Repairing Paint to Calipers
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darquinn2006
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Got up early this morning and went about repairing the calipers
The had gone real nasty looking more pink than red
I followed the instructions given but instead of sandpaper i used some zero grade wire wool which worked a treat got in to all the nooks and crannys easily
I left the pads in just taped up everything very well
I gave each caliper 7coats of lacquer going over it with a heat gun each time
Really pleased with the results
Top Thread lads much appreciated =D>
The had gone real nasty looking more pink than red
I followed the instructions given but instead of sandpaper i used some zero grade wire wool which worked a treat got in to all the nooks and crannys easily
I left the pads in just taped up everything very well
I gave each caliper 7coats of lacquer going over it with a heat gun each time
Really pleased with the results
Top Thread lads much appreciated =D>
sovietspybob
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I need to re-do mine from scratch too i think, the paints chipped off in places and the Brembo logo is worn off in one place.
I think these are the right stickers http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....9740925&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_941wt_939 but it's worth checking before you buy!
I just need to find the right colour paint to touch up the chips in mine now :xconfused:
I think these are the right stickers http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....9740925&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_941wt_939 but it's worth checking before you buy!
I just need to find the right colour paint to touch up the chips in mine now :xconfused:
darquinn2006
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I just got mine in a local motor factors shop maybe you should have a look
Its not expensive i think i paid €10 a can
The brand i used was Wurth it seems to be good stuff
Hope this helps you mate
Its not expensive i think i paid €10 a can
The brand i used was Wurth it seems to be good stuff
Hope this helps you mate
Just did mine. very happy with the shine & color, but not too happy with the surface..it's not 100% smooth, I guess there was still some left from the autoglym engine cleaner stuff on the calipers even tho I tried to clean it off.. well, nevermind, the lacquer is only good for 288°c so it will probably wear off at the next trackday anyway.
I don't think you bought the right lacquer mate as the stuff i used was very smooth when applied,
did you wet sand the caliper first because the prep is the most important part of the refurb and
if it's not done correctly it will not look as good at the end.
did you wet sand the caliper first because the prep is the most important part of the refurb and
if it's not done correctly it will not look as good at the end.
It was the only high temp lacquer available here. the brand was VHT. And yeah, I did sand it etc. looked very smooth & nice but colorless when done with the prep. I used some random cleaner instead of the autoglym on the other caliper and that side ended up looking much better than the other side.garytc78 said:
edit: what lacquer did you use? do you have a product code?
Right, ive got my paint, laquer and decals sorted, so im gonna give this a go once ive got a day spare and the weather....
Im thinking it might be a better idea to take the calipers off, and blast them up properly and really get em clean, should do a better job.....
My mate at work said you don't have to bleed the whole system as such, you just need to clamp the hoses and only a tiny bit will trickle out? Is this true? If it's not hard ill take em off.........
Im thinking it might be a better idea to take the calipers off, and blast them up properly and really get em clean, should do a better job.....
My mate at work said you don't have to bleed the whole system as such, you just need to clamp the hoses and only a tiny bit will trickle out? Is this true? If it's not hard ill take em off.........
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You still need to bleed them, all that will do is stop you loosing you fluid.
Make sure you block the threads up. I got some plugs so the fluid didn't leak out when I was painting. They are 1/8" BSP thread.
A wire brush and a few grades of wet and dry will do.
Make sure you block the threads up. I got some plugs so the fluid didn't leak out when I was painting. They are 1/8" BSP thread.
A wire brush and a few grades of wet and dry will do.
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Did one of mine the other day following the instructions on here and turned out pretty well for a quick (bodged) job i did!
My calipairs were in pretty bad shape, brembo logo half worn off, lots of chips and pretty much pink and matt.
Sanded down with some wet n dry 1000, applied new brembo decals and touched up the chips with some paint i got off fleabay which was almost the right colour... (LP3G - was a slightly deeper red than the rest of the caliper) but it was close enough.
Sprayed the whole thing in 4 coats of 'HIGH TEMPERATURE CLEAR LACQUER ' again off fleabay and it turned out pretty well almost in-spite of myself :shock: :lol:
It makes it stand out 10x more so than before with it being all red and shiny (opposed to pink and matte) so can't wait for good enough weather to do the passenger side one now!
My calipairs were in pretty bad shape, brembo logo half worn off, lots of chips and pretty much pink and matt.
Sanded down with some wet n dry 1000, applied new brembo decals and touched up the chips with some paint i got off fleabay which was almost the right colour... (LP3G - was a slightly deeper red than the rest of the caliper) but it was close enough.
Sprayed the whole thing in 4 coats of 'HIGH TEMPERATURE CLEAR LACQUER ' again off fleabay and it turned out pretty well almost in-spite of myself :shock: :lol:
It makes it stand out 10x more so than before with it being all red and shiny (opposed to pink and matte) so can't wait for good enough weather to do the passenger side one now!
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Just bought some VHT red paint and lacquer along with some new decals. Will be attempting this weekend and ill post up the results