vauxtillidie
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im plannin on paintin my calipers as they luk a bit borin behind my 17's, just wondered what paint to use, i know u can buy that foliatec caliper paint, what about heat resistant hamerite? ive got some of that in silver which is the colour of my car so i thought bout usin that, anyone know any reason why i shudnt?
info much appreciated
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Alan MacAulay
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I used normail Hammerite smooth finish on mine about a year ago, no problems so far.
What about red with a silver car??
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Brett
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red would look better than silver i reckon
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Red_SXi
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Yeah i used Hammerite smooth spray, Yellow on a red car, looks the nuts, but if i was going to do it again i'd get the tin of hammerite and brush it on
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vauxtillidie
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i havent thought of doin them a different colour to the car but now u come to mention it dus sound pretty good, anyone good with photoshop wanna shop this pic for me
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and-m
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I used matt black for my calipers...Hammerite High heat. Yellow calipers? 
Heres what mine look like...
Id suggest either silver or this matt black.
[Edited on 20-03-2003 by and-m]
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RickV6
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Halfords caliper paint is good comes in a few different colours its easy to put on and its only bout a tenner and there is enough to do all ya neighbours cars!
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and-m
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250mls of the Hammerite High Heat (600 oC) safe is £4 I think, how much is in the Halfrauds stuff?
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vauxtillidie
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wud this be ok to use on my drums too?
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and-m
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The hammerite stuff? Yeah no problems.
Your drums will probably be rusty, you need to take all the rust off with a wire brush attachment for a drill/emery cloth/hand wire brush beforehand then apply a few coats leaving each coat to dry.
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vauxtillidie
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cheers ill give it a try at the weekend
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leeshez
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i used some plasti cote from halfords in metalic green it looked the business. So have used the same in silver top job £5.99 a can. P.S my car is black 
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Demo
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dont use the foliatec paint cos its shite. i used one coat of it and it took about 36 hours to dry. i then went to halfords and bought a can of normal paint and gave them a good few coats with that. they have been like that for just over a year and they are still fine
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troublesome
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u2u sent
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Rob H
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quote:
Originally posted by Demo
dont use the foliatec paint cos its shite. i used one coat of it and it took about 36 hours to dry.
Did someone forget to use the hardner?
Personally ive used normal silver smooth finish hammerrite on my drums and calipers. Went for a country lane thrash a few days after it had been on, got back and had a walk round the car too see if it had melted off, and it was fine. Mind you i could feel the heat of the front and rear brakes from about a metre away and i'd got caugt up in slow moving traffic on the way home 
[Edited on 22-03-2003 by Rob H]
[Edited on 22-03-2003 by Rob H]
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vauxtillidie
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just finished paintin my calipers red, im not sure if i like em or not, thought id post a pic see wot u guys think
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Cybermonkey
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hmmm not bad. A bit to OTT for your smooth lookin corsa. Will look cool though when wheels are spinning.
Dave
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vauxtillidie
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im not too sure myself either, ive got some silver paint so it cud go either way, keep these or do em silver
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and-m
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They look a bit too loud, Id go for silver or matt black which I posted up there ^^ . Something a bit more subtle.
My 2p.
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keithSRi
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u taking the calipers and drums off to paint them? how long is it b4 the paint drys and u can use the brakes again?
iv got a carbic blue what colour u think i shud go?
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morty
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Ive got a carabic blue corsa gsi and ive just done my calipers this afternoon with hammeright and they look well nice done them a gold colour same as when they come out of the factory.
Darren M
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keithSRi
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u take them off to paint them?
[Edited on 22-03-2003 by keithSRi]
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vauxtillidie
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nah i didnt take em off to paint, its just as easy to do em whilst still on the car. im not sure how long they take to tottally dry i just waited till they were tacky which was bout 15mins or so but it was sunny today then i put the wheels bak on, i drove it bout an hour later with no probs
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morty
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I did the same mate but i put the front on axle stands both sides then i was able to get into every bit of the caliper the new hammeright takes 30 minutes for a touch dry and can be recovered before 1-3 hours.
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S21NMP
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I want to paint my calipers and rear drums in red, what do you think?
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