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Calliper And Drums.

Gazjs
Gazjs
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Its that time of year again to paint the callipers. I am after opinion though on whether to touch up the already silver that they currently are, or to change and go for graphite to fit in with the body trim.

Thoughts?

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    The calipers on my Mk7 need painting badly! The original paint has faded and the calipers look awful. What paint do you recommend?

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    The paint I have on just now (Which you can see through the alloy) is Hammerite. I painted them beginning of last summer and as you can see they are pretty much still in top condition, even after the bad winter :lol:

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    i've just painted the rear calipers (fronts to follow) hammerite metallic blue i think, i was not sure but once i get alloys, st bumpers and the blue st stickers on i think it'll look nice.

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    I like the silver Garry, keep it like that.

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    done mine yesterday. Black hammerite spray can the back drums. And silver for the front calipers. Looks brand new :)

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    I like the silver as well, it looks very clean!

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    Ok,

    On reading everyone's thoughts, I am going to leave the drums silver and paint the callipers graphite (I think :lol:)

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