Recondition brembo calipers
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Funnily enough I've been doing just this today.
There's lots of options.
You can do them yourself, or send them away.
I think the company to get them done is called "bigg red", google it. They do an OEM style plastic hard coat, which is the best.
If you do them yourself, then you just paint them. There are two sorts of high temperature paint, epoxy, and straight gloopy. The epoxy stuff is marginally better because it goes hard, where the gloopy stuff, never really does, until the calipers get properly hot.
I think some people also get their calipers powder coated (yellow pages), after they've cleaned them, but you have to be much more careful about masking them up.
I am led to believe that the expoxy stuff is available in halfords, but I've never seen it. The name to remember is "foliatec". I don't know if this is the same type of two part paint that is highly toxic, but I steer clear of it for this reason. The straight goopy stuff isn't too pleasant either, but brushes clean up fine in cellulose thinners. The straigh goopy stuff is available in halfords under their own name.
Preparation is key, the calipers want to be completely free of grime and grease, and there are a range of solvents available. I just use meths.
People do leave their calipers on the car, and paint them, but I always find my brakes sieze up after a year or two anyhow, so I do the whole thing and strip the calipers, wire brush them back, and use new seals.
Obviously if you take the calipers off, then you'll need to be prepared to bleed the brakes when you put them back on.
There's lots of options.
You can do them yourself, or send them away.
I think the company to get them done is called "bigg red", google it. They do an OEM style plastic hard coat, which is the best.
If you do them yourself, then you just paint them. There are two sorts of high temperature paint, epoxy, and straight gloopy. The epoxy stuff is marginally better because it goes hard, where the gloopy stuff, never really does, until the calipers get properly hot.
I think some people also get their calipers powder coated (yellow pages), after they've cleaned them, but you have to be much more careful about masking them up.
I am led to believe that the expoxy stuff is available in halfords, but I've never seen it. The name to remember is "foliatec". I don't know if this is the same type of two part paint that is highly toxic, but I steer clear of it for this reason. The straight goopy stuff isn't too pleasant either, but brushes clean up fine in cellulose thinners. The straigh goopy stuff is available in halfords under their own name.
Preparation is key, the calipers want to be completely free of grime and grease, and there are a range of solvents available. I just use meths.
People do leave their calipers on the car, and paint them, but I always find my brakes sieze up after a year or two anyhow, so I do the whole thing and strip the calipers, wire brush them back, and use new seals.
Obviously if you take the calipers off, then you'll need to be prepared to bleed the brakes when you put them back on.
Edited by dilbert on Saturday 26th April 20:31
There's a good guide which was posted on seatcupra.net here: http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=122617
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