Painting Brake Calipers?

June 19, 2004

Been playin with the idea.. another one of those tasks on the 'to do' list...

What colour?.. should i bother? how long will it last? Will it look tacky?

June 19, 2004

mines were painted silver by previous owner, look pretty good but you gotta clean em now and again

June 19, 2004

saw a silver gen 7 otherday with blue ones looked real naff to me. silver or color of the motor please.

June 19, 2004

saw a silver gen 7 otherday with blue ones looked real naff to me. silver or color of the motor please.

Would that blue have suited this?

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Or should i stick with silver as well...?

June 19, 2004

thats up to you mate ,you can always paint em again if you dont like the look. :thumbsup:crackin motor by the way, :drool:

June 19, 2004

thats up to you mate ,you can always paint em again if you dont like the look. :thumbsup:crackin motor by the way,

too tru.. i could always changed my mind.. or just to confuse people.. i might paint one side silver.. and the other side blue.. and then decide.. :lol:

and thanks for the compliment mate.. :thumbsup:

June 19, 2004

Make it a poll.......

Get photoshopping and display a couple of colourschemes.

(personally, I'd go Silver.)

Rich

June 19, 2004

Make it a poll.......
Get photoshopping and display a couple of colourschemes.
(personally, I'd go Silver.)
Rich

that would require a side shot of my car.. and i aint got one.. :lol:

Good Idea though... :thumbsup:

June 19, 2004

if i send you my motor boro sera can you photoshop my calipers red for me ????

please?

June 19, 2004

Here's an old thread which shows the difference on a red 2....

THREAD

June 19, 2004

if i send you my motor boro sera can you photoshop my calipers red for me ????
please?

Go for it! I'll give it a go.

Rich

June 19, 2004

Here's an old thread which shows the difference on a red 2....
THREAD

you flashy toe rag... :D .. you car looked the business...

Where can i get a toyota caliper sticker from??? :rolleyes:

And those rims... :drool:

where are they now?

June 19, 2004

the car is with a member who posts more infrequently the a british rail train, it lives 2 mins from where the reading meet is held...

The rims were racing sparco crimsonetta's, they anodised section is available in other colours such as blue, purple etc....

Caliper stickers best bet is steve although any decent graphics place can knock you up some toyota logo declas, I found that the word toyota fitted at the back but only the logo at the front :)

then had to buy another two stickers sets for my tin lid, matt black finish helmet, with silver vent at the front and toyota written in silver up each side :D

June 19, 2004

cheers for the info mate.. and fingers crossed.. you will have a new Toy' to play with soon.. :yes:

June 19, 2004

possibly sooner than you think :)

June 19, 2004

If your going out of a can I'd go with silver Fizz. I used to have a rover in a very similar colour to your MR2. I did the calipers in blue and silver. Looked ok but the blue never matched. On my rolla I've done them red (looks cool on a black car and matches G6R badges) but that's my opinion. Make sure if your going to do them yourself to prep them well. I cleaned mine up with a steel brush attachement on my dremel. The Toyota garage managed to chip two of them quite badly when one of my calipers ceased (not from the paint I might add) but I've recently re-done them.

If you've got the time/money, take them off get them cleaned up properly and then sprayed, maybe even body coloured?!

Joe

June 19, 2004

Too Tru Joe.. need to clean em properly.. and prepare them... what my mechanic mate told me..

So i am gonna get him to help me.. :P

With regards to time and monies.. i i dont have much time.. and have even less monies.. :lol:

June 19, 2004

just buy a can of hammerite smooth from any good home store like homebase or B&Q, one small can is plenty and not to much prep needed, i just got a wire brush and brushed the calipers dfown and one small'ish pot is more than enough, takes so little time to do its crazy :)

Hammerite smooth also has a load of colours and effects to choose from

June 19, 2004

just buy a can of hammerite smooth from any good home store like homebase or B&Q, one small can is plenty and not to much prep needed, i just got a wire brush and brushed the calipers dfown and one small'ish pot is more than enough, takes so little time to do its crazy :)
Hammerite smooth also has a load of colours and effects to choose from

cool.. nice one.. i think im gonna stick with silver most likely

keep it lookin clean... :thumbsup:

June 20, 2004

been there, done that! :P ;) :thumbsup:

June 20, 2004

been there, done that! :P ;)

Speak in English woman!... :rolleyes:

Done what to whom? :lol: :ph34r: