fat_boy

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been as though it was a nice day tday thought i would sort my calipers out as they were in bad shape
forgot to take 1 before shot but you will see what they looked like lol.
This is what you will need


so firstly i jacked up the car and removed the wheel,
then i began maskin up the arch making sure anyhing i didnt want red was covered lol




you can see in the last pic how bad the calipers looked.
once i was hapy everwhere was covered up i began sanding them off tryin toget most of the old paint off.



Once i was happy with the sanding i then wiped them clean with some paint prep wipes (get them from halfords etc)
and made sure they were dust free and dry ready for paint.

i added the paint in five or so thin coats



untill i was happy with all the parts being covered in equal(ish) amounts of paint lol



I then went and had a cuppa and bite to eat and let them dry for 45mins

Then came the tricky part in which i was lucky enough to have steady hands for lol
i sprayed the white paint into the lid and set to work on painting the "subaru" lettering lol no all you have to do is be paitient and take your time its not a race lol



so after 30 mins of deep breathing i had finished 1 caliper and was very pleased with how neat i actully was



i then went and had another cuppa and waited for them to dry but when i went out to them i thought they looked abit dull so poped out to get some heat resistant lacquar (cant spell) and gave them two coats 15 mins apart.
so back off 4 another cuppa and let them dry again.
when i went back to check them i removed the paper and masking tape to be left with these little beauties


wheels back on and these are the finished results




im really chuffed with how they turned out and i think its a well worth cause
hope you all like them and think you should all have a go to

JonMc

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Looks good, I just didn't have the patience or hand to paint the letters, so I bought stickers that where the right size

Luther

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That looks spot on mate.... good effort and defo looks better....

mit

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A nice set of red callipers look smart, good job!

Ian

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looking very smart there, think ill try that way when i re do mine

scoobyc

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i did it slightly different when i did mine.

I put some braided hoses on so i took the caliper fully off. Went over it real well with a drill untill it was bare metal. then painted it with a kit and high temp clear laquer.

however i used a sticker instead of painting the letters. It looks much cleaner and crisp. And its stood up to a few track days. Stickers are available on ebay for about a tenner. it seems cheap but will give a real good finish.

V5RLTD

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Thats my job for next weekend! How much was all the gear to do it? Not worried about a sticker, will paint the letters Top job by the way

Wilky_Boy

Great results mate. Will be giving this a go very shortly !

pcressie

thinking of doin the same to mine. Good thread

Midnight Runner

Tidies them up no end, nice one

beef-on-the-bone

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always looks good

farmerwrx

can you get that heat resistant paint in gold ?

wiley

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looks good, can you do mine please??...

wiley

Woody69

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I was thnking to do mine in gold

I know scoobyparts have the set in for £15

Scoobyparts Ltd BRAKE CALIPER LACQUER

fat_boy

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cheers mate think it was bout £20 with all the paints etc so well worth the £££

fat_boy

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if you can get them to me mate no probs

fat_boy

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only thing bout doing the calipers with the brush on paint is that it sometimes leaves brush marksas i found out on old car so decided to spray these and much better result imo (maybe i just cant use a brush lol)

V5RLTD

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I may try a small rubber roller on the letters seeing as they are raised?

fat_boy

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i was gonna try that but wasnt sure it would work so just tryed paintin them by hand and its not that hard just get a small brush and take yor time puttin a little bit of paint on at a time.
i went over it 2x cuz i put 2 thin layers on making it easir to paint hope this helps

wrxwill05

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hi guys, just found this thread and its something im planning on doing this summer!!! Is there anything in particular you need to mask up? is it ok to just paint the caliper like you have shown? does it not seize them or anything detrimental like that???

cheers guys!

Tomwrx

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looks a cracking job mate,

saloonwoody

done mine last weekend too ill get some pics up later .