brake caliper paint
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usually reserved for that go faster look on your Nova...I need to do something with my calipers as they have gone very scummy to the point they look sh1te.
so, pic in my profile of the car (azure blue) - what do you guys reckon on colour without it looking maxxed? thinking either a similar blue or a black?
so, pic in my profile of the car (azure blue) - what do you guys reckon on colour without it looking maxxed? thinking either a similar blue or a black?
Have seen red before on an Azure Elise which looked good.
The problem is unless you get them professionally sprayed they can look very, very sh1t indeed if you do it yourself with the Halfrauds caliper paint.
This has been done quite a few times before mate so check the archives which should have details of the options available.
Paint them yellow and tell everyone they are the new Lotus Carbon Ceramic discs which set you back £30K a set
The problem is unless you get them professionally sprayed they can look very, very sh1t indeed if you do it yourself with the Halfrauds caliper paint.
This has been done quite a few times before mate so check the archives which should have details of the options available.
Paint them yellow and tell everyone they are the new Lotus Carbon Ceramic discs which set you back £30K a set
TimW said:
Gold! its pretty easy to paint them.. scratch down - primer - scratch - primer -scratch- primer - paint colourx2-3 -leave for 24hrs in a warm dust free place. then laquer - laquer... just ruff dont follow these guidlines but its the time really.. which i have plenty of yay lol
have you done your mountain bike ones then?
I would rather pierce my foreskin with a blunt screwdriver than paint them gold Tim.
my dad was looking at gold with black calipers. no i havent done my mountain bike. was going to do my mountain bike in Cascade purple... or some flipy colour but quote was 500quid... and thats worth just a bit more than the bike. LOL not worth it. Schnozz.. aha we meet across here too...
I have just cleaned my wheels with a mild acid, which has done wonders.
It has also cleaned up the calipers really well too, just a thought. If you speak to a local valeter, they may have some acid for cleaning wheels, see if you can get a small amount, water it down a bit and use a sprayer and brush to clean to muck off.
Otherwise, I wouldn't do anything other than black myself.
Mark B
I have just cleaned my wheels with a mild acid, which has done wonders.
It has also cleaned up the calipers really well too, just a thought. If you speak to a local valeter, they may have some acid for cleaning wheels, see if you can get a small amount, water it down a bit and use a sprayer and brush to clean to muck off.
Otherwise, I wouldn't do anything other than black myself.
Mark B
I've just been on the lotus website and see that they do do official painted calipers
The parts number is ALS2J006F
They do Silver, red and blue, but also say any special colour so i'm guessing you can yellow with purple spots if you so desire.
I doubt you'd see much change from a few hundred quid. But at least it'll be an offical lotus job and look better than the other option of sitting in the car park at Halford's and having some Kev in a sup'd up Vectra looking over your shoulder going "ere i've painted mine init"
The parts number is ALS2J006F
They do Silver, red and blue, but also say any special colour so i'm guessing you can yellow with purple spots if you so desire.
I doubt you'd see much change from a few hundred quid. But at least it'll be an offical lotus job and look better than the other option of sitting in the car park at Halford's and having some Kev in a sup'd up Vectra looking over your shoulder going "ere i've painted mine init"
bassgurusi said:
I've just been on the lotus website and see that they do do official painted calipers
The parts number is ALS2J006F
They do Silver, red and blue, but also say any special colour so i'm guessing you can yellow with purple spots if you so desire.
I doubt you'd see much change from a few hundred quid. But at least it'll be an offical lotus job and look better than the other option of sitting in the car park at Halford's and having some Kev in a sup'd up Vectra looking over your shoulder going "ere i've painted mine init"
If they look anything like the calipers on the Exige 240R I'd keep my money in my pocket as they look like stevie wonder had painted them.
bassgurusi said:
But at least it'll be an offical lotus job and look better than the other option of sitting in the car park at Halford's and having some Kev in a sup'd up Vectra looking over your shoulder going "ere i've painted mine init"
I dont sit in Halfords carpark so I dont have that problem
Shnozz said:
But at least it'll be an offical lotus job and look better than the other option of sitting in the car park at Halford's and having some Kev in a sup'd up Vectra looking over your shoulder going "ere i've painted mine init"
I dont sit in Halfords carpark so I dont have that problem
No, you sit in Maccy D's which is next door
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