painting Calipers

can someone tel me step by step what i need to do to paint them does it matter that they are a bit rusty?? and what colour should i do them on this car

halfords only have blue red and yellow what would be best

i went with hammerite smooth yellow got to coats on so far i think 3 well do it

the tin says to let it dry for 24hours has anyone els used this paint how long did you leave it

I did my calipers in bright red.. Let them dry for about 3 hours with no problems..

Just one word of caution though.. I'd be more careful trying to not paint your brake discs.

did mine today.

im i am impatient i waited about 40 mins for it to dry between posts...

how long you going to leave it b4 you drive it and are you going to do the drums

no drums painted look cack in my eyes and i left it about an hour before i drove it.

Did mine recently, and got some decals off a buddy and threw them on too, i'm delighted with them.i left them 24 hours too cos you don't want to risk them turning into sludge, i was extra cautious though cos i had to drive to Dublin (about 200 miles) the following day so they would have gotten pretty hot over that distance. fortunately they were still perfect when i got there

Drums should be done Black really
or a slight grey tinge

I just done mine with Halfords Metallic Black high temperature paint, and its a little brighter then i wanted
But its not too bad really

If you do them - get a nice smooth Black

Ziggy

my drums are red :s layer:

can you put some pics of them plz

ok so was not to sure about doing this but i fort how bad could it be and give it ago this is just one coat but im still not sure about it so can people tel me what they relly think

weird colour to put there :P

however it cant do any harm unless you didnt use high heat paint, if u smell burning smell one day then it might be that :P

Quiet tempted to spray mine after i clean it up
Mines a pretty nasty - needs a rub up and spray rust hole :lol:
did u just spray straight onto it?

Ziggy

did not use a spray paint just used the tin of hammerite smooth yellow that i had left over from the calipers hop it dont burn i like it now when you open up the bonnit it jumps out you but ya i did just paint right on to it and im now doing the drums