caliper painting

1der · Post by **1der** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 9:58 pm

Whats the best paint for painting calipers? Mine are all flaky now. also what colour is best to go for?

Thanks

JPR_polo_gti · Post by **JPR_polo_gti** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 10:22 pm

don't know if it's the best but did mine recently with spray hammerite in red.
came up really nice

Tom W · Post by **Tom W** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:05 am

Is paint the best option?? IMHO no. Personally i dont think that the calipers look good painted in the red hammerite i think it just looks too aftermarket and dare i say it 'boy racer ish' if that makes sense? Up to now i have just given mine a really really good clean and they came up well despite the flakey bits however i think something defenately needs doing soon. is there such thing as a RAL code or simmilar for the 'GTI' red as id love to get mine re powder coated

I can see this causing debate but hey ho just my opinion!

Tom

Post by **alexperkins** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 9:02 am

The Foliatec kits are very good and the paint in them is an excellent OEM red. I used it on my old polo, and am going to do it again on the GTI when I get a day off that has some sun!

Red hammerite is good enough, but it is very red, where as the foliatec kits are an enamel based paint so they set and look more factory when hardened

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165675

JDub6n2 · Post by **JDub6n2** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 1:58 pm

JPR_polo_gti wrote:don't know if it's the best but did mine recently with spray hammerite in red.
came up really nice

I did the same and I agree.

1der · Post by **1der** » Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:18 pm

foliatec it is then

Cheers guys

1der · Post by **1der** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:40 pm

how many tins will i need for all the calipers on the car?

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:48 pm

1der · Post by **1der** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:03 pm

thanks alex

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:38 pm

I used the Halfords caliper paint stuff. Worked great, only used a third of the tin too.

Post by **alexperkins** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:41 pm

All this talk of caliper painting is going to make me do mine! haha Gonna nitromors the rocker cover and do that too!

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:51 pm

alexperkins wrote:Gonna nitromors the rocker cover and do that too!

I need to do that too, mine is starting to annoyingly flake

Mike_M · Post by **Mike_M** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:35 pm

Well my brakes were starting to look a little tired and the original red paint was starting to flake and in general........look crap LOL

So I spent the weekend rubbing down and repainting with a mix of red and black paint, to get the closest match to the original GTI red. I also got a friend to cut me up some "R" graphics to go on calipers also.

Final result

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:36 pm

Loving the R graphics

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 4:47 pm

i take it you have to take the calipers off?