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Kris TD |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 12:40 |
silver anton. | |
antonOO2 |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 12:10 |
what colour calipers do you reckon on a rio verde corsa | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 11:22 |
Ok, i probably will do. thanks for the help guys | |
Kris TD |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 11:18 |
paint em or they will rust, do them black if not red. | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 11:17 |
i'm not sure what the drums would look like painted red, any opinions or pics? | |
Kris TD |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 11:15 |
fair enough. just use smooth hammerite, u have to repaint the drums every now anfd then but the calipers wont ever need redoing. | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 11:14 |
The Sri does, mine is an Sxi with the above wheels, so i want to paint the calipers to make it look similar | |
Kris TD |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 11:13 |
dont get me wrong but i thought they came with red calipers anyway. | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 11:12 |
That is exactly wot my car is going to look like, cant wait til thurs now | |
FrankP |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 08:14 |
all up | |
FrankP |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 08:09 |
then it will look like this: | |
leeshez |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 06:50 |
I got some Hicote from halfords £5.99 a tin heat resistant i did them 12 months a go in green and i repainted them last week with silver loooks nice:) [img] http://www.stopstart.freeserve.co.uk/smilie/colours.gif[/img] | |
Mav 3000 |
posted on 11th Mar 03 at 00:19 |
True JayC. Don't paint over rust though all you other ppl! | |
JayC |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 23:34 |
U won't have to wire brush them if ur car is brand new.. Just paint it straight on. | |
SportBoy |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 23:23 |
i did mine wiv hammerite i only put 1 coat on but im a bone head need sum more coats tho jus cant be arsed :) | |
Mav 3000 |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 23:17 |
Don't paint them yellow if your cars red! | |
Ed Renshaw |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 22:28 |
Aye | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 22:12 |
Is it heatproof tho ? | |
Ed Renshaw |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 22:11 |
Don't waste your money - get some smooth Hammerite. Same stuff, just cheaper. | |
Meat-Pie-SRI |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 22:07 |
brushing............... | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 22:06 |
And does that involve spraying or brushing ? | |
Meat-Pie-SRI |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 21:56 |
:| caliper painting kit maybe?? :| | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 10th Mar 03 at 21:53 |
Hi, |