Thought I would give everything a paint as I was changing out the discs and calipers.

Looks good Fish.

What paint did you use, both discs and callipers please.

It was Halfords own high temp caliper paint. Dried quick and with a fine sand in between coats on the caliper, I think it came out ok. I did give them a good de-grease first and after the third coat I was happy with the finish. The transfers were off ebay and are supposed to be ok for high temp. They have been on for over a week now and all seems just as fresh. The discs were painted with the same caliper paint in gloss black, I'm going to use it on the rear calipers when I get time.

Does look good  16MY Estoril Blue SVR.............
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14MY Autobiography Dynamic - SDV6 - Fuji White
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Santorini Black - Dual View - Rear Entertainment - Sunroof.
12MY Autobiography - SDV6 - Orkney Grey - awesome ;(
2005 Java Black - 4.2 V8 Supercharged First Edition- will never be forgotten ;(

Nice job there.  FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

definitely a job I'd like to do, followed by mudguards, always bugged me how rubbish they look standard out of the factory!! If you've got it, spend it!

I'm going to do the same when I change my pads tomorrow  If you've got it, spend it!

Job done
took me 7 hours tho







 If you've got it, spend it!

Just out of interest as im looking to paint my calipers, do you guys use a "Heavy duty" jack , ramp or just the usual supplied jack to life the car and remove the wheel?

Im a bit sceptical about putting all that weight up on the factory supplied jack.

Thanks in advance.

When I did mine I used the supplied jack but put my 2.5 Ton axle stand under too as a backup. I only did one wheel at a time too. One thing I would say is use a good quality wheel spanner, the one supplied snapped on my first nut  2.7 HSE, Audi A6 Exec, Honda Accord Exec, Volvo 440, Volvo 360

dvb247 wrote:

Job done
took me 7 hours tho

Nice job!
That's one for me to do! Just a quick Q, the calipers you have are they Brembo's? They look the same as the ones on mine and was wondering where to put the stickers, but you've kindly sorted that for me  MY2011 TDV6 HSE Privacy Glass, Sunroof, TV, sidesteps, Hawke stainless tips - Now gone
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They are not Brembo calipers

These are

Fish, did you remove the callipers to paint them or paint them on the vehicle?

Jim

You beat me to it, Jim. I can't see how you can get a decent finish on the edges by the discs without removing the calipers and that's what put me off doing mine. FF 4.4 V8 Soooo looking forward to this bad boy
Ex 2006 RRS SC - garbage
Ex 2016 135i M Sport - dream car
Ex 2003 RS6 Avant - piece of cr*p
Ex 2014 320d X Drive, M Sport Touring - ok I guess
Ex 2007 RRS TDV8 - bloody loved it
EX 2007 FL2 XS - not so bad

Disco_Mikey wrote:

They are not Brembo calipers

These are

Ah ha, I did wonder, stealers told me they all had Brembo's! Expensive job to change them? MY2011 TDV6 HSE Privacy Glass, Sunroof, TV, sidesteps, Hawke stainless tips - Now gone
MY2015 Jaguar XE R Sport, Black Pack - Company Car
2014 BMW M5 F10 4.4 V8 Twin turbo