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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    looks cool as well that.
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    i have an dark orangish capilers the can said red heat paint, it dried friggin matt orange lmao oh well, i like them more than red anyway
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    Quote Originally Posted by Grim Reaper View Post
    i have an dark orangish capilers the can said red heat paint, it dried friggin matt orange lmao oh well, i like them more than red anyway
    I can visualise that colour, should look pretty especially on your Volvo.
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    lmao
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

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    lmao
    looks absolutely cool that!!
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    done mine with yellow hammerite on my gsi, and i made up some black decals for them

    fronts


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    dude thats friggin awesome *gets new idea to paint calipers*
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    Oh man!! you guys are now going to give my brain a terrible spin!! I can't decide now which colour to go for, may be what I should do is to pain each caliper a diiferent colour!! lol thats definitely looking good especially with that Vauxhall andn the griffin!! fantastic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dexy View Post
    silver? maybe ftmfl lmao


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    he didnt paint the disks, he used new 0ones...thats probably why they look new lmao
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grim Reaper View Post
    he didnt paint the disks, he used new 0ones...thats probably why they look new lmao
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    Jesus, I haven't even looked at my rear yet, I will have to poke around to see what it looks like in there, and may well need some good scrubbing!! so far I have only sorted the fronts out!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by LEE69 View Post
    Now you look silly
    hat did you do??? seriously, i cant figure it out...has that lee96 hacked you again???
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    you gave up then?

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    hammerite smooth is crap on brakes, not very resistant at all. Comes straight off with brake fluid

    i've done mine twice now and next time i'll buy the proper folia tec caliper paint.

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    Comes straight off with brake fluid

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    most paint comes off with brake fluid...
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    Quote Originally Posted by 3CorsaMeal View Post
    hammerite smooth is crap on brakes, not very resistant at all. Comes straight off with brake fluid

    i've done mine twice now and next time i'll buy the proper folia tec caliper paint.
    And the folia tec stuff comes off with it too...
    I'm louder than gods own revolver and twice as shiney.

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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    Here is a quick lash up of paint on my calipers without taking them off the car, a bit of a quick hash of a job really.
    Still got to do the other wheel yet, change the disc, paint etc, and then it will be the rears turns, the discs at the rear are also pretty bad. I still need to finsih the rest of the service, lacking time for the moment.





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    *sings*Bodging the night away...*




    Need to be bigger brakes behind those wheels, but about time you did it.
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    yup, them discs look real silly & tiny for those wheels! or for that car for that matter. next weekend it will be the turn of the nearside front .
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    288s needed min...
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    lmao at the old discs do you ever service that thing
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jasovanooo View Post
    lmao at the old discs do you ever service that thing
    Considering the number of miles I drive (less than 2000) you wouldn't have thought that you would need to replace brake pads or change discs every other year, so it was infact only because of my timimg belt change that i had to have the front wheel off the car to gain better access at the engine pulley which it self proved very difficult to come off, that i saw the inner face of the disc in that state that I decided the car needs a little more TLC from me. lmao
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    Need to be bigger brakes behind those wheels, but about time you did it.
    What else does that envolve changing to a larger disc? calipers? will the larger disc with 4 studs and larger calipers fit my original leg? or is a lot more envolved?
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    Re: what is the best way to Cleaning my calipers and paint?

    if im correct i think its not that hard but if im wrong correct me

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