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damon80

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Painted Brake Calipers?
10. Apr 2011 at 00:09

After spending the day detailing the engine bay today (pics in gallery for anyone interested), I've bitten the car detailing bug again...

"Back in the day", when I had my Astra GSi, it was the in-thing to paint brake calipers. My Astra was Flame Red, and painted the calipers in bright-red VHT Paint.

I think... (as I duck for cover here...! Cheesy

) that my Omega - being Nocturno Blue - would look quite smart with red calipers.

But what's the general concensus - is that a Chav thing to do these days, and make my Omega look pants, or would it smarten it up? I'd also do the hub part of the disc in grey Hammerite.

What do you think folks? Thumbs Up!

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Lazydocker Omega King Offline Victim of Pinky's Power Trip! Posts: 11336 Woodbridge, Suffolk Gender: Drives: 2003 3.2 Elite Estate LPG Converted, inspected and Certified	Re: Painted Brake Calipers? Reply #1 - 10. Apr 2011 at 00:25 damon80 wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 00:09: What do you think folks? Honest answer is....... Not my cup of tea, but if you like the idea carry on
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damon80 Senior Member Offline Posts: 704 Wigan Drives: 2004 3.2V6 Manual	Re: Painted Brake Calipers? Reply #2 - 10. Apr 2011 at 01:14 Fair play - cheers fella It's just that with the CD-spec wheels, the calipers seem to be "on show" quite a bit, and let the side down a bit IMHO
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gstylebaby Omega Knight Offline Ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light Posts: 1118 stockport Gender: Drives: B16 HNK 3.0L Elite saloon + Essay 3.0L Mv6 estate	Re: Painted Brake Calipers? Reply #3 - 10. Apr 2011 at 03:11 Black or silver mate would not make it look chav at all but make it look nice and tidy.
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Re: Painted Brake Calipers?
Reply #4 - 10. Apr 2011 at 06:47

damon80 wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 00:09:

After spending the day detailing the engine bay today (pics in gallery for anyone interested), I've bitten the car detailing bug again...

"Back in the day", when I had my Astra GSi, it was the in-thing to paint brake calipers. My Astra was Flame Red, and painted the calipers in bright-red VHT Paint.

I think... (as I duck for cover here...! Cheesy

) that my Omega - being Nocturno Blue - would look quite smart with red calipers.

But what's the general concensus - is that a Chav thing to do these days, and make my Omega look pants, or would it smarten it up? I'd also do the hub part of the disc in grey Hammerite.

What do you think folks? Thumbs Up!

How near Kitt Green are you? I'm just about to go to work in my black Omega with its red calipers front & back. You're welcome to call round to see them.! Thumbs Up!

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Re: Painted Brake Calipers?
Reply #5 - 10. Apr 2011 at 08:24

Always done mine in Hammerite smooth silver, also I think it's really important to do the internals of the caliper castings.This is for winter preservation issues against the modern trend of sticky road molasses/salt mix. In these conditions I think the crude cast iron exists in a hostile environment to the extreme, and miggy's vented rears cannot be replaced with new, only with exchange recon units, so at the end of the day the condition of the available castings for vented rears is on a ever downward spiral, I don't know about the solid disc calipers if they still can be had new,I suppose one could always do a conversion to solid and have to suffer the downgrade

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Re: Painted Brake Calipers?
Reply #6 - 10. Apr 2011 at 09:12

i have pained my calipers red, and on my wifes gold mig i painted hers blue....

its looks very nice and smart, cleans it up behind the wheel...

if u dont want it to stand out to much then i would go for darker colours i was going to paint mine black...

u may just catch a look at my calipers on some of the pictures i have posted up

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v6alex Junior Member Offline Posts: 78 Drives: omega mv6	Re: Painted Brake Calipers? Reply #7 - 10. Apr 2011 at 09:46 I personally like gloss black hammerite. but i have red calipers on my silver astra coupe and looks alright actually.They do show up the dirt and brake dust a bit though:(
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Re: Painted Brake Calipers?
Reply #8 - 10. Apr 2011 at 10:03

Mine are in Black to match the car and Wheels.

If you want to paint yours sky-blue orange with henna polka dots - why not? It's your car.

For me, it's a personal thing. As someone has mentioned, it can also have a very helpful protective part to play as well as making the car look how you want it to.

Go get you paint, dude, go get your paint............. Thumbs Up!

Matthew

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YZ250 Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 289 Thame, Oxfordshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 Omega Elite Estate,bmw E92 330d M Sport (but don't tell anyone)	Re: Painted Brake Calipers? Reply #9 - 10. Apr 2011 at 15:24 Pics of the calipers on my car. Regards Alan
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blackviper90210 Senior Member Offline Posts: 836 Bromsgrove, West Midlands Gender: Drives: 1999 Omega Elite Estate 3.0 LPG	Re: Painted Brake Calipers? Reply #10 - 10. Apr 2011 at 15:34 That looks good Alan, did you hand paint "Vauxhall" in white too?
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Re: Painted Brake Calipers?
Reply #11 - 10. Apr 2011 at 16:32

blackviper90210 wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 15:34:

That looks good Alan, did you hand paint "Vauxhall" in white too?

The white writing is caliper heat resistant vinyl decals. I had them sent to me from Uber9 Custom Design in Leighton Buzzard. As they are intended for the calipers they are slightly curved. Rear one's are slightly smaller to match the smaller caliper obviously.
The red paint is caliper paint. They have been like this for over seven years and have not peeled or cracked. I did laquer over the decals to prevent any loose edges though.
PM me if you want their contact details, assuming they are still trading. Thumbs Up!

EDIT: Just checked and they are still trading, mainly through Ebay. Thumbs Up!

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Re: Painted Brake Calipers?
Reply #12 - 10. Apr 2011 at 18:14

YZ250 wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 16:32:

blackviper90210 wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 15:34:

That looks good Alan, did you hand paint "Vauxhall" in white too?

The white writing is caliper heat resistant vinyl decals. I had them sent to me from Uber9 Custom Design in Leighton Buzzard. As they are intended for the calipers they are slightly curved. Rear one's are slightly smaller to match the smaller caliper obviously.
The red paint is caliper paint. They have been like this for over seven years and have not peeled or cracked. I did laquer over the decals to prevent any loose edges though.
PM me if you want their contact details, assuming they are still trading. Thumbs Up!

EDIT: Just checked and they are still trading, mainly through Ebay. Thumbs Up!

That would be great mate if you could pass on their details. May well get a set for my baby later on when I finally get round to sorting her out!

Cheers Thumbs Up!

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Re: Painted Brake Calipers?
Reply #13 - 10. Apr 2011 at 22:22

Andy B wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 06:47:

damon80 wrote on 10. Apr 2011 at 00:09:

After spending the day detailing the engine bay today (pics in gallery for anyone interested), I've bitten the car detailing bug again...

"Back in the day", when I had my Astra GSi, it was the in-thing to paint brake calipers. My Astra was Flame Red, and painted the calipers in bright-red VHT Paint.

I think... (as I duck for cover here...! Cheesy

) that my Omega - being Nocturno Blue - would look quite smart with red calipers.

But what's the general concensus - is that a Chav thing to do these days, and make my Omega look pants, or would it smarten it up? I'd also do the hub part of the disc in grey Hammerite.

What do you think folks? Thumbs Up!

How near Kitt Green are you? I'm just about to go to work in my black Omega with its red calipers front & back. You're welcome to call round to see them.! Thumbs Up!

Grrr, if only I'd seen this post earlier! Angry

I'm literally 2mins from Kitt Green! Would have been great to have seen yours. Don't remember it having red calipers when you changed the oil in mine - is it a recent addition, or am I just going blind? Grin

Cheers Andy Thumbs Up!

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damon80 Senior Member Offline Posts: 704 Wigan Drives: 2004 3.2V6 Manual	Re: Painted Brake Calipers? Reply #14 - 10. Apr 2011 at 22:33 Wow YZ250 - they look superb! What paint did you use? Thanks for all your suggestions folks - you've given me plenty of food for thought
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