discs......completely remove and strip down, or mask and paint in situ?

 

[BTB 500]

Looks good. Black or silver are fine, not personally a fan of other colours.

 

[R2D2]

I did mine black and they look good. I love the satin finish on yours.

 

[blueserenity777]

That is nice..shows the alloy off nicely..

 

[flango]

Looks fantstic was going to do mine very dark blue to complement my Azurite blue paint but may now change to satin black as the finish looks really good, by the way how long did the paint take to dry?

 

[Brian WH]

Out of interest, did you remove the caliper off the discs......completely remove and strip down, or mask and paint in situ?

Yes do tell HOW you did them? Preparation and all.

 

[Alps]

i did mine on the c36 when i changed the pads, left them in situ, wire brushed them, brake cleanered, and painted them with halfords satin engine paint, still looking good

 

[Leemc2008]

When I did mine on Impreza WRX, I completely removed then from the car and prep and painted them in my garage.. its alot of work for a perfect finish, but had gold multispoke wheels and the red STi 4 pots were very much on view

 

[Crazyjester900]

i'll make up a little how to if you like....

it is very very simple... i just used a plastic bag cover the disc.

 

[Crazyjester900]

Looks really good - well done!

And love the wheels

Out of interest, did you remove the caliper off the discs......completely remove and strip down, or mask and paint in situ?

I did not take the calipers off the car a little too much fiddling for me!

 

[Crazyjester900]

Looks fantstic was going to do mine very dark blue to complement my Azurite blue paint but may now change to satin black as the finish looks really good, by the way how long did the paint take to dry?

Paint took only about 3 - 4 mins per cote, then i took 10 - 15 mins before i
put the wheel back on

 

[azaman]

If it doesn't rain this weekend I'm going to paint my calipers black. They look very rusty and tatty at the moment.

Good work mate, the look ace!