How to paint FTO brake calipers

[TopCat]

[quote="Ray_S"]Would I not need the same shade of blue as my car tho or else tghey wouldn't match?[/quote]

You could put up a pic of the car and set up a poll to get peoples opinion on what colour might suit?

[gary d]

Friend of mine had a Megane coupe a few years back, was cadbury's purple. He colour coded the brakes on this using UHT paint as an undercoat and then sprayed the calipers with the correct body colour over this then lacquered them. Finish held up well, he had the car for a further year after doing this. p.s. UHT paint can be got in your local motor factor or Halfrauds if you prefer.

[escu_calin]

Hello ; can you direct me to an online shop for exactly same red (termoresistent) caliper paint please?
And if any of you by chance had trouble with wiper arms paint (which mine look like bombed) do you know where i can also buy a satin black temperature resistant paint (like ones for engine parts touching) ?

Thanks !

[Dragonheart]

Dont bother with the termo paint, seriously, its a waste of money, I got ordinary external metal paint and it looks better and is much easier to put on instead of the spray tin, not as much masking, and much tidier and evener to apply.

[CJ]

A can of Hammerite Smooth will do the job nicely.

CJ

[Dragonheart]

Oh and for the wiper arms I just get ordinary spray paint from a motor factor, just standard matt black, also use it for the black plastic grill that is between the windscreen and the bonnet? That tends to fade a bit too sometimes.
Definately no need for heat resistant paint in the wiper arms!

[escu_calin]

[quote="Dragonheart"]Dont bother with the termo paint, seriously, its a waste of money, I got ordinary external metal paint and it looks better and is much easier to put on instead of the spray tin, not as much masking, and much tidier and evener to apply.[/quote]

yepp i will use spray for wipers arms and manual [ordinary red metal paint] on the brakes (no serious shops found yet paypal is dead in UK?)

[Bernard]

[quote="Dragonheart"]the black plastic grill that is between the windscreen and the bonnet?[/quote]

That'd be the scuttle panel Marty ;)

[Dragonheart]

[quote="escu_calin"] (no serious shops found yet paypal is dead in UK?)[/quote]

Dont know about the UK but it works fine here in Ireland.
Easier to get it in a homeware shop, for the metal paint anyway, or else what you spend on shipping will be nearly the price of the paint, and not worth it at all.

And thanks Bernard, I've never been able to pinpoint the name on that thing. :)

[scotty212uk]

Did you take the calipers off when you painted them or just left them on?

[Sebastian]

I've did them while on the car, but it's not hard to take them off.
It might take a bit long time wise but the job (both cleaning and painting ) will be more accurate .

BTW the cleaning of the callipers I'd say it's more important then the actual painting .

[goz_83]

Looks like it's time to finally use the caliper paint I bought 4 years ago from halfords for my BMW 318iSE. The FTO needs a paintin!

[Muad_dib77]

Looks like it's time to finally use the caliper paint I bought 4 years ago from halfords for my BMW 318iSE. The FTO needs a paintin!

Check that the paint is still good on something else before you start.
I've recently had a 2 year old can burst and go off while in storage.

[goz_83]

Will do :)