What Colour are your Calipers

[Tricky33]

I'm looking at painting the calipers on the sax but not quite sure what colour to go for....

Please post some pics of your to give me some ideas

I was thinking yellow to match the badges, heres some pics

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc266/RICHIED86/SAXO/019.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc266/RICHIED86/SAXO/020.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc266/RICHIED86/SAXO/021.jpg

Thanks

[Mr_Willy]

yea id go for a yellow or a red, what paint you use hammerite? and is any sanding required etc?

[Tricky33]

Was planning on just using caliper paint, Clean the calipers properly with some white spirit and apply, Not sure whether thats the right way or not but thats what i've always done !

[Noddy]

I've got mine yellow, I cleaned the calipers as part of a normal wash and then painted them with hammerite. Sod caliper paint, hammerite is cheaper and does exactly the same thing.

[Tricky33]

I've got mine yellow, I cleaned the calipers as part of a normal wash and then painted them with hammerite. Sod caliper paint, hammerite is cheaper and does exactly the same thing.

Any pics ... ?

[Mr_Willy]

do you have to get heat resistant hammerite? or is it all heat resistant?

[Spanky]

Here is a picture of mine
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/Saxo_89/Photo109.jpg

Although i dont think the green would go with your car, tbh if i had a silver car they would go either red, black or yellow to match the badges :y:

[Tricky33]

Here is a picture of mine
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn166/Saxo_89/Photo109.jpg

Although i dont think the green would go with your car, tbh if i had a silver car they would go either red, black or yellow to match the badges :y:

Did you use hammerite or caliper paint or other ..?

[Spanky]

Did you use hammerite or caliper paint or other ..?

i used Foilatec Caliper Paint from Halfords.

Comes with a cleaner and the colour and then a hardner.

I just used a old aerosol top to mix it in, just put the amount of paint in you need and then a pea sized drop of hardner and mix up.

Do both sides at the same time, liek both front wheels then both back as with the hardner the paint goes very sticky quickly.

Was dry in 10mins though then i applied another coat, been on for about 3 months now, one wipe with a sponge and they look brand new again :)

[VTRacer]

i would say yellow to match ur badges mate if u were to paint them

[Anthony]

Hey sorry for off topic but how low is your saxo Tricky33?

[evans1089]

Black and red theme, so red calipers for me :y:

[Mikol]

Mmmm ;)

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c300/AvP_Mich/PC270002s.jpg

To be honest, on 3 stud, my brakes are nothing to shout about :p

But seriously, those luminous ones look awesome. Reminds me of a guy on 106oc with glow-in-the-dark calipers, which sound tacky but are pretty cool to look at once you've charged them up.

[infinitym4ge]

silly question is there a way to shine up he disk? sometimes thats the let down.

[LSOfreak]

ive got pretty much same car as you but mines mk1. mine are standard rusty calipers painted with silver hammerite. hard as fook to keep clean tho

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh210/rodzd126/DSC013489.jpg

[666]

mine will be silver tomoro on silver vtr, use normal hammerite, i did the calipers on my evo with it and on many ocations had the discs red hot and the hammerite still looked like new 1.5 years later when i sold it

[Tricky33]

So, Silver, Red or Yellow ... ?

[Prickle]

Yellow :y:

EDIT: mine are painted black lol, as they get dirty anyway

[VTEC-Saxo]

agreed with john :)

[mufcdouble]

do you have to laqour them after paint

[krissyneillie1]

ummm hammerite black, they ain't brembos at the end of the day lol

[L20VTS]

VTS's are yellow to match the S badges, 1.4s are stealthy silver

[Mr_Willy]

i would paint my calipers but ive got vtr alloys on atm, and its not worth it as you can barely see them. need some multi spokes or vts alloys, to make it worth the while.

[LSOfreak]

ye i'd do them yellow tbh, they'd go nicely with your badge

[Tricky33]

ye i'd do them yellow tbh, they'd go nicely with your badge


Just to through something into the mix, I was think about painting some interior panels in white, just to brake up the see of black so, What about doing the calipers white... ?

[Karl]

You know white would be an arse to make look good, every five minutes cleaning your brake callipers.

[Tricky33]

You know white would be an arse to make look good, every five minutes cleaning your brake callipers.

Yeah I know that deep down, But would it be worth it... :P

[Mark_Jordan]

my cars blue and i sprayed my interior blue so i did the calipers blue as well, just use halfords caliper paint, worked well, cnant remember how much it was as i robbed it but it cant be much lol

[LSOfreak]

the old pot of hammerite will do (much cheaper)

mine are silver and they dont even look painted anymore. ther more of a dark grey. so if you had white they wont stay white for long at all

[Tricky33]

the old pot of hammerite will do (much cheaper)

mine are silver and they dont even look painted anymore. ther more of a dark grey. so if you had white they wont stay white for long at all

Well its more of an excuse to clean it more !

[PETE-VTR]

mine are illuminus orangeeee;)

[sexysaxogirl]

mine are green can u see them lol

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn104/sexysaxogirl/Untitled-1copwwy.jpg

[AlexB]

mine are black

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/sk8r_95_2007/IMG_0972-1.jpg

[Tricky33]

mine are black

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa153/sk8r_95_2007/IMG_0972-1.jpg


Thats just rude ;)

[Yates]

mine are black, not keen on diff painted calipers, i did have mine yellow but went off idea, blacks much better

[AlexB]

Thats just rude ;)

i had to whore them out though
fave thing on the car

mine are black, not keen on diff painted calipers, i did have mine yellow but went off idea, blacks much better

blacks allways good

[badasssaxo]

Dirty metal lol

[BullockXR]

mine r red. thats how the previous owner painted them lol.

[The_Notorious_C_A_T]

black as well:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/catlow/Car%20Stuff/My%20Cars/106%20GTI/WIP/IMG00300.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y283/catlow/Car%20Stuff/My%20Cars/106%20GTI/WIP/IMG00301.jpg

no need to paint them a flashy colour