Not to everyone's taste...

[Worcester_spoon]

... but to mine, which I guess is what matters

Calipers blue, hubs black, looks great. O/S today, N/S tomorrow.

 

[Taz]

looks ok to me

 

[Paulj100]

The blue brake callipers look good on a silver Z




Paul

 

[A1GSS]

Me too.

 

[Worcester_spoon]

Thanks guys. Dead easy job as well.

 

[si-forks]

Looks good I like it

 

[EdButler]

Snap! Same as mine - looks great!

 

[Swiftly]

Very nice and welcome to the club Blue callipers are the future

 

[stevo///m3]

I'm on for doing this work as well - sold on the blue calipers. Can I ask what paint was used by you both - I'm guessing a Hammerite from Halfords but wouldn't mind checking with you guys.
Is there any special prep involved other than masking stuff off? I'd like to do mine in situ.
Cheers
Stevo

 

[Worcester_spoon]

I just bought some caliper paint (I painted rather than sprayed the calipers) and some high heat spray paint for the hubs. I had a wire brush attachment for me drill which helped and applied a liberal socking of brake cleaner before painting and that was about it. Much easier than I thought it would be. Just need time.

 

[Swiftly]

I too also painted the calipers with a brush. I wanted deep blue calipers similar to the colour BMW use. I opted for this paint http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/171161321331?nav=SEARCH

 

[jakblade]

from me too..

 

[Swiftly]

Never seen so many blue painted callipers, blue is now starting to look a tad common

 

[Ant]

I'm going do my calipers orange in a week or so

for painting the hub is it as simple as covering the disc/caliper and spray away then?

 

[Swiftly]

I'm going do my calipers orange in a week or so

for painting the hub is it as simple as covering the disc/caliper and spray away then?

I found it easier to paint my hubs with a brush using smooth silver hammerite paint than using a spray can.

 

[GaryT]

 

[Worcester_spoon]

I'm going do my calipers orange in a week or so

for painting the hub is it as simple as covering the disc/caliper and spray away then?

Yep, worked for me.