Painted Calipers Advice Needed!!

[Pecojess]

Evening people, wanted your advice on painting my calipers. I have a dark blue Veccy (sorry cant remember the name!!) and would like to know:

A) what colour you think would suit the car best
B) what, if any, decals I should fit & colour
C)do you need to strip the caliper first?
D) where did you all get your paint from?

cheers fellas

[EURO G]

for a blue car red would probably stand out most, you would be safer getting high temperature paint as it will last longer for a good finish your probably better to strip down the calliper although you can just brush the paint when they not stripped you can buy the high temp paint from halfords or most motor factors for bout a tenner

[John35]

a) totally your choice

b) I chose "opel" as it was smaller. Try "udernine" on e-bay for both opel and vauxhall in a variety of colours.

c) no, just clean with a wire brush and a clean paint brush. Some have used a brake cleaner, I didn't.

d) You can buy a specialist paint but you can use hammerite in your chosen colour

[Pecojess]

Thanks guys, dont think I'll bother stripping it down then, been looking at foliatec paint, theyre supposed to be quite good aint they? Red calipers on blue car? could work.....

[glynn]

d) You can buy a specialist paint but you can use hammerite in your chosen colour[/quote]

hammerite smooth will be the best bet

[John35]

d) You can buy a specialist paint but you can use hammerite in your chosen colour

hammerite smooth will be the best bet[/quote]


yes, smooth is nice...........

[Pecojess]

Will that last as long as the specialist high temp paints? Guess its easy enough to repaint if it didnt turn out how I want it?

[Duncan]

Evening people, wanted your advice on painting my calipers. I have a dark blue Veccy (sorry cant remember the name!!) and would like to know:

A) what colour you think would suit the car best
B) what, if any, decals I should fit & colour
C)do you need to strip the caliper first?
D) where did you all get your paint from?

cheers fellas

A - Up to you really, but I did mine in blue on my Ultra Blue car (which is what yours sounds like)......



B - Up to you really.
C - No, no need to strip. As above, just a wire brush. I did use brake cleaner that came in the kit I bought.
D - Foliatec kit from Halfords. Comes with paint, hardener and can of brake cleaner.

[Pecojess]

cheers Duncan, the blue on your car looks good, off to buy the kit from halfords tomorrow, hopefully I'll get some nice weather to let em dry, can fit my irmscher number plate surrounds, interior light unit and new headlight bulbs whilst im waiting for it all to dry!!! Cant wait to get started

[FIL 4822]

a) totally your choice

b) I chose "opel" as it was smaller. Try "udernine" on e-bay for both opel and vauxhall in a variety of colours.



c) no, just clean with a wire brush and a clean paint brush. Some have used a brake cleaner, I didn't.



d) You can buy a specialist paint but you can use hammerite in your chosen colour

Just bought my 2nd set off this seller (Uber9 user name cost about £7.50) ready for the new car. They are 1st class quality and don't come off !Clean with a brake cleaner for better finish and durability.

d) You can buy a specialist paint but you can use hammerite in your chosen colour

hammerite smooth will be the best bet[/quote]

Hammerite can blister if you ain't careful. Halfords do some for about a tenner, but i always use the Foliatec. Costs more but it gives the best results.