Brake caliper painting

[Kachingg]

Who has had this done or d.i.y?

What were your results?

What colour did you pick (seems 80+% go with red)

I am going with bright gold on mine with black logo /fingers crossed for a good look

[Lucas_R]

In my experience i got poor results with spray cans (using dedicated brake caliper paints).

Got good results with Foliatec caliper paint which you brush on and comes in a full range of colours.

[Kachingg]

Thanks

I am going with a professional who just does wheel/caliper painting all reviews look good so hope it looks good

[Creampuff]

Caliper spray paint works great, have done 4 cars easy. 1 can plus a clear coat...total $30 and 4 hours work.
Get decals on Ebay and tap into final coat of paint...easy.

[Creampuff]

here is an example

[Kachingg]

Thanks creampuff they look good unfortunately i have been blessed with the medical condition of having 10 thumbs when it comes to mechanical issues of any sort (much extra expense in my youth to fix my stuff ups) so i pay the professional to do it now cheaper that way

[Kachingg]

Got calipers and wheel hubs painted today
Easy calipers boris (what a cool name keep thinking of boris and Natasha lol) was excellent mixed up the gold colour i asked for and nailed it quick and fast turnaround good price great job highly recommend his services based in Melbourne has outlet in qld to i think

[ope126]

Looks good mate!
Did he paint the brake hubs Gold also? That is a little different...

Love the wheels (just missing the black wheel bolt caps)...are they 19" wheels???

[Kachingg]

Yeah i got the hubs done in gold 2 extra $220 for all 4 total was $670 for all 4 calipers with logo and 4 hubs
Yep 19 inch rims with 235/35/19 tyres
Iknow on ebay tonight to get em did not realize till they were fitted yesterday that i was missing them /doh oversite on my part

but they do look much better than the stock ones check 7.5 and golf alltrack treads for more photos

[The_Hawk]

They look pretty good!

I've sprayed a couple of cars now with mixed results. The Mk3 came up very well and seemingly lasted longer, the Cab was a bit of a rush job and has flaked off over the years (probably because I didn't prep well enough). Something I keep meaning to do again. I'm interested in trying out the paint on version since it's probably a little cleaner (and easier) than having to mask everything up.

As for wheel caps, I went the other way after swapping wheels and finding that the stock bolt dust caps didn't fit anymore... chrome bolts

[Kachingg]

I can get black bolts for it but black wheel caps are much cheaper lol

The caliper painter has a 2 year warranty on his work and told me it should be good for 10 years+ as he primes it does 2 coats of color puts the label on then 2 gloss coats over the top

[Kachingg]

Upgrading my brakes to golf r setup just got the new ones painted in Candy Apple Gold

[Kachingg]

They are on now looks good

[THR300]

Any good workshops in Sydney?

[Kachingg]

Any good workshops in Sydney?

You will have to hunt around i found my one by surfing the net (found out they were a customer of mine )

A lot of good quality paint workshops(ones that do custom painting) will do brake calipers not a cheap exercise but worth it