Painted brakes

[beesley]

I want to paint my brakes but not sure what colour, opinions please



The car and wheels as they stand now ^^^

 

[You Jay]

Same colour as your alloys or white.

 

[beesley]

Just been out to put the rear suspension cover back on and turns out my brakes are currently red, i was thinking orange but it's got to be hi temp and not sure I can get the shade right

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[You Jay]

Hammerite.

 

[durmz]

Are you going to be able to see them beyond your rather bright wheels?

 

[beesley]

Are you going to be able to see them beyond your rather bright wheels?

At a guess no... But I know about them lol thinking about giving them a good scrub tomorrow and seeing what they come up like

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[Danger200]

Black

 

[Knx-Wv2]

is Hammerite ok to paint the Hole Brake Caliper...?

Want to paint mine real soon - but been looking there's only like Red.yellow.blue. in brake paint's? boring colours

 

[Danger200]

Yeah.

 

[stu1873]

Hammerite is fine to use on calipers.

 

[Knx-Wv2]

Ok cheers for that lads..! I'm going to buy my paints etc tomorrow

 

[Evl]

is Hammerite ok to paint the Hole Brake Caliper...?

Want to paint mine real soon - but been looking there's only like Red.yellow.blue. in brake paint's? boring colours

There is a thread on here in the how to section on painting which shows where and where not to apply paint

 

[Knx-Wv2]

Here's an updated pic of how my Ep3 was & is now...! Cheers guys

 

[Civic Jord226]

Here's an updated pic of how my Ep3 was & is now...! Cheers guys

Did you use just normal smooth satin black Hammerite on yours? That's the same colour i want to do mine I want to do the 'Type-R' embroidered bit in white though,anyone suggest a good white paint and what size brush to use?