Cheap brake caliper painting

[dieseluser07]

Just wondering how good the caliper painting services a lot of garages offer for around the 100 pound mark.

I understand it wont be a full strip down etc, but is it likely to last 2 years or so? My calipers are currently red from the factory so dont know if that will make the paint not take aswell??

[Evolved]

I’ve never even heard of the £100 brake caliper service!

As with everything, I guess you get what you pay for.

These guys have come up on my search: https://www.bcs-automotive.co.uk/

Also Godspeed, but they’ll be dearer again.

[197.]

I bought a tin of enamel paint for a fiver from ebay and spent around a day painting the calipers myself. The fronts are four pot brembos so imperfections will show up more than they would on a normal single piston caliper however they came out great, no paint brush marks at all.

If doing them yourself i'd wait till it gets warmer. They'll probably prep your calipers so that the new paint has a good surface to adhere to, you can always ask them how they'll prep the calipers which should give you a good indication of if they know what they're doing.

[dieseluser07]

Evolved said:

I’ve never even heard of the £100 brake caliper service!

As with everything, I guess you get what you pay for.

These guys have come up on my search: https://www.bcs-automotive.co.uk/

Also Godspeed, but they’ll be dearer again.

Its not exactly a 100 but around about that depending on garage.

[DoubleD]

Thats 2 hours max of work on them, so I guess it depends how bad they are to start with.

[dieseluser07]

DoubleD said:

Thats 2 hours max of work on them, so I guess it depends how bad they are to start with.

They are fine but obviously painted red and i want yellow.

[DoubleD]

Maybe give it a go yourself then.

[dieseluser07]

DoubleD said:

Maybe give it a go yourself then.

I dont want to do this tbh.

[HustleRussell]

Bigg red

[cardigankid]

Some time back a marque specialist offered to paint my calipers with heat resistant paint. It seemed rather expensive. What I did was to buy Hammerite Smooth Red paint along with the necessary primer. This was a Jaguar XK8 4.2S 2005. The R has painted Brembo calipers but the 8 has unpainted one’s. I jacked the car up, took the wheel off, brushed down all the suspension components with a copper wire brush, cleaned out the entire wheel well. Then I coated the calipers with the primer and left it to dry. Came back a few days later and gave it one good coat of Smooth Red. For good measure I then used Matt light grey on the hubs and silver on all of the exposed suspension components including the springs and dampers. Then replaced the wheel, renewing the copper grease first. It looked so great that I then did all four wheels. If I was technically more capable I would have stripped the calipers and probably renewed the pads as well, but sadly that sort of stuff is beyond me.

Looks superb, no problems, durable, and easy to clean. Hammerite is the ticket. It will last 10 years, never mind 2.

Edited by cardigankid on Monday 12th February 10:40

[dieseluser07]

cardigankid said:

Some time back a marque specialist offered to paint my calipers with heat resistant paint. It seemed rather expensive. What I did was to buy Hammerite Smooth Red paint along with the necessary primer. This was a Jaguar XK8 4.2S 2005. The R has painted Brembo calipers but the 8 has unpainted one’s. I jacked the car up, took the wheel off, brushed down all the suspension components with a copper wire brush, cleaned out the entire wheel well. Then I coated the calipers with the primer and left it to dry. Came back a few days later and gave it one good coat of Smooth Red. For good measure I then used Matt light grey on the hubs and silver on all of the exposed suspension components including the springs and dampers. Then replaced the wheel, renewing the copper grease first. It looked so great that I then did all four wheels. If I was technically more capable I would have stripped the calipers and probably renewed the pads as well, but sadly that sort of stuff is beyond me.

Looks superb, no problems, durable, and easy to clean. Hammerite is the ticket. It will last 10 years, never mind 2.

Edited by cardigankid on Monday 12th February 10:40

I really cant be arsed doing this personally, and also i have no tools at all such as axle stands, wheel nut removers or anything.

[PositronicRay]

dieseluser07 said:

They are fine but obviously painted red and i want yellow.

Not obvious to me.

[dieseluser07]

PositronicRay said:

dieseluser07 said:

They are fine but obviously painted red and i want yellow.

Not obvious to me.

Well i written it in the original post?

[PositronicRay]

dieseluser07 said:

PositronicRay said:

dieseluser07 said:

They are fine but obviously painted red and i want yellow.

Not obvious to me.

Well i written it in the original post?

No you didn't

[cardigankid]

dieseluser07 said:

cardigankid said:

Some time back a marque specialist offered to paint my calipers with heat resistant paint. It seemed rather expensive. What I did was to buy Hammerite Smooth Red paint along with the necessary primer. This was a Jaguar XK8 4.2S 2005. The R has painted Brembo calipers but the 8 has unpainted one’s. I jacked the car up, took the wheel off, brushed down all the suspension components with a copper wire brush, cleaned out the entire wheel well. Then I coated the calipers with the primer and left it to dry. Came back a few days later and gave it one good coat of Smooth Red. For good measure I then used Matt light grey on the hubs and silver on all of the exposed suspension components including the springs and dampers. Then replaced the wheel, renewing the copper grease first. It looked so great that I then did all four wheels. If I was technically more capable I would have stripped the calipers and probably renewed the pads as well, but sadly that sort of stuff is beyond me.

Looks superb, no problems, durable, and easy to clean. Hammerite is the ticket. It will last 10 years, never mind 2.

Edited by cardigankid on Monday 12th February 10:40

I really cant be arsed doing this personally, and also i have no tools at all such as axle stands, wheel nut removers or anything.

You either like doing this stuff or you don't. It doesn't take long, you only need the jack off the car a wheel brace and a couple of paintbrushes. Better pay the guys to do it for you I think. Incidentally Hammerite comes in yellow, white and blue, and you can also buy marque decals you can apply if you like. Personally I just like red calipers also if I clean the car they come up like new every time not a rusty gloryhole.