brakes painted red

[michaelb]

Hi All

I would like to paint my brakes (visible through my alloys) in red.

Has any one done it and where would one buy the right paint?

Regards,
Michaelb

[gmogle]

Got mine from Halfrauds.

Its called Brake Caliper paint, there were 3 colours if I remember, silver, black or red.

Tips:
Allow a week for your car to be off the road while this is being done.
Jack the car up, remove wheel, make sure you use a wire brush and remove as much of the dust from the calipers where you are painting. I had a caliper kit from halfrauds (left from another project but thats a different story so I only used the cleaning solvent.) that had some solvent you put on first which helps break down the dirt first. Give yourself at least 15 to 30 mins cleaning the caliper with the brush. After brushing leave the car for about 30 mins and then its funtime.....painting !!

paint the caliper once, then go over it again, leave it overnight plus a day then put the wheel back on and move to the next wheel. You\'d be suprised how long it takes for this stuff to dry !!

It took me about a week but the results are great.
Cant beat red calipers on a black car !!!



Should look good on a white one too.

Gareth

[Ada7]

I did mine useing Hamerite. Red and white for the writing. Needed 2 coats for the red with a slight sanding between them to get rid of some of the runs. Then i carefully did the Mazda logo in white. Thought this would need 2 coats as well but looks fine after just the 1.

Adam

[Gerry M]

enamel paint works well as it sets harder with heat from brakes

[michaelb]

Hi

Many thanks for the picture.  That is a very clean looking car. My car is white so it will looks just as good I hope.
Did it really take a week to dry?  What am I going to do with out the car for a week…

Regards,
Michaelb

Got mine from Halfrauds.

Its called Brake Caliper paint, there were 3 colours if I remember, silver, black or red.

Tips:
Allow a week for your car to be off the road while this is being done.
Jack the car up, remove wheel, make sure you use a wire brush and remove as much of the dust from the calipers where you are painting. I had a caliper kit from halfrauds (left from another project but thats a different story so I only used the cleaning solvent.) that had some solvent you put on first which helps break down the dirt first. Give yourself at least 15 to 30 mins cleaning the caliper with the brush. After brushing leave the car for about 30 mins and then its funtime.....painting !!

paint the caliper once, then go over it again, leave it overnight plus a day then put the wheel back on and move to the next wheel. You\'d be suprised how long it takes for this stuff to dry !!

It took me about a week but the results are great.
Cant beat red calipers on a black car !!!



Should look good on a white one too.

Gareth

[michaelb]

Hi

Where do you get the enamel paint from, does it dry quicker ?

Regards,
Michaelb

enamel paint works well as it sets harder with heat from brakes

[michaelb]

Hi Adam

I like that.....Did yours took a long time to dry too ?

Where did you buy Hamerite from ?

Regards,
Michaelb

I did mine useing Hamerite. Red and white for the writing. Needed 2 coats for the red with a slight sanding between them to get rid of some of the runs. Then i carefully did the Mazda logo in white. Thought this would need 2 coats as well but looks fine after just the 1.

Adam

[peterwolds]

gave mine 2 undercoats of grey after wire brushing - 15 minutes dry - then the gold,left about 2 hours to dry final coat,worth watching you put tyres back on same wheel they came off could have directional tyres on.whilst wheels off waiting for paint to dry worth cleaning inner of alloys and spraying them with anti brake dust
Pete

[RobbieRX-7]

paint the shields behind the disk and the disk hubs

[Ada7]

Hi Adam

I like that.....Did yours took a long time to dry too ?

Where did you buy Hamerite from ?

Regards,
Michaelb

Thanks mate. Hamerite did take a while to dry so did it over 2 days. You could speed it up a bit by taking the car out for a drive and getting some heat in to the calipers to cure the paint but then you run the risk of getting dirt in the paint. The only bad point about using hamerite i found was that its very thick and when trying to do the small tricky bits you get small hair-like bits of paint which can get all over the place. I masked around the letters so as to not get the white on the red.
You can get Hamerite at any B&Q, Homebase... etc etc

Adam

[andyrose]

going to do mine this weekend but i\'m stuck on the colour
my cars red & i\'ve got gold ray\'s for wheels.
discs are plated brembo drilled & slotted
what colour calipers do you think is going to look good with the above combination?

[Ada7]

going to do mine this weekend but i\'m stuck on the colour
my cars red & i\'ve got gold ray\'s for wheels.
discs are plated brembo drilled & slotted
what colour calipers do you think is going to look good with the above combination?

Even with a red car i think you should go with red calipers. They just seem to look more sporty and functional somehow. But then thats just my oppinion

Adam

[andyrose]

yup, thinking about it your prob right.
gold would hide the calpiers more,
green (yea was thinking about it) along with the rear towing eye
white would never stay white
red it is then
ta muchly

[Donato]

I did mine in silver with the mazda in red (i have a red car) i thought it looked quite good.
I have a set of porsche big reds to go on when i get the money together for the disks, not sure what colour to make them, think they might have to stay red.

[michaelb]

Hi

Definiatly red !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  All the fastest cars seem to have them in red, it does look sporty and expensive..

Regards,
Michaelb

going to do mine this weekend but i\'m stuck on the colour
my cars red & i\'ve got gold ray\'s for wheels.
discs are plated brembo drilled & slotted
what colour calipers do you think is going to look good with the above combination?