your opinion please

[sammiboo]

i was looking at my alloys the other day and i have noticed the drums are looking abit rusty.

i am thinking of painting them this summer just wanted your opinion on whether i should paint.

i am also thinking of painting them silver, but would be open to any other colour suggestions.

See sig below for colour of car

cheers guys
sammi
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[arc]

dont paint them, unless you're going to paint them black. ive never understood why people want to paint drum brakes so that they show through the wheel..its a drum brake.. it sucks


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[Nuova500]

agreed, paint em black or not at all

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[wimmy]

I made the mistake of painting mine red. Do as above and do your drums black but do your front callipers in any colour you wish

 

[custard]

ditto

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[JonnyBoy]

Once I've sprayed and fitted my alloys, I'm going to paint my front calipers red and my rear drums black.

I've been reliably informed by a few guys on puntoforum that smooth-finish Hammerite is spot on for painting brakes as it's heat resistant, rust resistant and costs about a fiver for a tin (and one tin = enough to do about 20 calipers - do your friends cars too!), rather than the £20 or so that "proper" caliper paint costs

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[Morty Mort]

Don't paint. They heat up to 800 degrees C and will eventually cause any paint to flicker. Use a wire-brush to remove most of the rust and let it stay that way.

Morten.


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[The Negotiator]

A guy at school did his drums on his Corsa (with 17" alloys!) with red paint and it has all flaked off and looks stupid! hehe!



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[JonnyBoy]

Originally posted by Morty Mort
Don't paint. They heat up to 800 degrees C and will eventually cause any paint to flicker.

800 degrees?!?! At that temperature your calipers would be glowing red anyway!

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[dave]

sammi get wheels powder coated

jonnyboy smoothrite hamerite works on brakes, but you need special brush cleaner for it, better to buy cheep paint brushes then chuck them after use

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[JonnyBoy]

Petrol dissolves Hammerite Smooth - I found that when I painted our rusty old mower with it then spilled petrol on the paint when I filled it's tank! [xx(]

But since I only ever buy cheapo nasty brishes anyway it doesn't matter!

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[wolfracepunto]

Actually- ive just done mine 2day. Painted the front calipers silver and the drums in black using smooth hammerite. Il post some pics up 2moro

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[sammiboo]

cool i would be interested to see them[8D]

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[wolfracepunto]

here are those pics

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[TidyBoy]

imo i recon either black or silver on the rear drums aint gona matter..

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[sammiboo]

well i thought silver was quite neutral, but i dont think everyone agrees, coz i didnt want them to stand out like being red a blue or summit!

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[TidyBoy]

lol guess so. but think silver all round would be good. when i eventualy do mine think i will do the front and back the same color.

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[bravo_owd_chap]

painted drums and calipers orange (sad i know) on my bravo to match the car got the paint from folia tec

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[sammiboo]

have you got any pics you could post up kev please

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[freakyfiat]

paint the drums black, tou dont want it to stand out to much. a boy at uni has got imitation discs on the back which look drilled and grooved, looks quite smart but the fronts are just standard solids, looks out of balance.