cleaning calipers

[donny lad]

well todays job is to get calipers ready for new discs, does anybody know of a good caliper paint for afterwards as the last one i used was made by hamerite and was crap

gunna use my new dremil thingy on them as i got a load of bits cheap

 

[J]

Shot blast them the powder coat them is the best way.

 

[donny lad]

ive tried the dremal lol i am looking into shot blasting now lol i used 5 tips and i got half a caliper clean lol

 

[scotty]

How do you shotblast them or do you have to have them done by a shotblaster?

 

[donny lad]

luckily the job im on at the min there is a shot blaster on site and they a cleaning gurders and sleeper rails so im gunna ask the on wednesday about blasting them.

 

[scotty]

So ware would you normaly go to have that done a steele yard or something like that?

 

[donny lad]

here is a company that chromes and collect and delivers.

http://www.rschrome.co.uk/index.html

 

[scotty]

Have you seen close up any of these cover brembo and the likes? are they any good or the stickers or de cals, i think there called.

 

[donny lad]

when i was buying that bravo turbo off ro at wakey he had done them his self but dont know how, they looked well smart

 

[scotty]

I will need to get them cleaned or replaced or something as im about to put new alloys,tyres,grooved drilled discs on just waitting on tyers comming.

it would look a bit silly if i left manky calippers on against shiney new discs and wheels i need that doing before i put them on.