Caliper Painting

[Andy-R]

Just wondering if anyone has used Hammerite paint on there calipers recently, i'm going to paint mine as soon as the weather gets better and i've got a tin of direct to rust blue smooth which I used for tarting up my daughters slide, i've seen some older posts some saying it's good and some saying not so good so just wanted to know if anyones done it recently and if it's ok, also ordered some caliper stickers in silver which should look the dogs dangles with the blue paint. Cheers guys.

[sparkystav]

Yeah hammerite should be spot of with the brakes,

But give it a good scrub with a wire brush and some de greaser beforehand,

Stav

[Andy-R]

Cheers Stav, will make sure there spotless 1st, nice one.

[Lexus2D]

Im wanting 2 do mine but not sure if i should do same as b4 or go black with silver decalls

[DJ Wozza]

am torn between Silver Black or Red

[waynejordan02]

got mine black with white carbon decals on used hammerite came out a treat used hammerite smooth on 3 other cars and never had any problems but as stav said make sure you clean and rub down.

[Andy-R]

Cheers guys, doing mine blue to match the bodywork and silver because I think that will go best with the blue. But whatever colour you choose it'll still look tasty

[sparkystav]

I've got mine in Red but thats so they stand out with the Supra badge on them ;)

Stav

[WylieCoyote]

I think red looks a bit 'chavvish', but that's only my opinion. I think a dark colour or just silver looks best - it then looks good but doesn't distract you from the rest of the car but does strike the right note when you see them. Mine are black with white logo.

Hammerite smooth direct to rust will be fine. I cleaned mine with a touch of wet and dry paper and some white spirit first - just to get the gunk off.

[TigerFish]

I've got mine black with the chrome logos. Looks quite discreet.

[Parthiban]

I think red looks a bit 'chavvish', but that's only my opinion. I think a dark colour or just silver looks best - it then looks good but doesn't distract you from the rest of the car but does strike the right note when you see them.

Yep that's why I went with black too, makes them look tidy with standing out too much........

[WylieCoyote]

I think red looks a bit 'chavvish', but that's only my opinion. I think a dark colour or just silver looks best - it then looks good but doesn't distract you from the rest of the car but does strike the right note when you see them.

Yep that's why I went with black too, makes them look tidy with standing out too much........

Mine are idential to yours mate. They look really good done like that I think

[Lexus2D]

I think red looks a bit 'chavvish', but that's only my opinion. I think a dark colour or just silver looks best - it then looks good but doesn't distract you from the rest of the car but does strike the right note when you see them.

Yep that's why I went with black too, makes them look tidy with standing out too much........

Mine are idential to yours mate. They look really good done like that I think

This is what i was thinkin with LOC 1`s been silver but still carnt find a pic

I had them the opposite on my old 1

[waynejordan02]

I think red looks a bit 'chavvish', but that's only my opinion. I think a dark colour or just silver looks best - it then looks good but doesn't distract you from the rest of the car but does strike the right note when you see them.

Yep that's why I went with black too, makes them look tidy with standing out too much........

Mine are idential to yours mate. They look really good done like that I think

This is what i was thinkin with LOC 1`s been silver but still carnt find a pic

I had them the opposite on my old 1

looks like mine although mine have a curved lexus badge that goes with th curve of the caliper

[Lexus2D]

Did mine @ the weekend as weather wasnt 2 bad

Gone 4 inbetween Silver & Black used hammerite Smooth Dark Grey

Just w8tin 4 my decals 2 finish them off :winky:

[84Stoney]

well, mine are blue.

[LennyLexus]

currently got black & chrome, but its getting tatty after 5 years.

I'm gonna get calipers taken off, and do a proper job this time. Thinking yellow (to go with TRD ARBs and my Konis) or I might go red, with white decals (brembo stylee).

PS Hammerite works fine.

[Dego]

I painted mine with hamerite smooth blue. It looks well with the astral black. Got white decals of eBay and it turned out to be a real easy job. I found that two normal coats and then a thinned down coat to get a smoother finish worked well. Its a little thick to get a smooth top coat without thinning a little. And remember the calipers can never be too clean before painting! There's no point painting onto brake dust. I added a few photos to my album but I dont know how to post images into a thread yet, sorry.

[Matt Hillyard]

I was thinking of beong really outragous and going for Yellow with black decals.......

I like the looks of them on this but didnt know if it would look a bit silly...otherwise was thinking red or possible a bronzy colour.....has anyone painted their calipers white before??

here are a few pics of what i was thinking ??

Yellow

Bronzy,

[Lexus2D]

I 2 like yellow on Lotus but wasnt sure on Lexus

[Matt Hillyard]

See im the same im not sure if it would look a bit.....WOW.....so there are the brakes then!!! lol....

I think it looks pretty smart thought just not sure on mine as its granite sky with the dark grey multi spoke alloys so will really stand out behind the wheels.....