Red Calipers?

[Chrisr1949]

Hi guys,
I'll be renewing the brakes on my Z when the weather improves. I'm not fitting anything special so it's standard single piston calipers will be reused. I fancy painting them red but have read too much opinion on the subject. Some say that to paint your standard single piston calipers looks naff and you need big dual piston types to show them off by painting them. What do you think?

 

[andyglym]

I've got OEM calipers on mine and painted them red, couldn't give a hoot what others think.

 

[Chrisr1949]

Thanks Andy, that's very much what I thought but then started to read too much on 'tinternet .....
What paint did you use?

 

[andyglym]

Thanks Andy, that's very much what I thought but then started to read too much on 'tinternet .....
What paint did you use?

Heat resistant caliper paint mate, amazon buy if I remember correctly. It's a very small tin but loads left after painting all 4.

 

[bertiejaffa]

BIGG RED have a lots of paints in stock- they will even do them for you if you want a professional finish.

 

[Z Victor 1]

Don't have to be red, but I think they just look smarter painted. Silver looks good depending on the colour of the car.

 

[Paul Rice]

Colour dependent always look better than rust. I had blue on my Montreal blue Z3 and decals purchased off e bay for a couple of quid finished them off. Not the best picture but it gives you the idea. Certainly doesn't look out of place on the standard calipers.

 

[Nodzed]

Some say that to paint your standard single piston calipers looks naff and you need big dual piston types to show them off by painting them.

Oh I don't know, look OK to me

 

[Mazza]

I knew there were the ‘ M’ police...... but didn’t know that ‘Caliper Police ‘ existed

 

[Paul Rice]

I knew there were the ‘ M’ police...... but didn’t know that ‘Caliper Police ‘ existed

"Caliper cop" sounds better

 

[jonco]

Not much to see but suited me - used Halfords brake caliper paint.

 

[t-tony]

Other colours are available. . . . . .

Tony.

 

[Delk]

I did mine in what they called a Ferrari red. Darker metallic and I thought it went well with dark grey of the car.

Painting them whatever is far better then not as they are just a rusty eyesore.

 

[Stevo7682]

Can't go wrong with a bit of caliper painting.
Mine are primed , painted in Ford Signal yellow and laquered to protect.

Stephen.

 

[colb]

Blue on my Topaz Blue Z3 which I did myself, Mettalic Blue on the Silver Z4 when I got it, had red on my red Ssangyong Korando. Trying to decide what colour to do my new Korando, it has black gloss wheels, the calipers are bright bare silver at the moment so thinking I will do them in gloss black maybe silver but not bothered about contrast that much, will paint the disc drum as well in the same colour as the calipers.

 

[Paul Rice]

Blue on my Topaz Blue Z3 which I did myself, Mettalic Blue on the Silver Z4 when I got it, had red on my red Ssangyong Korando. Trying to decide what colour to do my new Korando, it has black gloss wheels, the calipers are bright bare silver at the moment so thinking I will do them in gloss black maybe silver but not bothered about contrast that much, will paint the disc drum as well in the same colour as the calipers.

Gold looks well with gloss black

 

[Mattbee]

Painted with eBay red heat resistant paint. Took 3 costs to get a decent finish and it was much betteron the front which were refurbished calipers than on the back which I just hit with a flap wheel,wire brush and degreaser.

 

[Mattbee]

 

[Mark Parrish]

 

[Ianmc]

Are you doing these on or off the car - hate this site!!!!!!!!!!!!