My first mod!

[hornetrider]

Will be... painted calipers!

I've seen the rotors, dust shields and calipers can get rusty over time so I'm doing some preventative maintenance this weekend. So... will be painting the rotors and shields black.. and have red for the calipers if I'm feeling brave!

Pics will follow.

[MX-5 Lazza]

hornetrider said:

will be painting the rotors and shields black..

I don't need to make the obvious comment do I?

[hornetrider]

Well I quite fancy black discs for that carbon look

[MX-5 Lazza]

[skinny]

don't paint your discs if you want to take it onto track or bed in new pads. it will melt and fly off all over your nicely painted calipers

[MixxyMatosis]

Fail

[hornetrider]

Bit of a ballache, took two hours to do one wheel. So... I've only done one so far as I only started after the GP

Will do the rest during the week, til then I'm gonna look a little 'odd'!

[JFReturns]

Lets see soem pics then of your masterpiece

[hornetrider]

Badda bing. Car is a bit mucky today after a rainy commute.

[MX-5 Lazza]

I changed all 4 brake pads yesterday and while I was in there I cleaned & repainted by callipers. Well, Ok, I repainted them badly (again) but once the wheels are on they look good

[hornetrider]

How the fk did you manage that?! It took me two hours for that one wheel from 4 til 6, then it was World Cup Final time

I found the caliper painting quite fiddly and it required more than one coat (but I didn't wait for it to dry between coats). I did paint the rotors and dust shields as well mind.

[MX-5 Lazza]

It's easy to do it quickly when you aren't worried about doing a good job
Probably took me about 2 hours to do the lot including fitting the pads and cleaning up the ABS sensors (which didn't work - looks like I have a duff sensor )

[JFReturns]

Nice job!

[hornetrider]

Cheers! Got both rears done tonight, weather permitting the last one tomorrow. It's looking pretty good

[hornetrider]

looks pretty good I reckon!

[JFReturns]

The calipers look good! Shame they are on a mk3 though

[raf_gti]

How are the calipers holding up?

Looking good

[DannyGi11]

Fancy doing mine? Exactly the same, it'll be dead easy seeing as you know how.

[hornetrider]

raf_gti said:

How are the calipers holding up?

Looking good

Not a mark on them, amazingly.

DannyGi11 said:

Fancy doing mine? Exactly the same, it'll be dead easy seeing as you know how.

Er, no!

[trace1967]

I want my calipers red too.
Seeing as I have an S-LTD