General how easy is it to paint calipers?

[Bugie]

i bought paint of that guy on ebay for £10... and its brilliant..
I did 3 coats. did them about 8 months ago, and they still look perfect..

Sand the drum and calipers well.. I used a bit of petrol on a rag to clean them after sanding.. then paint.. easy as that..

Honestly, youd have to be a real tit to mess it up, its thats easy

 

[Andy Monty]

i bought paint of that guy on ebay for £10... and its brilliant..
I did 3 coats. did them about 8 months ago, and they still look perfect..

Sand the drum and calipers well.. I used a bit of petrol on a rag to clean them after sanding.. then paint.. easy as that..

Honestly, youd have to be a real tit to mess it up, its thats easy

No petrol it leaves a deposit behind and runs the risk of killing your seals and contaminating you brake pads...... not to mention the fire and environmental risk...

 

[Venters]

Only thing I can add that I don't think has been mentioned is rather than trying to paint through the spokes take the alloy off for better unrestricted access.

 

[Andy Monty]

Only thing I can add that I don't think has been mentioned is rather than trying to paint through the spokes take the alloy off for better unrestricted access.

he'll have a job poking through the spokes he has steelies on at the moment.........

 

[Bugie]

No petrol it leaves a deposit behind and runs the risk of killing your seals and contaminating you brake pads...... not to mention the fire and environmental risk...

8 months on and not a problem



touch wood lol

 

[Venters]

he'll have a job poking through the spokes he has steelies on at the moment.........

Even more reason to take the wheels off to do it.

 

[Andy Monty]

8 months on and not a problem



touch wood lol

at least you got away with it petrol is carcinogenic too so not too skin friendly

(then again i use it to clean my bike chain...)

disc cleaner is about £12 for 5 ltrs so is prep wipe which is basicly the same and leaves nothing behind at all

 

[Mayatt]

wire brush + brake cleaner then about 4 coats of high heat reisitant paint (about £9) lasted on civic fine

i've seen people try to paint through spokes, they're either retarded or lazy or both

 

[Vimto Rolf]

thanks for all the replies i think ill be ok and should be able to do this realtively easily

 

[Bugie]

dude just make sure you take the wheels off as suggested.. Its takes about 5 minutes longer, but sure as hell beats cleaning paint off your rims

 

[manthatkidisscrewed]

lol agree'd...the paint doesn't come off the rims easily...my mate tried painting through the wheels and it was an EPIC FAIL...had half red half grey callipers lmfao

 

[Andy Monty]

lol agree'd...the paint doesn't come off the rims easily...my mate tried painting through the wheels and it was an EPIC FAIL...had half red half grey callipers lmfao

still better my mate did his corsa on a cool damp day rather than taking my advice about lots of thin coats and a blow heater to take teh chill off he blathered the calipers and drums with LOADS of paint then refitted the wheels..


next morning he went out in the car the paint was that thick it hadn't dried and had red paint all over his rear alloys as it had being flung off by centrifugal force

 

[beany_bot]

lol agree'd...the paint doesn't come off the rims easily...my mate tried painting through the wheels and it was an EPIC FAIL...had half red half grey callipers lmfao

still better my mate did his corsa on a cool damp day rather than taking my advice about lots of thin coats and a blow heater to take teh chill off he blathered the calipers and drums with LOADS of paint then refitted the wheels..


next morning he went out in the car the paint was that thick it hadn't dried and had red paint all over his rear alloys as it had being flung off by centrifugal force

some GREAT FAILS there!!

 

[Vimto Rolf]

ok cheers for all the replies i think ill be ok but wont do it just yet as my gp has to go in on a recall for the wiring loom apparently.

 

[Captain Mike]

ok cheers for all the replies i think ill be ok but wont do it just yet as my gp has to go in on a recall for the wiring loom apparently.

i dont think your bank account will be though after getting raped with a bill of £22 for paint

 

[Vimto Rolf]

i dont think your bank account will be though after getting raped with a bill of £22 for paint

my mas paying if needs be but with a recall as it was fiat that ****ed up i would expect it to be free.

edit: it goes in for the recall next thursday and their gonna sought out my headlining as well.

 

[Bugie]

one thing iv learned from driving a fiat is that they give you dam all for free lmao

 

[Mayatt]

headaches, stress i can think of a few

 

[loudpunto]

ok cheers for all the replies i think ill be ok but wont do it just yet as my gp has to go in on a recall for the wiring loom apparently.

where have you heard that? only one i have heard about is climate control which im guessing you dont have!

 

[Vimto Rolf]

where have you heard that? only one i have heard about is climate control which im guessing you dont have!

i got a letter from them.its the wiring loom for the heater apparently they have had some trouble with the heater cooking the cable and sending the ecu barmy.