Brakes My Freshly Painted Calipers (Milano)

eFlash · 24th July 2012, 16:12

Took advantage of the nice weather today and tided up my calipers.

Stuff used:

Wire Brush
Very High Temp Spray (Halfords)
Hammerite Smooth White
Halfords Red Brake Caliper Paint
45mins Per Wheel!

Before:

After:

wanner69 · 24th July 2012, 16:16

Nice job mate

Syx · 24th July 2012, 16:23

Wow, excellent job mate. TBH I much prefer the spray finish.
Assume you took them off to spray them which is why it took so long?

eFlash · 24th July 2012, 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Syx

Wow, excellent job mate. TBH I much prefer the spray finish.
Assume you took them off to spray them which is why it took so long?

Did them on the car just masked them off well. That was 45 mins with wheel on/off. Longest bit was waiting for the brushed paint to dry on the lettering!

I have done a few of my cars with the pot and brush before but wont be doing that again as the spray looks much better , it was much easier and quicker.

RECKONING · 24th July 2012, 16:36

I've never done this but would like to do it. Do you just jack a side up, pop a wheel off, paint, and wait? That on all 4 sides? Sorry if this sounds pretty dumb, I just want to do it the right/quickest way.

eFlash · 24th July 2012, 16:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by RECKONING

I've never done this but would like to do it. Do you just jack a side up, pop a wheel off, paint, and wait? That on all 4 sides? Sorry if this sounds pretty dumb, I just want to do it the right/quickest way.

Yeah jack it up take the wheel off and get some kind of paper and masking tape to mask it off. I only did the fronts as the back calipers are already black. If you are doing red/yellow etc then you will need to do the backs as well.

GazBills · 24th July 2012, 16:42

Best way if painting with brush, jack one side of the car up, stick axle stands in, then as one caliper dries you can paint the other and alternate till a good 3 layers of paint. Switch to the other side and done. 1 1/2 hours on Sunday and got mine done.

RECKONING · 24th July 2012, 16:48

Cheers both, will look into a couple of axle stands.

garethedwards · 24th July 2012, 17:02

All you need is car jack, some bricks, newspaper, masking tape, wire brush and some nice heat paint.

Take about an hour to do all 4. If you can reuse the newpaper and masking tape.

Personally, I just paint the disk too. Hate the ghetto rust look, after spending time on the calipers.

--EDIT--

Apologies, I completely forgot to comment on the great job you did.
Those type R callipers really look fantastic with the writing detail.

Syx · 24th July 2012, 17:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by garethedwards

All you need is car jack, some bricks, newspaper, masking tape, wire brush and some nice heat paint.

Take about an hour to do all 4. If you can reuse the newpaper and masking tape.

Personally, I just paint the disk too. Hate the ghetto rust look, after spending time on the calipers.

If I had any black paint, I would have done. Looks much better with them painted.

fourthdisciple · 24th July 2012, 17:29

great job there mate !

Revs FN2 · 24th July 2012, 18:06

Very tidy job mate, and the same colours I intend to do mine in

robbo51 · 24th July 2012, 18:44

Great job
I did mine in Gold:

garethedwards · 25th July 2012, 08:30

Ooooooooo gold is very tidy too.

Flipt · 25th July 2012, 21:08

The sprayed look is fantastic and I will definitely go for this look. I am still surprised even with masking the paint didn't work through to the pad or disc. I'm a noob too so if you can explain more that would be awesome

24th July 2012, 16:12	#1 (permalink)
eFlash Supporter Car: 2008 CTR Milano Red Join Date: 7th July 2012 Location: Cardiff Posts: 85 Thanks given: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts iTrader: (0)	My Freshly Painted Calipers (Milano) Took advantage of the nice weather today and tided up my calipers. Stuff used: Wire Brush Very High Temp Spray (Halfords) Hammerite Smooth White Halfords Red Brake Caliper Paint 45mins Per Wheel! Before: After: Last edited by eFlash; 24th July 2012 at 16:50.

24th July 2012, 17:02	#9 (permalink)
garethedwards Join Date: 25th June 2012 Location: London Posts: 51 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts iTrader: (0)	All you need is car jack, some bricks, newspaper, masking tape, wire brush and some nice heat paint. Take about an hour to do all 4. If you can reuse the newpaper and masking tape. Personally, I just paint the disk too. Hate the ghetto rust look, after spending time on the calipers. --EDIT-- Apologies, I completely forgot to comment on the great job you did. Those type R callipers really look fantastic with the writing detail. Last edited by garethedwards; 24th July 2012 at 17:57.

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24th July 2012, 16:48	#8 (permalink)
RECKONING Supporter Car: 2010 CTS GT 1.8 NHB Join Date: 26th May 2012 Location: Sheffield Posts: 134 Thanks given: 24 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts iTrader: (3)	Cheers both, will look into a couple of axle stands.

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Flipt Urban Parkour Monkey Car: 2009 CTR GT, Milano Red Join Date: 29th May 2012 Location: Peterborough, UK Posts: 366 Thanks given: 50 Thanked 34 Times in 32 Posts iTrader: (6)	The sprayed look is fantastic and I will definitely go for this look. I am still surprised even with masking the paint didn't work through to the pad or disc. I'm a noob too so if you can explain more that would be awesome