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Jas

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15th Feb 07 at 00:00

Just bought some GTI-6 brakes for mine, they will be here tmro

Corsa E-Tec

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15th Feb 07 at 09:33

hammerite from B7Q or halfords or any hardware store.

uk220

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15th Feb 07 at 10:28

you can get a kit from halfords i think, its £20, with the paint-in a few colours, a brush and brake cleaner.

quite a long process as you clean them. apply a layer. then let it dry and then you have to apply a second layer of paint on top of that.
looks good after tho!

C_O_R_S_A___B

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15th Feb 07 at 10:38

can u not use a wire brush on them to clean them - specially on one of them little drimmel tool things - thats what i would do - cant say i done it coz i aint!!

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15th Feb 07 at 11:41

Hammerite, £4.95 a tin or something cheap, repaint them whenever you need to, done mine three times and still loads left.

CorsAsh

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15th Feb 07 at 11:42

gavin18787

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15th Feb 07 at 13:03

Did mine this morning using hammerite. Just used a wire brush to clean up the calipers and drums.
Managed to find a can of matt black and some gold in the shed so that saved me buying some

Even if it was about ten years old it worked fine after a good stir

before

after

I did the hubs matt black as well as the drums at they were rusty.

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

Marc

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15th Feb 07 at 13:40

I used Hammerite Smooth. Gave them a sand down first with a drill attachment then wiped over with white spirit.

Jas

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15th Feb 07 at 23:36

did you do the blue circle too

looks good,,,

ive heard of hammerite starting to blubble and smoke though... they do a high heat resist\ant one too im guessing?

my cars white

reckon red will look nice?

Adam-D

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15th Feb 07 at 23:38

i use hammerite

CorsAsh

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16th Feb 07 at 00:28

quote:
Originally posted by Jas16v
did you do the blue circle too looks good,,,

ive heard of hammerite starting to blubble and smoke though... they do a high heat resist\ant one too im guessing?

my cars white

reckon red will look nice?

Never had that happen to me. Only thing to remember is don't drive your car for a few hours - overnight if possible - if you've painted any spinning parts as you'll get a nice flecked effect inside your rims.

Heed the voice of experience.

Vaux Lad

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16th Feb 07 at 00:47

I use hammerite for painting most things.
Once 100% dried it will be fine.
It stays on an exhaust manifold, so will stay on brake calipers etc fine.

CorsAsh

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16th Feb 07 at 00:52

Yeah, forgot to say I'd done my head in it too:

No probs.

[Edited on 16-02-2007 by CorsAsh]

Marc

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16th Feb 07 at 10:24

quote:
Originally posted by Jas16v
did you do the blue circle too looks good,,,

Certainly did.

Rear brakes:

Jas

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19th Feb 07 at 15:04

the paint ive seen for sale in a local store says 120degrees resistant..

thats not enough is it?

Icy

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19th Feb 07 at 15:41

sure hammerite is heat resistant anyways isnt it?

valverguy

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19th Feb 07 at 17:40

always used hamerite. so long as you leave it to dry overnight. its absoloutly fine. pretty hard wearing to. its only like 5 pounds for smoothrite as well. so its a bargain and itll do your calipers 5 times over!

powey

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19th Feb 07 at 19:02

CorsAsh ive had the same experience lol it looks like a cobweb on the wheel.
Wire brush and hammerite, looks good and pretty quick to do

liam8888

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19th Feb 07 at 21:25

Think I'll ave a bash at this 4 a fiver.

Jas

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20th Feb 07 at 00:43

but what im saying is will the smooth one be heat resistant enough on the callipers?