Hammerite Red Smooth on Brembos (PICS NOW INCLUDED)

[scarface]

Got my car booked in for some touch up bodywork later this month and have asked them to sort my calipers out as the front ones are badly discoloured now, they are a lightish pinky white, and the rears ones paint has come off and you can see the grey metal in places.

The guy reckons you cant get a glossy red for the calipers and if he does them they will come out the same colour as the rear ones.

Anyways having read a few reviews etc online on what to use, someone suggested Hammerite Red Smooth.

Has anyone used Hammerite, is it heat resistent and does it come up with a gloss finish?

 

[Deleted member 55317]

Halfrauds bright red paint did mine 2 weeks ago as the mechanic that fitted them chipped the paint to FEK and they look really good and i aint no artist lol!!

Obviously the heat resistant paint lol

 

[fcuknafe]

Yes halfords Heat Resistant Red Paint comes out awsome =) i bought the tin some people buy it by the can

 

[scarface]

Does it give a gloss finish?

 

[D.K]

Mine are done with smooth Red Hammerite

 

[scarface]

they look very slick! did you paint the rear ones in hammerite aswell?

 

[D.K]

they look very slick! did you paint the rear ones in hammerite aswell?

Not yet

 

[Henjo24]

When I first bought my LCR the calipers were faded, but I didnt bother buying fresh paint I just gave them a really good clean with WD40 and they came out a bright red again. I make sure I clean my Brembo's everytime I clean my wheels so they stay in good condition. Also if you spray tyre black on them it will give them a really good shine for weeks..

 

[20v roper]

Sounds good that paint, do they do it in yellow? Was the paint applied with a brush? Age old question to the Op: what about the brembo logos? How did you manage to re-use them? Cheers 20vroper

 

[Deleted member 12147]

Hammerite is fine to use I'd recommend spraying them rather than painting it on with a brush, you'll get a better finish. The only thing with hammerite spray is that it's very thin and you have to apply lots of thin coats to build it up to a good finish.

I've done 2 sets of brembos now with hammerite and it's fine. Although it is not an exact match for the original colour. A couple of mine.

 

[20v roper]

Great info thanks, I see there you've got a couple of stickers too, it's the old question of where did you get those from?! Calipers look really good too, cheers harry.

 

[fcuknafe]

theres a guy who sells them on ebay 8 stickers for £1.50 odd in any colours

 

[darkhorse]

Another recommendation for Hammerite smooth red spray

 

[BUBBA808]

Mine are done with smooth Red Hammerite

D.K where did you get those center caps from? they are pimp and exactly what i need!

 

[RS6]

try ebay ^

 

[D.K]

D.K where did you get those center caps from? they are pimp and exactly what i need!

I made them

 

[BUBBA808]

cool! will follow suit then

 

[kongenafKbh]

I made them

where to buy them? got it in 60mm?

 

[D.K]

I wraped the OE center caps with real Carbon Fibre

 

[Harris.]

DK your calipers look awesome. Going to do mine in a couple of weeks.