To Paint or Not To Paint?

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:12 pm

Hi all,

Need some opinions. With the fitting of the alloys getting close, ive painted the front brake calipers a lovely racing red.

The question now remains do I paint the rear drums red, another colour, or leave them as they are.

What do you guys think?

All comments appreciated:D

Cheers!

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:22 pm

Do them black. Less obvious that way.

Doing them red just advertises the fact you have drums on the back, which people tend not to be too proud of!

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:24 pm

thats a good point. May have to invest. Lets see what the rest think

(probably the same as you haha !)

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:42 pm

I'll side with Redline on this one and, if it were my car, would choose black.

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:20 pm

paint them black or leave them

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:39 pm

If you paint them red I will hunt you down and murder you, just a kind thought

Hammerite them black if they are rusty or don't bother

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:44 pm

Hehe black it is then. I bought some heat resistant black spray stuff earlier from screwfix (you gotta love 20% off there)

Its resistant to a whopping 650C!!!

Will be doing them tomorrow...just gotta make sure that the car is completely covered up before i start the spraying

Sorry alex - no murdering this time round

Alex_6n2 · Post by **Alex_6n2** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm

Mate don't bother spraying them, even with heat resistant paint.

Hammerite ftw

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm

JPR_polo_gti wrote:paint them black or leave them

hell yes

Post by **alexperkins** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:01 pm

Should i go for hammerite smooth black direct to rust then?

I was just worried it would struggle under the heat thats all lol :S

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:07 am

Don't paint them, you don't want powahdrums!

Black would be ok though

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:18 am

wire brush them to hell and then smooth hammerite

there's no real heat on the back drums.

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:52 am

Sounds like a plan - will do that tonight. The weather is good for once

Thanks for you help everybody!

Arnoldo · Post by **Arnoldo** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:26 pm

Mouse_GTI wrote:Don't paint them, you don't want powahdrums!

Black would be ok though

X2

Post by **alexperkins** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:47 pm

Theyre now painted with black hammerite

and the front calipers have been done with folia tec red brake caliper paint

Heres some pics of the fronts and the backs!!: (yes i know there is still masking tape on them, but i didnt take pics after it was removed

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To Paint or Not To Paint?