Painting Brake Calipers, which paint??

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Mr Windscreen
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Painting Brake Calipers, which paint??

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Looking to paint the calipers on my civic, do I use the proper caliper paint from halfords or can I use Hammerite??

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Depends what colour your using, Red hammerite is an arse to get to cover properley, ive used it on mine and I have the sneaking suspicion that after their first trackday and getting decently hot im going to have pink calipers. :-D Black should be fine, i would have thought.
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Pink calipers ???

Suits you sir !!!

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Try this stuff it comes in lots of different colors :D


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Post by 323ian »

Do not waste your time with anything you can do yourself.
Beleive me i have been there and done it!
Get it to a specialist like H Tech. Box them up and post them done to him and they will come back new.
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Chris does a fantastic job, well worth paying

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Not quite sure what that is meant to mean.
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I did mine myself :D
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You did a great job mate, i tried to follow your guide but did not have the same facilities and probably patience!
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Post by Stuart »

Ian

You'll work it out :)

If you don't I'll explain it at the next meet.

back to the topic in hand

I have neither the time or the skill to try something like this and therefore would always pay a pro to do the job for me.

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