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Title: Break caliper colour
Post by: AliGTI on April 12, 2016, 05:09:17 pm: Evening all. Break calipers and now I think about it, the hubs could benefit from a wee colour refurb. To save extensive masking up do you think smooth red hamarite would be near enough the colour for the calipers and silver for the hubs. Do you think it would handle the temperatres of breaking and being cleaned by wheel cleaner?
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: white91 on April 12, 2016, 05:35:59 pm: I did mine that way, it's not gti red but you'd be hard pressed to notice

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Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: Spankiee on April 12, 2016, 05:38:26 pm: halfords do a a nice red BRAKE caliper paint that matches well. its good stuff.
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: AliGTI on April 12, 2016, 05:42:00 pm: Quote from: Spankiee on April 12, 2016, 05:38:26 pm
halfords do a a nice red BRAKE caliper paint that matches well. its good stuff.

Hiya. Is it a brush on paint do you know? I'm trying to avoid to much masking.
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: AliGTI on April 12, 2016, 05:42:51 pm: Quote from: white91 on April 12, 2016, 05:35:59 pm
I did mine that way, it's not gti red but you'd be hard pressed to notice

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Cool! How long ago did you do it ans does it seem to have lasted well?
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: Andy on April 12, 2016, 06:07:09 pm: Did mine with hammerite red and it lasted for ages
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: AJP on April 12, 2016, 06:18:37 pm: Quote from: maxitrol on April 12, 2016, 06:07:09 pm
Did mine with hammerite red and it lasted for ages
Yep, used Hammerite Smooth myself in the past, with success. Not sure how hot the calipers got though, it was an old barge Audi..!
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: AliGTI on April 12, 2016, 06:34:36 pm: Quote from: maxitrol on April 12, 2016, 06:07:09 pm
Did mine with hammerite red and it lasted for ages

Just had a look at your build thread. From what I can see the clipers look really good. Actually the whole thing looks good :)
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: r5gtt on April 12, 2016, 09:45:20 pm: Hammerite is top as I've been using this for years with calipers. mine are already red as I think they come this way.
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: Paradox1 on April 13, 2016, 12:01:22 pm: Hammerite is decent stuff. Used them on a few previous cars for the calipers. good stuff
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: AliGTI on April 13, 2016, 03:27:52 pm: Quote from: r5gtt on April 12, 2016, 09:45:20 pm
Hammerite is top as I've been using this for years with calipers. mine are already red as I think they come this way.

Mine came red too but they need a bit of tidy up and one is a bit sticky. Was going to get the car jacked up and take a day stripping the calipers and re pistoning them painting them along with the hubs.
Title: Re: Break caliper colour
Post by: r5gtt on April 13, 2016, 07:08:56 pm: Quote from: AliGTI on April 13, 2016, 03:27:52 pm
Quote from: r5gtt on April 12, 2016, 09:45:20 pm
Hammerite is top as I've been using this for years with calipers. mine are already red as I think they come this way.

Mine came red too but they need a bit of tidy up and one is a bit sticky. Was going to get the car jacked up and take a day stripping the calipers and re pistoning them painting them along with the hubs.
I see hope you get them sorted. I've tried to refit a piston in a tt caliper and in the end gave up as it was still leaking after replacing the piston. Need to repla e the rear left as that's sticking now. Good luck :happy2: