brakes painted red

[michaelb]

Hi

I thinks silver is nice too, send us a photo...

Regards,
Michaelb

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 Adam

Many thanks for the practical advice, I guess a trip to B&Q is in order !!!!

I will post a photo when it\'s done ...

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

[Donato]

this is the best one i can find, its not close up but you get the idea..  

[michaelb]

Thanks for the photo !!!!!

That look pretty good and it goes with your alloys nicely

I have colour coded alloys ( white ) so I think red may go beter then silver

Regards,
Michaelb

this is the best one i can find, its not close up but you get the idea..  

[michaelb]

Hi Pete

Thanks for pointing out the issue re the tyres back on the right weels...
That is a thought !!

Regards,
Michaelb

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

[michaelb]

Hi All

I have painted my calipers red.  I went to B&Q got the paint and spent absolute hrs taking wheels off, rubbing with sand paper, painting…
No one told me it was such a hard work.  lol I am nacked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some how the front ones look better and smother, maybe there is a lot more flat surface or I am paying the price for this: I could not take the back wheels off (tight screws) so I did it thru the alloys but it looks OK.
I will do a second coat another day

I will post a photo….

Thanks for all the advice

Regards,
Michaelb

[peterwolds]

Hi Pete

Thanks for pointing out the issue re the tyres back on the right weels...
That is a thought !!

Regards,
Michaelb

Michael - i learned the hard way surprising how the handling changed  :Hammer
Pete

[GeckoGareth]

Hi All

I have painted my alloys red....
I will post a photo….

Thanks for all the advice

Regards,
Michaelb

Red Alloys  :rolleyes:

This I\'ve got to see

cheers

G

[michaelb]

Hi

I meant to say calipers,  I have edited my post...

Regards,
Michaelb

see...this is what the 4 hr manual job did to me .....

Red Alloys  :rolleyes:

This I\'ve got to see

cheers

G