Painted Calipers

[imported_admin]

Chris and Glenn spent most of today putting Jack up onto stilts and cleaning his arches ready to paint his calipers. *In between the showers they managed to get the front 2 done as well as cleaning all his wheels and removing his mud flaps *[smiley=2vrolijk_08.gif]

I think they look really good now and can't wait for Glenn to come back next week to do the rear two calipers as well as painting the arms to match *[smiley=tekst-toppie.gif].

See pics belows:-

http://www.evvo.co.uk/i/dubfamily/calipers1.jpg
http://www.evvo.co.uk/i/dubfamily/floatingjack.jpg

Charlie x

[Nico]

BLIMEY! you have balls using that crappy VW jack to lift your bug!

[imported_admin]

BLIMEY! you have balls using that crappy VW jack to lift your bug!

;D danger what danger i laugh in the face of danger young nico :)

[Shamrockez]

I normall use that jack too..... but then he's promptly shoved onto axel stands ;D

[Blue_Smoothie]

god, i must get round to doing mine - deffo decided on red now (cant afford the real red aka brembos for now!)

what was it u can use - hammerite?

[Shamrockez]

I used Hammerite on mine, but David (Bugboy) used something else, and his came up really nice!

[Doodlebug]

Why dont u do urs in blue Mr Anton? Go good with your bug then!

I had some Halfords (cough cough) brake caliper paint when i wanted to do Doodle, actually i may still have some, ill bring the pot with me on the weekend if i remember ok mate, its never even been opened! :D :D

[MrsEvvo]

used a wire brush to clean all the muck off - then some de-gunker to clean yet more muck off and then finished it off with a nice coating of Hammerite metal paint :)

[LuvBug]

god, i must get round to doing mine - deffo decided on red now (cant afford the real red aka brembos for now!)

what was it u can use - hammerite?

FORGET THE HAMMERITE!!! you wanna use Japlac signal red from B&Q its only 6 quid for a pot and it lasts ages!!

Also its a much better match to the Brembos when you go for them, its a glossy finish. *My bro swears by it and has had it on his cars for years without any colour fade

here is a pic, obvisously its not my car, but mine will hopefully be getting these calipers on soon.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/markryder/diverse/DSC01942copy.jpg

[Doodlebug]

They look sweeeet, i want to paint mine now! :D

[Blue_Smoothie]

jelpac signal red it is then :)

[Ali]

i wanna paint mine too!!!!!

[LuvBug]

;D if sooo many ppl want to paint their callipers do u think we should do a group buy on Japlac hahahah ;D

[Blue_Smoothie]

i am going to do mine this weekend :)

[Doodlebug]

i am going to do mine this weekend :)

LOL, me and Vic may well do Noodle's as well, as we may be fitting my 18s! :D

[MrsEvvo]

oooh we can have a caliper painting how to sticky now ;D

[Blue_Smoothie]

be busy this weekend what with fitting the bluevisions :)

[Vickie]

Lol - anyone like the sound of 'Club Caliper' ;D

[Doodlebug]

Just a tiny question on painting calipers, when you paint a caliper, do you have to leave the wheel off for it to dry out completely? And if so how long does the paint normally take to dry? :D

[Shamrockez]

Yes - unless u want paint on your alloys? ;)

We left Robbie's for 24hrs to be on the safe side.

[Doodlebug]

Yes - unless u want paint on your alloys? ;)

We left Robbie's for 24hrs to be on the safe side.

LOL, but ive only one jack, it will take an eternity to do all 4 :(

[Shamrockez]

lol, yeah that's the problem we had - except we had 2, so we did the fronts first, then the backs a couple weeks later.

[Shamrockez]

Does the Polo or Petal not have a jack? Any axel stands?

[shozzer1]

did all 4 of mine in half a day.

Halfords :-[ sell coloured caliper paint. Touch dry in 1 hour - a lot less in fact if i remember.

Its actually decent stuff. mines been on about a year and is still bright and shiney.

[imported_admin]

Just a tiny question on painting calipers, when you paint a caliper, do you have to leave the wheel off for it to dry out completely? And if so how long does the paint normally take to dry? :D

If you use the hammerite smooth you only need to wait till its rouch dry like we did before putting the wheel back on and moving on to the next one :)

Chris

[Doodlebug]

did all 4 of mine in half a day.

Halfords *:-[ *sell coloured caliper paint. Touch dry in 1 hour - a lot less in fact if i remember.

Its actually decent stuff. mines been on about a year and is still bright and shiney.

Well i may try this.

So first step is to use wire brush to get rid of the gunge, then some de-greaser then finally paint?

[bad_cab]

like the red calipers on a black car 8-),thinking of doing bads in gold or chrome ? pimp look brakes ;D what you think ?

[Shamrockez]

Well i may try this.

So first step is to use wire brush to get rid of the gunge, then some de-greaser then finally paint?

I used (carefully applied by toothbrush) brake cleaner - you can get it from halfords. I used hammerite on mine, and even tho it said 1hr to dry, it wasn't, and I wasn't going to get red all over my wheels! I think we actually put the wheels on after 4hrs, but didn't drive till 24hrs.

[Blue_Smoothie]

damn i cant leave my bug on stands overnite - that b+q stuff quick dry ? :)

[Shamrockez]

It doesn't need to be on stands overnight - I just didn't drive Robbie till the next day incase the heat of the calipers messed the paint up. The wheels went back on.

[shozzer1]

anyone know if you can paint this bit?
(not the brake disc, but the base of it that always looks a mess and rusts)?

if so what do you use for this, same sort of stuff as calipers?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/shozzer1/bb.jpg

[LuvBug]

anyone know if you can paint this bit?
(not the brake disc, but the base of it that always looks a mess and rusts)?

if so what do you use for this, same sort of stuff as calipers?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/shozzer1/bb.jpg


Yeah you can but make sure you get a wire brush to it first. Either do it black or OEM light grey. IMO done paint it teh colour of the calipers.

Im going to get mine done in Japlac, does anyone know where you can get VW signs to stick on the calipers after??

[Shamrockez]

I've seen the stickers on ebay.