Hey

[viperroom_112]

Hey is it possible to paint both drum brakes and calipers

with hamerite

[Nick SR]

It is, but do you really want to high light the fact that they are drums.

I wouldn't do, but it is fine to do so.

Nick

[Yaris SR Kid]

I did my calipers last night with hammerite, i didnt take wheel off so it was tricky but dam it looked good this morning. I may paint drum brakes black if i get bored lol

[Woody27]

Lol i bet that was hard! i'm gona take wheels off soon and do it as the hammerites just sittin in my room atm! Got other bits to do tomoz tho such as door Speakers (gona go buy rivet gun from halfrauds as maplins is being useless!)

[ssk2]

Yep should be!

I just did three of mine (the fourth one's wheel nut got mashed and I only just got it drilled off - thats really homo).

Not hard at all to just jack the car up and take the wheels off - it'll make for a better job in the end because you'll be able to see what you're doing! Also, it'll make it quicker to dry because more exposure?

Just do it in bits, and you'll be fine.

I've painted my drums and callipers in Satin Black, and they look alright. Doesn't really highlight the fact that I have drums because they now sort of disappear into the car, but if you look for them then they look quite nice :). Likewise with callipers - I was going for more of a reducing negative attention thing than attracting positive attention - i.e. whereas before they were all grey and caught your eye, now they fit in really well with the car.

For the drums I used spray on copper grease from Halfords - about £3 at the advise of another TOC member just a few days ago - to stop the wheel sticking to the drum! Just make sure you spray it on something else for a bit first otherwise it goes on a bit thick and one of my drums is somewhat orangy-black! I covered the screws whilst spraying, heh, probably not the best idea to grease the bolts that hold your wheel on!

Some pictures for you:

The unpainted calliper (with the mashed wheel nut) - just for comparison:

Painted (stealth) calliper:

Passenger side drum in the process of drying:

Passenger side drum complete!:

Drivers side drum (this is the one that came out slightly orange - more visible in RL):

[Woody27]

sweet! How many layers did you do for calipers? How long did it take for them to dry? I think i may have to get some black hammerite for drums now as calipers gona be red and was just gona leave drums but bit ugly n look better black :D O and does the grease go on over the spray to stop it sticking when you put back on then?

[ssk2]

Dude, you can have the rest of my black hammerite! I literally used a few teaspoons of the stuff (quantity wise!).

Watford isn't too far from Aylesbury heh. (On a side note, the A41 inbetween is a kickass road - you can do silly speeds there).

Just one layer for everything, and it took 2 hours to dry? I don't think it was completely dry, but it got to the point where it wasn't so sticky, and also I got tired of waiting :P.

Eh? My Hammerite is the paintbrush stuff, and the copper grease was spray on. So one coat of Hammerite and just a quick spray with the copper grease just before I put the wheel on, yep.

[Woody27]

Well yeah i drove to watford in driving lesson to do rounadabouts! Was a mission! O and yeah i live on that A41!!! :P But yeah may have to sort something out with that then sometime! Cheers mate wont buy some copper grease yet then as aint doing drums yet!

[alanbradley]

I really need to paint my rear callipers - they looks so tatty covered in rust <_<

A

[ssk2]

You have disc brakes all round?! Lucky basta'd :P hehehe.

[DaveSR]

Black looks quite good actually !

Well done for being different too ;) !

[Ryan1985]

I really need to paint my rear callipers - they looks so tatty covered in rust <_<

A

Easy now drum boy!

[alanbradley]

I really need to paint my rear callipers - they looks so tatty covered in rust <_<

A

Easy now drum boy!

Oops! Typo :!Removed!:

Rear drums - I need to paint my rear drums. Front callipers would look a bit tidier with a coat too tbh.

A

[viperroom_112]

Hey guys .... painted calipers and rear brake disc protector cover thingy with black hamerite :D !!!!!!!! looks the business !!!! ... also painted drum brakes !!! took ages tho ... especially using that annoying toyota jack !!!

[ssk2]

Take pictures :) !

Sounds awesome.

When you say rear brake disc protector cover thingy you mean the drum?!

[viperroom_112]

Take pictures :) !

Sounds awesome.

When you say rear brake disc protector cover thingy you mean the drum?!

nah i got confused hahah.... i meant the front brake disc cover protector and rear drum brake !!!!!!!! lol will do

[ssk2]

A lot of people aren't aware of the presence of DRUM brakes on their rear wheels! Hahaha

[earpl]

ha ha drums lol

[alanbradley]

A lot of people aren't aware of the presence of DRUM brakes on their rear wheels! Hahaha

Perfectly aware, just crap at writing a coherent post in my case! :D

QED

A

Cheers Earpl!

[Yaris SR Kid]

how much you think Mr T would charge to fit discs on the back.....i need to stop quicker!

[ssk2]

Get the grooved disc rotor things for your front and some braided brakelines, and some better pads!

Then, if you have any money left, get discs fitted :P.

[viperroom_112]

alot hahaha :P

[Yaris SR Kid]

Yeah "alot" is all Mr T seems to say really!

Good idea! Will Mr T have better pads or go to some auto shop?

Not hijacking the thread at all!

[ssk2]

Envy Performance has Green Stuff pads I think which people on here use.

Link at top of page.

[Woody27]

Na they all use endless and green for rear discs (less important) If you want better braking on any yaris, first things are upgraded lines and brake fluid, upgraded pads to endless and upgraded discs to 3G ones! The braking is front bias (65% front 35% rear kinda stuff (at a guess)) so you dont want to fit rear discs first as wont be noticed half as much as less money spent elsewher!