No reason why you couldn't have a piece of 2mm steel welded to the spring clip, then spray it all and fit a sticker??? When I painted the calipers on swmbo's GT (same calipers as the GTi) I removed the spring, it won't cause any problems while the brakes are fitted, just a thought!
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The S3 retaining clip does look good, but then I'm biased.......
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