Hi guys, was thinking of painting my brake calipers. Is their a good and bad way to do it. Do i have to take the caliper off ? and is their a special kind of paint used, forgive my niavitey, im a newbie,

Many Thanks, Tommy

Welcome mate,

You dont have to take them off, just mask off the disc around them to stop you going over.

And High temp resistant paint is best, Hammerite is good.

Stav

Hello matey, its a very easy job to do and does tidy up the calipers, I and many other members have used hammerite smooth finish paint which does a good job, When i did mine i left the calipers on the car which made it easier to do as you dont have to support them in another way and lets you put the wheels back on once you've painted them so they can dry!
Just make sure you give them a good rub off with a fine wire brush or sand paper before you start to paint, I also used a brake cleaner to make sure they were nice and clean, Then i put a set of the Lexus caliper decals on, which are available from the LOC shop if you want a set

Welcome.

I'm still thinking of doing mine.
If you want to practice on mine first, just give me a call........

Ian

Thanks alot Stav, goin to give it a bash mate, wish me luck

Thanks for the sound advise mate, going to give it a try, think me has da bug

Bad move on your part me thinks

Here you go matey just found this for you CLICK ME!! Tells you how to do it?

Its easy iv done mine twice now

Thanks alot mate, this looks idiot proof, should do me just fine

Thats like a brain surgeon "saying it's easy, i do it every day", without telling you how too do it.

Yeh mine could do with re-painting really. It's a case of getting round to it!

And what colour?

Its a good walkthrough that one, A lot of us havn't done the drum, just the calipers but when i do mine again i'll be doing the drums aswell to tidy them up

24 Lexus Caliper Decal sets for sale here!

My is200 is Sapphire Blue, is red the only way to go ?

Aye, think i'll do drum aswell, makes it look alot tidier, do you think red is the only colour to use on a Sapphire blue ?

Yeh red does look good on the blue but there's a lot of choice in colour combinations? i've also seen blue cars with yellow, blue, gold, black for a few idea's

Mine are blue with silver decals on Royal saphire.





Damn need to get those wheels done soon.

Red or Black would be my choice

S**t, bit of dilema now, blue looks good mate.

Match the car so don't stand out too much but it's all down to personal preference.

Blue = The Toffee's ?

indeedy

Yeh, can't decide between repainting mine blue again, or red.


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We back on this Wozza.
Didn't paint them blue because of that it's because I wanted them to tie in with colour of the car but blue is the far superior colour

how long will hammerite last compared to a brake paint with a hardener? can it stick the heat ok?

cheers

Many members have used Hammerite smooth on their calipers, including me.
Seems fine so faron mine.... (about 4 months)

I have heard nothing but good reports for longevity as well as looking good.

Here here, done mine in April with Hammerite no probs even after an 8 hour drive back from Cornwall recently.

cool, will be doing mine red on dark green car. should look ok

my calipers were done with smooth hammerite about 18months ago and have had no probs

done my last cars calipers and lasted about 3 years, but they just faded a bit paint didnt flake. just remember to sand the caliper before painting

I've got a tin of red Hammerite smooth that I'm planning to use on my brake callipers.

you may need 2 or 3 coats of paint and dont put your paint on to thick

looks nice! would love to paint mine also, thought about red but not sure how it would look with the blue car.

My IS200 Sport has had Hammerite smooth red calipers for over four years now...still good, and the decals..

How many coats did you put on ?

Red is the way forward!

3 thin coats of red plus a couple of coats of clear laquer over the decals.

I've done two of these caliper jobs now and Hammerite smooth is the daddy but preparation is the key , if its rusty underneath its gonna show and look nasty , do it with a wire brush tthen a finer wire brush and get into all those nooks and crannies , if you have a local Partco or parts place that supplies the trade go to them and buy a aerosol can of brake cleaner and befor painting spray liberally with that , it will evaporate in seconds and leave you with a no dust , no oil base then whack the paint on , I laid coat after coat as soon as the first one was tacky and I masked nothing , all done with a brush and if you lay it on you should get a powder coated sort of finish .
Regards
Paul.