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To Paint or Not To Paint?
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:12 pm
by alexperkins
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!
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:22 pm
by Redline
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!
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:24 pm
by alexperkins
thats a good point. May have to invest. Lets see what the rest think
(probably the same as you haha !)
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:42 pm
by Si_GTi
I'll side with Redline on this one and, if it were my car, would choose black.
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:20 pm
by JPR_polo_gti
paint them black or leave them
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:39 pm
by Alex_6n2
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
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:44 pm
by alexperkins
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
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm
by Alex_6n2
Mate don't bother spraying them, even with heat resistant paint.
Hammerite ftw
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:00 pm
by david burton
JPR_polo_gti wrote:paint them black or leave them
hell yes
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:01 pm
by alexperkins
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
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:07 am
by Mouse_GTI
Don't paint them, you don't want powahdrums!
Black would be ok though
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:18 am
by david burton
wire brush them to hell and then smooth hammerite
there's no real heat on the back drums.
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:52 am
by alexperkins
Sounds like a plan - will do that tonight. The weather is good for once
Thanks for you help everybody!
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:26 pm
by Arnoldo
Mouse_GTI wrote:Don't paint them, you don't want powahdrums!
Black would be ok though
X2
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:47 pm
by alexperkins
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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