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Offline ConeKiller

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Painting hubs and calipers...
« on: October 10, 2012, 07:42:20 pm »
Hi guys, after some advice...

My hubs are looking tired and the calipers are looking slightly pink  :confused:

What is the best paint to use? Spray or brush? Best stuff to clean them with before painting?

cheers guys, I wana do it once but not over the top!  :drinking:

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 08:00:39 pm »
your calipers must be quite old if showing pink, mine are 4 years old with 38k and just need a clean, can you take your calipers of yourself or do you want to clean them whilst still on the car ?

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2012, 08:07:27 pm »
Wurth brake cleaner spray and a stiff bristled brush and cloth etc. to clean them.

Spray needs masking but will give a very even finish, provided you don't overspray and get drips.
Brush is quick and easy, but you will have minor brush marks.
E-tech and Foliatec  are 2 brands I've heard of. Some people use Hammerite.

I have pink calipers too. They look sh*te.

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2012, 08:11:11 pm »
I used matt black high temp exhaust paint on the hubs. Seems to have worked well and lasted over a year.

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2012, 08:15:08 pm »
Black satin Hamerite for the hubs  :happy2:

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2012, 09:00:32 pm »
I used matt black high temp exhaust paint on the hubs. Seems to have worked well and lasted over a year.
cheers for that hedge, i will buy the same thing and just brush it on,,, the brush marks aint to bad plus once the wheels on who is gonna notice,,, can you post a pic with wheel on dude to see the end result  :happy2:

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2012, 12:29:53 am »
cheers for the replies :)

the calipers are 4 years old, not sure if all the wheel cleaning stuff ive used has faded them :/

will take the wheels off and clean them up at the weekend!

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2012, 12:39:47 am »
cheers for the replies :)

the calipers are 4 years old, not sure if all the wheel cleaning stuff ive used has faded them :/

will take the wheels off and clean them up at the weekend!
yeah man just bought a pot of paint but only 125ml, hope its enough,,, i guess you just done the one coat,,,, was thinking about that hub spinning around at 100mph or so,,, hope the paint stays on lol
looks cool dude and thanks for the tip

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2012, 01:18:35 am »
I just used the halfords caliper paint (similar to enamel paint in that as it drys the marks disapear)... hubs I used a high temp gloss black paint (did find this still chips off quite easy)


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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2012, 01:36:04 am »
maybe it chips because it is a gloss ? was your calipers red to begin with ? if so why blue

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2012, 01:36:51 am »
scrap that, just seen the colour of your car

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2012, 07:56:37 am »
Just had to give my fronts a good seeing to so that they matched the nearly new Mk6 calipers and carriers I fitted to the rears recently, all I did was give them a good scrub with a stiff brush after applying megs wheel cleaner then used a light cutting compound/scratch remover to bring back the colour and sealed them with a wax. They look great and are an absolute doddle to keep clean now.
I went for silver hammerite for my hubs as I already had some in the shed and i think it looks good, give the brakes a nice "new look" to them.
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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2012, 12:12:51 pm »
Did mine with the E-tech about a month ago.  Just cleaned them brake cleaner, a little sandpaper to ensure they were smooth and painted with a small paint brush.

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2012, 06:32:39 pm »
Just done my hubs. I used Halfords high temperature black paint, satin finish. Just used a brush and it looks pretty good, the brush marks don't seem to show.

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Re: Painting hubs and calipers...
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2012, 11:02:16 pm »
yeah man that looks cool,,, how long did you have to leave your car on a jack for, was thinking about that and was a bit worried about leaving the car outside for many hours up on a jack, cant get my car into my garage as my driveway slopes down and garage is flat so i would scrape the front floor of the car,,, stupid house builders.
i only have the stupid supplied jack that comes with the gti so i think i will buy a trolley jack