brake caliper paint
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marcfair

Original Poster:

204 posts

284 months

Thursday 13th May 2004
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anyone recommend a brake caliper paint to use on my calipers and the centre part of the disc where the silver coating has come off ( elise s2 02 plate)

cheers

UH-Matt

2,173 posts

264 months

Thursday 13th May 2004
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Hammerite.

marcfair

Original Poster:

204 posts

284 months

Friday 14th May 2004
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do hammerite do a high temp paint? or will the standard stuff be ok

i'm guessing the standard stuff will be ok on the disc and the HT paint on the actual calipers

cuzza

2,042 posts

277 months

Friday 14th May 2004
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You're going to paint the centre of your disks silver??

If you need to, I'd suggest using heat resistsant paint for both applications as the hub will get pretty hot too if you're giving it some. Best way to do the calipers is to take them off (leaving the hose attached) and piant hem all over - gives the piant les chance to peel. There's a thread about this on here somewhere.

shnozz

30,203 posts

295 months

Friday 14th May 2004
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alright international playboy

cuzza

2,042 posts

277 months

Friday 14th May 2004
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shnozz said:
alright international playboy


marcfair

Original Poster:

204 posts

284 months

Friday 14th May 2004
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whats so funny about that???
they were silver until the naff coating lotus put on the discs has flaked off

UH-Matt

2,173 posts

264 months

Saturday 15th May 2004
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Id just do the calipers, and ive used hammerite before without any problems.

NJS25

446 posts

273 months

Saturday 15th May 2004
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cuzza said:


Ooh, Don't you dress smart

Arno

349 posts

302 months

Sunday 16th May 2004
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marcfair said:
they were silver until the naff coating lotus put on the discs has flaked off


Did you, by any chance, use one of these 'wheel cleaner' products??

These are often so agressive that it strips the paint off the disc centre.

Bye, Arno.

marcfair

Original Poster:

204 posts

284 months

Monday 17th May 2004
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previous owner must have used these wheel cleaners
.......nasty stuff.....agree it doesn't do your wheels etc anygood
wheel cleaner recked my alloys on the other car

Peter Calver

15 posts

264 months

Friday 21st May 2004
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Halfrauds do brake caliper paint.