Refurbing Your Brembos: For Dummies

[CHRIS200]

Yeah the Hamerite does take a while to dry, you need to leave it a week before you apply the stickers and laquer to them.

Painting is really easy, as everyone says it's in the prep. I used a very aberisave wet n' dry sand paper to get most of the paint off an dthen used a very fine paper to finished.

I then de-greased and washed with warm water. Got the heat gun on to dry all the water and heat up the metal a bit. I then applied 6-8 coats of paint making sure I got every square cm at 15min intervalls and then left for a week before I applied the Brembo stickers and laquer.

Very easy to do just time consuming but very pleasing results. I used about a can and a half of Hamerite from Halfords. Think it was £6.99 per can.

I did think about painting them black, silver or yellow but decided to go with the red in the end.

 

[smoothuk]

Nice one, cheers Chris

 

[cupralove]

Rear Brembos

Just wanted to join in and say this thread was brilliant and your Brembos look wicked!!!! You've inspired me to do the same with mine. But I would be more inclined to try the rear ones first as they look really dull.....

But I can't find any pics from anyone thats done the rear brembos, Can anyone help??????

Cheers guys!

 

[Ruddmeister]

Just wanted to join in and say this thread was brilliant and your Brembos look wicked!!!! You've inspired me to do the same with mine. But I would be more inclined to try the rear ones first as they look really dull.....

But I can't find any pics from anyone thats done the rear brembos, Can anyone help??????

Cheers guys!

Doing the fronts is a piece of cake

The rear ones are not Brembo's they are VAG units

 

[cupralove]

Cheers for that Ruddmeister! Still learning....Ony pick up my LCR 2 weeks ago.
Any tips on refurbing them then?

 

[Ruddmeister]

See post #40 bottom of page 2

All prep work as discussed for the fronts

 

[m.r.davies]

Just wanted to join in and say this thread was brilliant and your Brembos look wicked!!!! You've inspired me to do the same with mine. But I would be more inclined to try the rear ones first as they look really dull.....

But I can't find any pics from anyone thats done the rear brembos, Can anyone help??????

Cheers guys!

Thanks dude

Yeah rears will be the same as the fronts, going to give it a go when the rain stops.
I'll be posting up some pics when i get it done, the fronts are looking spanking and the rears are really letting the car down

 

[andycupra]

do we need to organise some brembo stickers as a group?
i can see a few people will be needing them if not now soon...

scotty, for changing colour id say at the very least you would need to remove the calipers / pads /bolts. should be too difficult though.
you going yellow?

 

[Number86]

I'd like to point out though. Putting Brembo stickers on your calipers if they're not Brembos is MASSIVELY gay.

Please don't!

 

[andycupra]

I'd like to point out though. Putting Brembo stickers on your calipers if they're not Brembos is MASSIVELY gay.

Please don't!

as is painting them pink

if you dont have brembos and plan to do a lookie likey, your better off paying out for the covers you can get for the calipers.

 

[cupra r rob]

Would'nt useing a normal lacquer cause it to peal again with the temperature? Going to do mine this weekend with hycote high temperature lacquer and see how that works.

 

[Skorchio]

I think you should start up a service, £50 a time

 

[Funkyfin2000]

i will be doing this as soon as the LCR arrives as it needs doing...

anyone willing to do them for a cheap price

 

[Funkyfin2000]

im hoping i won't need stickers....
but if i do...what size are they as standard?

 

[Skorchio]

Got my LCR yesterday. Just taken off all the wheels and cleaned them inside and out and all the calipers. they look loverly. cleaned the spair wheel too.. Sad? I think so

Im thinking about spraying my rear onces up gloss red. Then some lacker!!

 

[Funkyfin2000]

i wanna know how peeps got on with the rear???

any pics?

 

[Skorchio]

i wanna know how peeps got on with the rear???

any pics?

Ent done it yet if i do it ill post up some

 

[Funkyfin2000]

anyone doing stickers still???

if not what size are they?

 

[Balf2k]

I 'think' the standard stickers are 75mm but I bought 90mm ones from eBay, looks a bit better IMO

 

[Funkyfin2000]

90mm x?

excellent cheers dude