Painting brake calipers.

[raf_gti]

The calipers on my '57 plate mx-5 have seen better days, I'm considering painting them to tidy up the appearance if the car, especially as they sit an an open style wheel.

If I paint them silver they will look suitably original, however I quite fancy going for red which could either fantastic or boy-racer tactic.

Shall I stick with the sensible colour or swap PH for max power?

[Conian]

i dont know what brakes are on your car, but if theyre multi-pot calipers then sure go red
if they're not, then dont! The only thing worse than red 1 pot brakes is red drum brakes!

[bimsb6]

www.biggred.co.uk/index.html

[shalmaneser]

Use high temperature caliper paint and paint them red! You know you want to, and if you paint them red they're basically Brembos.

[Dublte]

shalmaneser said:

Use high temperature caliper paint and paint them red! You know you want to, and if you paint them red they're basically Brembos.

So long as you rub them down well Hammerite Smooth works a treat with a little bit of patience and a steady hand.

[spyder dryver]

Why not treat yourself to some of these babies!

[DAVEVO9]

spyder dryver said:

Why not treat yourself to some of these babies!

Ha Ha Ha

Chav Fail!

[007 VXR]

Just had mine done

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[Neil_Sc]

For reasonable life use a zinc primer first, otherwise every inch of the caliper will be rusting within a year and the paint will start peeling off.

[g3org3y]

Not red or yellow, unless a proper BBK, looks 'try hard'.