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I was going to paint the Scirocco's calipers red.... but thinking about it the Tig would good with red brakes too.
Do you think there's enough to do 2 cars from the one kit?
I think you will get close because the paint goes a long way - i think i still have some paint left over from my other Foliatec kit from when i painted my GTI brakes. I could send it to you if you run out. I will check tonight.
The calipers look great! Did you apply a base coat?
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No just cleaned with degreaser and then painted straight onto the bare metal.
This was using Foliatec caliper paint which is a 2 part paint with colour and hardener that you mix up. It goes on with a brush and you have to use it within an hour or two before it goes off.
I've used the VHT high temp rattle can stuff before and this gives a far superior finish (hard gloss). The VHT paint seems to attract brake dust and ends up looking pretty average after a few months.
No just cleaned with degreaser and then painted straight onto the bare metal.
This was using Foliatec caliper paint which is a 2 part paint with colour and hardener that you mix up. It goes on with a brush and you have to use it within an hour or two before it goes off.
I've used the VHT high temp rattle can stuff before and this gives a far superior finish (hard gloss). The VHT paint seems to attract brake dust and ends up looking pretty average after a few months.
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Interesting, I was gong to go down the high temp spray paint route but I was actually wondering what the brake dust situation was.
Took off the front number plate mounting bracket. Just used some clips to fill the holes in the bumper.
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Looks good just wondering if those holes would fit the Reverse sensors but wired to the brake pedal ,that way you could park closer to the car in front or a wall ?
Looks good just wondering if those holes would fit the Reverse sensors but wired to the brake pedal ,that way you could park closer to the car in front or a wall ?
I since took the plugs off the top holes and replaced them with carpentry screw cover/ stickers which I painted with touch up paint.
But to answer your question, no the holes would not be large enough to put sensors in. The clips themselves look a bit like park sensors which makes them look not so bad. However the stick on dots are cleaner.
No they're R-line wheel arches fitted to a non-rline.
Previous owner bought these from Germany(?) and fitted them.
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Damn they look really good, I wonder if it's possible to buy them. Reason I ask is I have totally butchered my OEM wheel arches whilst doing the upgrades to my tig (i.e. snapped off a lot of the pieces that hold it to the car) so I'm thinking an upgrade could be in order...
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