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Painting Break Calipers
Hey, I was wondering if anybody's gotten around to painting their calipers yet? Considering doing mine but not sure what it'd look like. If you've had a go, pictures would be welcome.
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Hey Ryan- loads have. All different colours, even lime green. Mine are Red :-)
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Not that illustrative, but you get the idea
Heres a closer one
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DS3 1.6THP DSport with a few bits added.....nickname BB :bow:
Performance...Depends on how heavy my right foot is
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Alright thanks guys they look great by the way! I'm kind of sick of the dull colour, but not sure what colour to paint them...I've got an all black (roof, body, alloys) ds3, but want to keep it a subtle look. Torn between black and red, any suggestions?Comment
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Reds the standard colour, black may be too subtle on an all black car
Get heatproof decals as wellsigpicJog on NoddyComment
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Yeah I guessed it may be the standard colour, I would go blue but I have nothing blue on the car. Even my interior is black and white two tone leather with a carbon fibre dash, so that doesn't really work. Black with red decals could work. Do you have a link for the heatproof decals?Comment
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DS3 1.6THP DSport with a few bits added.....nickname BB :bow:
Performance...Depends on how heavy my right foot isComment
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That's great, thanks. I'll take a look now. any advice on specific paints? Would prepping them by rubbing them down with some wire wool and using some caliper cleaner suffice?Comment
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Just got specific caliper heat proof paint for mine. I got matt paint to start, but refreshed them with gloss paint and they looked much better
Cos they were painted from when i got the car new, didnt prep much
Just wiped over with meths and away i wentsigpicJog on NoddyComment
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I painted my rear calipers red with Hammerite...Citroën DS3 Racing 2011 Polar White
ZRP con rods, Wössner pistons, Forge Ind. Kit, Forge IC hard pipes, etuners S3 (E85, launch control), Clemens-Motorsport IC, cylinder head porting, oil pump mod, Devils Own WMI, Forge BOV, Powerflex rear engine mount, LEDs, Citroen mudflaps, Ragazzon de-cat/200cc sports cat, Mongoose catback
Ex: BMW M135iA (2008) * BMW M3 E46 SMG2 (2003) * Subaru Impreza WRX STi (2007) * BMW M3 E46 (2001) * Seat Leon 1.8 TS4 (2003)
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Ok will do, cheers guysComment
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Those black calipers look great, did you buy the coloured decals?Comment
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Untitled by lfcrule1972, on Flickr
and a close up too...
Clean and Woolies by lfcrule1972, on Flickr
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I think it looks great with the red and red alloy caps. How did you get the Citroen writing on there? If it's a decal, where did you get it from? I've been looking everywhere for a black decal and it seems as if there aren't any anywhere!Comment
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