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Offline benheaven

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Brake Calipers and Hub Painting
« on: August 20, 2012, 08:01:07 am »
Hi Guys,

Does anybody know of a Brake Caliper and Hub painting service in the Surrey area?

Looking to get the car all tidied up this Month.

Cheers
Ben

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Re: Brake Calipers and Hub Painting
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2012, 10:31:58 pm »
I done all 4 of mine over the weekend,




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Re: Brake Calipers and Hub Painting
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2012, 11:06:01 pm »
They look great. What paint did you use? and how much prep work was involved.

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Re: Brake Calipers and Hub Painting
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2012, 12:33:31 am »
They look great. What paint did you use? and how much prep work was involved.

Prep work is the hardest and most important part of it,

Used medium-fine wet sandpaper to give everything a really good sanding, also used brake Caliper Cleaner,

Gave Calipers and Hub's a thorough cleaning and wiped dry,

To spray the hubs i masked off everything, including the calipers,
Gave them all 2 coats of Grey Hallfords primer,
Left over night to dry,
Then gave them all 3 coats of Hallfords Black Matte, light sanding in-between coats,

For the calipers i used Hallfords Brake Caliper Paint,
Used 2 brushes, really small one for the hard to reach places,
Gave them 2 coats, 1hr in-between,

Next day before fitting the wheels back on,

I gave the 4 hubs and calipers 1 coat go Gtechniq C5 Alloy Wheel Armour, (just thought it might make it a-bit easier to clean and keep clean)

Don't know how long they will stay like this, but for now i think they look a lot better and easier to clean,

I also sanded, cleaned, primed, and sprayed all the wheel bolts matte black,(3coats) just to take that rusted old look off them.

Hope this helps,

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Re: Brake Calipers and Hub Painting
« Reply #4 on: August 21, 2012, 08:16:31 pm »
Don't know about Surrey but more than just wheels did a fantastic job on mine...in Nottingham.
Hi Guys,

Does anybody know of a Brake Caliper and Hub painting service in the Surrey area?

Looking to get the car all tidied up this Month.

Cheers
Ben