Have yours lost their shine?

[bluesnappa]

Happy New Year! My brake calipers are looking a dull, matt gunmetal grey colour. When new, they were a bright silver. Have yours gone the same way and has anyone painted theirs yet...if so any tips?

[GMad]

Rusty! But they work, so they'll stay that way!!

[scotgc]

Yep,
Mines have gone the same way and with the 20" rims it looks .....well dull. Might take the wheels off next time the temperature manages to go above zero and clean them up.

[Phil19]

Hi Guys, mine too, any idea on the best cleaning product for the calipers to get them back to SILVER again?

[scotgc]

Need to be very careful and not get any cleaning product on the discs!

[wimorrison]

Originally Posted by Phil19

Hi Guys, mine too, any idea on the best cleaning product for the calipers to get them back to SILVER again?

you can get specific paint that you spray on the calipers to make them silver, or red, or blue ...

Just make sure it is high temp paintb suitable for calipers otherwise you will get a strange burning smell in the car when you stop

[bluesnappa]

Halfords seem to stock the spray paint. May well try it.

[scotgc]

Maybe just a good clean-up required then paint them black, have to wait until better weather though.

[Strick]

Originally Posted by wimorrison

you can get specific paint that you spray on the calipers to make them silver, or red, or blue ...

Just make sure it is high temp paintb suitable for calipers otherwise you will get a strange burning smell in the car when you stop

I used that once, but next time wanted a more specific colour, so changed to Hammerite (which was popular on the forums i used at the time). Got to say, it gave a good finish which in my opinion lasted longer than the high temp stuff, and i never had any problems with smell, peeling, etc.