Afternoon all, a bit of advice please. I have an Overfinch TDV8 which has red calipers. One has just been replaced by the dealer I bought it from under warranty, however they have used a standard steel caliper so I need to paint it. Has anyone used brakecaliperspecialists.uk? They sell a complete kit to do 4 calipers for £30 (might as well do the others as well). Will I need to remove any of the brake components in order to paint the calipers in situ? Thanks.

Tried searching ?

There's a few who have already done this.

Thanks Alistair, yes I've had a look at some of the other posts. I couldn't see any references to this supplier, and it wasn't clear for someone with limited mechanical ability (me!) whether removal of any parts is necessary before painting. 1982 SIII 88â€� diesel
2007 Discovery 3 V8 S
All gone: 2007 Overfinch TDV8
2007 Supercharged
1991 Vogue SE 3.9 V8
2000 Defender 90 Td5

I did this just got the cheapest calliper paints, brake dust remover and stickers of eBay. Took the wheel off and brush painted in situ, obviously not red as that is for folk younger than me.

Result below and my dog has more mechanical ability than me

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Looks good! I can get paint and brake cleaner from Halfords for about £15, might just do that😀 1982 SIII 88â€� diesel
2007 Discovery 3 V8 S
All gone: 2007 Overfinch TDV8
2007 Supercharged
1991 Vogue SE 3.9 V8
2000 Defender 90 Td5

Hammerite Smooth. Never failed me yet

Another good effort! Presumably Hammerite lasts a while too? What sort of brake cleaner did you use, and what type of brush? If I'm going to do this I don't want to it up! 1982 SIII 88â€� diesel
2007 Discovery 3 V8 S
All gone: 2007 Overfinch TDV8
2007 Supercharged
1991 Vogue SE 3.9 V8
2000 Defender 90 Td5

this is one of the easiest jobs you can do....clean with a damp cloth, let dry and then paint with any metal/barbecue type paint and use any paintbrush...
dont get conned into buying special heat resistant caliper paint, you dont need that... ... - .- -.




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.... and the stickers of ebay saying brembo or range rover are actually very good and easy to apply. I brough the white rr wording and it is actually exactly the same as the original size etc. 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

For painting rough cast calipers I'd be inclined to use brush on Hammerite smooth but if you're running Brembo's then spray will give a much better finish. I've never really liked Hammerite spray and for calipers have always liked VHT Enamel. It's tough and long lasting if you leave it to dry for 24hrs before using the car. I've used it on quite a few cars that have seen the discs going purple with heat and the paint stands up remarkably well. Standard spray from Halfords is actually not a bad choice if you fancy an odd colour and it's just on something normal like the Range Rover which is highly unlikely to ever see the sort of temperatures required to blister the paint; even when hot the outside of the brake caliper stays pretty cool in the grand scheme of things.

Hi
I sprayed mine with normal black heat proof paint, applied the Brembo stickers from ebay, then spayed clear lacquer to seal them in. SC 4.2, 2012 face lifted, 25K miles, 1 previous owner
Triumph TR6 1973
Triumph Bonneville 1970
Previous:
2002 TD6
Merc SL500
Escort RS Cosworth
RR 3.9 Vogue
4.2 E type Jag replica (challenger)
Escort RS2000 (many)
Escort RS 1600 Turbo

Thanks for all the responses, I now feel emboldened to give it a go! I will buy some Hammerite Smooth, brake cleaner and a brush and wait for a dry day  1982 SIII 88â€� diesel
2007 Discovery 3 V8 S
All gone: 2007 Overfinch TDV8
2007 Supercharged
1991 Vogue SE 3.9 V8
2000 Defender 90 Td5

Have never had the urge to bother with mine but having seen some of these pics I may just have a go !

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again if this is any help to anyone

The correct colour is Gaurdsman Red - they shoiuld be Stove Enameled

Company who is one of the best is

Steve Shore @ SHORADE

have a feeling their web site is Shorade.co.uk
contact number 01543 462240

did our Porsche all 4 units - took the calipers apart - new seals & painted in the GauardsMan Red - top job
If I remember they were £100 a pop - worth every penny also included the decals in white and varnised overthe top




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