Brake Caliper Paint Colours

[GK]

Hi all,

Wanting to paint the callipers sometime and wondering what colour. I'm leaning towards red. Just saw a close up of the Tickford 17's that JC sold a little while ago, and I thought the red looked really good.

Red will go well with the Sparkling Burgandy wagon but what about the Congo Green Sedan?

Pics for reference!
Wagon



Sedan




Cheers,

GK

[AU2PWR]

blue george , like whooshas , Paint the cALIPERS bLUe and teh Hubs Silver , would look Mint IMO

Cheers
Daniel

[GK]

Originally Posted by SR_AU

blue george , like whooshas , Paint the cALIPERS bLUe and teh Hubs Silver , would look Mint IMO

Cheers
Daniel

You can come over and help me do it young fella! We'll paint your grille black whilst we're at it! LOL!

Still want the red though, especially for the wagon. Perhaps blue for the sedan, but JC's in red looked really nice!

GK

[HOTC2R]

That better not be my grill that is getting painted black..!!!

[Pinkbits]

I was only allowed to paint Tracey's calipers black with silver hubs, i wanted to do red or blue, but as it is her car, well you know............
But i did get away with painting the Festiva's calipers blue.

[b2tf]

I did mine black to match the body colour, and will then do the Herrod logos in silver to highlight them a bit.

I reckon on sparkling burgundy, go a silver or black, bright red would look weird next to the colour of the car.

[melbzetec]

Black, silver or the body colour. On both cars. Red will look awful against the burgundy. Matching the body colour would look very smick.

[Whoosha]

ooh ooh make em blue :thebirds: well red if you have to

[GK]

Does anyone have pics of red calipers with a red car?

Perhaps black then, as they are currently the stock silver and don't stand out much!

Maybe someone will post some pics that help me make up my mind! LOL!

Cheers,

GK

[JC]

How about sparkling burgundy brakes on the congo car, and congo brakes on the burgundy car? Personally, I reckon the Ford blue colour I used on the wagon looks heaps better than the red on the XR8. Blue goes with everything. BTW - I only used the $3 export paint from supercheap/bunnings, and it is still there from when I applied it 3 years ago. You do NOT need to buy the $15 cans of calliper paint.

[GK]

Originally Posted by JC

How about sparkling burgundy brakes on the congo car, and congo brakes on the burgundy car? Personally, I reckon the Ford blue colour I used on the wagon looks heaps better than the red on the XR8. Blue goes with everything. BTW - I only used the $3 export paint from supercheap/bunnings, and it is still there from when I applied it 3 years ago. You do NOT need to buy the $15 cans of calliper paint.

I just bought this 2 days ago, having it in mind for the rusted parts of the SR rda rotors. Whilst they're off, I could do a number on the calipers too!



JC, can you post me a pic of the sedan and Wagon caliper pics please?

BTW, if blue goes with everything, why should blue and green never be seen? How does the rest of that saying go? LOL! Without something or other in between or something or other?

So many colours, so many choices! LOL!

Here's a good write up of the procedure and some good shots of red on red, bright red car though, not darker Sparkling Burgandy! Not sure I like the blue though!

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showpos...08&postcount=1

GK

[Whoosha]

sorry Gk can only find blue on blue red on silver and a red on white cars heres a couple for you


IMO both the red or blue will look fine on most cars

[GK]

Thanks for the pics Whoosha!

GK

[ronwest]

Silver hub/gold caliper...





sorry George, don't have a close up of car colour and contrasting caliper.

I originally had mine red and it looked a bit daggy against the maroon...

[Whoosha]

thats a nice look to ronwest

[ronwest]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

thats a nice look to ronwest

thanks mate... got the idea from someone's (forget who) pic in these forums.

I thought that it would look a bit lairy but imo looks good on darker cars.

[Pinkbits]

Love that front bar!

[kenz]

I did my hubs and calipers in silver and the locators in black. Mine is a congo green aswell

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by JC

BTW - I only used the $3 export paint from supercheap/bunnings, and it is still there from when I applied it 3 years ago. You do NOT need to buy the $15 cans of calliper paint.

Kinda disagree JC, I used the cheap stuff too and it came off within a week. I used VHT paint with 3 coats, then purposely hosed it to see if it would come off - not a bit. Looks perfect.

Each to their own though.

[ronwest]

Originally Posted by b2tf

Kinda disagree JC, I used the cheap stuff too and it came off within a week. I used VHT paint with 3 coats, then purposely hosed it to see if it would come off - not a bit. Looks perfect.

Each to their own though.

I also use "Import" paint on hubs and calipers and have had no issues with it.

I just took a pic of a disc that was painted in Feb '06 and was replaced in Nov '06.

I realise that calipers get hotter but the "Import" paint was fine on them as well.

I only repainted them because I'd fitted new hubs and rotors.

Not sure why you had trouble?

[Duffman]

Hay GK with having two AU's which one is the practice car like which one gets the mods tested on it first?

[GK]

Originally Posted by Duffman

Hay GK with having two AU's which one is the practice car like which one gets the mods tested on it first?

Not really, but the sedan is my car so it gets the more sports oriented mods first. The wagon is behind in three main departments.
1. It isn't lowered (much to the dismay of some here! LOL!)
2. It doesn't have the Redback 2.5 sports exhaust (will next time though)
and
3. It hasn't got the leather steering wheel.

Apart from that, they've both got the chrome surround mod, tinted windows, rda/dba rotor upgrade, K&N filters, flashlube UCL kit and Tickford snorkels.

The only thing the wagon has over the sedan is the 6 stacker unit, but I hope to get my Sony MP3 deck installed soon.

I find it good having two cars from the same model range, you use the same oil and filters and get a thorough understanding of the issues associated with your vehicles.

It works for me!

GK

[JC]

Originally Posted by b2tf

Kinda disagree JC, I used the cheap stuff too and it came off within a week. I used VHT paint with 3 coats, then purposely hosed it to see if it would come off - not a bit. Looks perfect.

That's poor preparation, not the fault of the paint. Even the best paint in the world won't stick if the surface is dusty/greasy/rusty etc. The second lot probably stuck because the first lot peeled off taking all the loose crap with it.

[BFD83]

what u guys think what color would suit mine best? im thinking silver as silver and black go pretty well together hehe

[chief]

On black go with silver rotors and black calipers.

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by kenz

I did my hubs and calipers in silver and the locators in black. Mine is a congo green aswell

I like this look ... that came up well.

If i did mine ... it'd either black ... or maybe EGAS green (as in rocker cover green colour).

[kenz]

Also this is what I used to clean up the calipers and hubs etc. I just had them at home but im pretty sure they are only like $5 or something from the hardware and just whack it in a drill and away you go. Much much easier, quicker and more thorough than a wire brush etc.

[GK]

Very true Kenz,

I grabbed a few of those from my brother-in-law's shed this afternoon, ready for another go with the calipers and rotors to be derusted on the SR tomorrow (hopefully).

It took me ages with the wire brush last time! LOL!

GK

[GlennBA]

Originally Posted by GK

Does anyone have pics of red calipers with a red car?

Perhaps black then, as they are currently the stock silver and don't stand out much!

Maybe someone will post some pics that help me make up my mind! LOL!

Cheers,

GK

Heres an older pic that shows them the best..


And a newer pic, shows they're pretty subtle.

[HOTC2R]

Originally Posted by GK

Does anyone have pics of red calipers with a red car?
Perhaps black then, as they are currently the stock silver and don't stand out much!
Maybe someone will post some pics that help me make up my mind! LOL!
Cheers,
GK

Here is some of the missus car. Candy Apple Red / Anodized Red calipers and silver hubs on sparkling burgundy car.