Brake Calipers
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Red ! Look great ! Get yourself a tin of smooth hamerite .
Hammerite smooth buddy. i would go for black personally. That or straight silver. Red can look cool on some cars dependant on the actual car and colour of paint but sometimes, it can chav the car up. Tricky decision, at the very least, if you dont like the colour just change it again.
Sterling Grey, red leather, 108's
Might look something like this:
Halfords brake paint as it stands high temp, dries quick and lasts for ages
Might look something like this:
Halfords brake paint as it stands high temp, dries quick and lasts for ages
Please do not paint them red mate. Please. Red looks good on hot hatches and evo s but not a BMW. If it had a Big Brake kit then red, Yes. Otherwise i think it just advertises the fact that you have not got a big brake kit. Black gloss or satin maybe to tidy them up? I maust be getting old.
I had painted my calipers on a previous car and I painted them a sort of royal blue. It looked quite smart IMO and wasn't as shouty as red or yellow, it was much more subtle but noticeably different. I used hammerite after being very careful with degreaser and a toothbrush to get the calipers back to a clean good surface.
If you aren't going to do it properly ie not take the calipers off, for gods' sake don't get the paint on the brake pad surface or the disc!! Just take it slow there is no rush.
If you aren't going to do it properly ie not take the calipers off, for gods' sake don't get the paint on the brake pad surface or the disc!! Just take it slow there is no rush.
peddy said:CJ, IMO you should paint the back of the brake pads to match... or just get the redstuff.
In fairness within days the back of the pads go black with dust and also in reference to st33ly's comment I shoudl make ti clear that actually I fitted bigger calipers than standard Zed.
Incorrect my learned friend.Lower said:
Halfords paint is actually only certified to 80 degrees centigrade!! With hammerite to just shy of 400 degrees centigrade.
With the majority of brake calipers being made of aluminium to keep weight down you are looking at a melting temp of 659(.7) degrees centigrade meaning your calipers aren't going to get quite that close to the heat otherwise you risk catastrophic failure. Unless you are running a very costly uprated brake set which would most likely be a chromium with a melting point of 1960 degrees C you'll suffer brake fade far before you get near the hot temp of the standard setup!
BlackOut said:
Don't halfords still sell any branded caliper paint? I was thinking savage or G2.
Hammerite smooth data sheet gives a temperature limit of 80 degrees C and specifies it should not be applied to equipment that exceeds 150 degrees C. Where does your info come from?
Whilst the calipers themselves don't get up to the sort of temperature you make reference to, the discs do and radiate large amounts of heat.
Trials of DBA4000 discs with Ferodo DS2500 pads on my previous honda S2000 with heat paint on track showed the discs achieveing in excess of 650 degrees for in excess of 5 minutes. That was plenty hot enough to burn off the powder coat which will happily withstand 250 degrees C
well it all came down to what was in the paint store (black,white, gold,silver.) so had to be silver think it looks good.will post as soon as I can get pictures,have to buy a new camera,can not upload to photobucket only phone in the uk it can not except.
and lost lead from camera.
Thanks for all your inputs.
Might go red thinking of yearly change so 2012 year of the red.
Lower said:
Ive never seen any other paint other than the rubbish that Ripspeed decided to stock on the shelf since they moved in. With reference to the paint temp I used the barbeque paint which is designed for 450 degrees.
The discs will heat up higher granted hence why generally they are cast iron of sorts (unless you have carbon ceramics
).To be be fair though even under spirited driving on road I doubt you'd hit those types of temps - would you..? I've never measured it but I can't see it.
Guess it depends if you want to track the car then
Ah, BBQ paint would have a higher heat rating.
I know of a few people who've burnt their powder coated calipers on the road. Depends how hard you drive and brake....
I had the same discs with the heat painted fitted for a week or two before i tracked the car and they didn't get anything like that hot. The 250 degree paint marker changed though so they are still going to get pretty hot.
But if you are going to track the car i'd personally not paint the calipers with anything.
But it's down to personal choice, as ever.
I know of a few people who've burnt their powder coated calipers on the road. Depends how hard you drive and brake....
I had the same discs with the heat painted fitted for a week or two before i tracked the car and they didn't get anything like that hot. The 250 degree paint marker changed though so they are still going to get pretty hot.
But if you are going to track the car i'd personally not paint the calipers with anything.
But it's down to personal choice, as ever.
I can see you have already chosen but I will add my thoughts anyhow. Silver definitely the best option. Cannot see why anyone would want the go bright red or yellow without branded calipers. Maybe a stretch at red with red car but still looks to chavvy in my opinion. Anyway, preparation, preparation, preparation. My first attempt is admittedly poor but still looks better than OEM rust :wink:
I like the subtle look. Blends in and gives understated lift to the appearance.
I like the subtle look. Blends in and gives understated lift to the appearance.
Red looks great on Porches etc, but to be frank, the Zed doesn't have attractive brake callipers.
I want to do mine for the summer - both my callipers and hubs are very oxidised and pitted - but will prob go with silver.
S
*EDIT* - Actually, seeing the above pic now, I quite like the red with the silver!
I want to do mine for the summer - both my callipers and hubs are very oxidised and pitted - but will prob go with silver.
S
*EDIT* - Actually, seeing the above pic now, I quite like the red with the silver!