Caliper Painting

[kris_t]

hi thinking of tarimg up my brake calipers isit a easy job to do neat?

[aztecbandit1]

Have a look HERE! matey :)

[Parthiban]

Yep not that hard, just take your time and it'll turn out fine :)

[Noel]

spend the time cleaning them and it'll last for ages

[DJ Wozza]

Pics of mine on this thread

[WylieCoyote]

The secret is in preparation. If you just put the paint on without doing anything it won't last long, but degrease and sandpaper the calipers properly and apply a couple of coats of good quality paint (Hammerite smooth) you'll get a finish that lasts for ages. It's very easy to do and totally worth it. Just don't do what I did when i did mine last year and forget to apply the handbrake when you jack it up. One enormous crash later, the car is resting on it's brake disc trapping the jack underneath it. Not pretty!

[DJ Wozza]

that shouldn't happen if you use 4 axle stands :winky:

[WylieCoyote]

that shouldn't happen if you use 4 axle stands :winky:

Haha, it shouldn't happen full stop if you know what you're doing. Unfortunately at that particular time, I didn't lol :iraqi-info-minister:

Yay, my 2000th post!

[Steviewevie]

This is one of the things that I'm thinking about before doing mine, i.e. the logistics of doing it. Should I just do one wheel at a time, jacking it up as necessary ? Or should I buy some axle stands and get all the wheels off at once ? Hmm ...

One extra complication is that I don't have a driveway, so will have to do it out the back of my house in a car park (which has more room than doing it in the road in the front).

[Parthiban]

Just don't do what I did when i did mine last year and forget to apply the handbrake when you jack it up. One enormous crash later, the car is resting on it's brake disc trapping the jack underneath it. Not pretty!

Don't you have an auto? How did that happen in Park? And how did you get the car back up again? :o

This is one of the things that I'm thinking about before doing mine, i.e. the logistics of doing it. Should I just do one wheel at a time, jacking it up as necessary ? Or should I buy some axle stands and get all the wheels off at once ? Hmm ...

One extra complication is that I don't have a driveway, so will have to do it out the back of my house in a car park (which has more room than doing it in the road in the front).

If you've got axle stands it's much easier, but I don't so did them one by one on the drive with the standard jack in the boot. Was a bit tiring but I did get a workout from taking the wheels on and off and all the jacking up and down

[WylieCoyote]

Just don't do what I did when i did mine last year and forget to apply the handbrake when you jack it up. One enormous crash later, the car is resting on it's brake disc trapping the jack underneath it. Not pretty!

Don't you have an auto? How did that happen in Park? And how did you get the car back up again? :o

Even in park there's a tiny bit of sway in the wheels - they're not locked completely still and it only needs to move a tiny amount to topple the jack. I got it up again by taking the jack out of the Corsa we have and jacking it up and retrieving the other one. Wasn't a great day that!

[sparkystav]

Why's this in the meets section?

[Steviewevie]

Why's this in the meets section?

Dunno, but maybe those of us with unpainted callipers could meet up and having a mass painting meeting and leave red Hammerite all over the place !

[kris_t]

my fault for posting in wrong place a was half asleep

yeah big meet lol

ill bring the paint brush

[Lexus2D]

what colour u guna go 4

[kris_t]

red with white stickers i think

any sugestions?

[Lexus2D]

The choice is endless what colour is your Lex i quite like Yellow with Black decals

Iv got mine Dark Grey with chrome

on my old i had Silver with Black

Red is very popular ;)

[kris_t]

red with same wheels as urs

[Lexus2D]

DOH i 4got lol

Mine

[kris_t]

lol its ok yeah look good

crazy discs

think im guna get some drilled and grooved for wen i paint

[Parthiban]

I think red on a red car would look pretty good, I wanted a more subtle look so went for black with silver lettering..........

[kris_t]

was thinking go crazy and go yellow but will proberly go with red

[Lexus2D]

lol its ok yeah look good

crazy discs

think im guna get some drilled and grooved for wen i paint

They`ve bin called all kinds lol mine r Rotor Disks

[Lexus2D]

was thinking go crazy and go yellow but will proberly go with red

Yellow do look good but not sure on a Red Lex

[kris_t]

yeah ur rite its going to be red going to pick up paints and stuff later and wait for a break in the rain