Painted our brake calipers

[dezzy]

I did this on my old Elise and although some people think it's a bit chav, the standard calipers on the Elise and Exige are damn ugly . . . it's amazing what a wee bit of paint can do to spruce them up and highlight the "Lotus" lettering on them

So, Heather and I have painted our calipers. I went for black with silver lettering to match my black badges on the car, and Heather obviously had to have yellow lettering

Before . . . ugly grey dull metal:


After (ignore the masking tape I hadn't yet removed)




And Heather's, with her lettering to match the car






Cheers,
D&H

[Rusty]

i don't think it looks chavvy, its called "attention to detail"

what did u paint them with? (and if you say a brush i won't be happy)

Adam

[Victor Meldrew]

i don't think it looks chavvy, its called "attention to detail"

what did u paint them with? (and if you say a brush i won't be happy)

Adam

Paint.. boom boom..

[dezzy]

i don't think it looks chavvy, its called "attention to detail"

what did u paint them with? (and if you say a brush i won't be happy)

Adam

There's a caliper paint kit you can get in Halfrauds. It used to be about £20 but got it for £5. It includes caliper cleaner spray, paint and hardner. Enough to do front and rear calipers on both of our cars. Then used a wee touch of silver and yellow hammerite for the lettering.

D

[tut]

You were right the first time dezzy, chavvy.



tut

[Scotty C]

I have a blue paint kit in my garage that i bought about 6 years ago for my old elise. but never did it as it was a bit boy racer.

each to there own.

PS I think the tipp-ex will melt

[mwmackenzie]

Mine are more chav!!!

[dezzy]

PS I think the tipp-ex will melt

Good thing I used Hammerite and high-temp caliper paint then, eh?

[g1zmo26]

Purple hammerite looks good mate when are you doing mine

Stuart

[campbell]

i don't think it looks chavvy, its called "attention to detail"

I say, if you have the time, you should absolutely go ahead and enjoy that sort of thing. Quite therapeutic I imagine, in fact. Once upon a time, I would have Well done Dezzy and Heds.

Your first post on this for your Elise inspired me to clean mine up and paint up in dark grey. But then I remembered I had two kids and a working wife and somehow the washing etc just got in the way

Perhaps I'll put this on the list for 2009 Winter Maintenance tho!

[Neil72]

The calipers look much better painted.

Painted calipers are actually an optional extra on the 2 eleven and you don't get much change out of £500

Could be a lucrative little sideline for you there Dezzy

[donnac]

I dont see anything wrong with painted calipers on a decent car either tbh its not like painting "power drums".

I will be doing mine soon too and will probably go for black, anything is better than the way they are just now.

The scary thing is the "to-do" list is growing day by day , still need to do my grills, get wheels coated, spray the front clam, fit the new driving lights, get new sill pads and look at a retrim/fix for the wear on the seats , not bad for a car i was not going to do anything to

[Sanjøy]

Yellow works for me, might go white on the 340

Worth refurbing your calipers prior to doing them, extra 30 mins per caliper...

http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... r&start=15

[Gareth]

I did this on my old Elise and although some people think it's a bit chav, the standard calipers on the Elise and Exige are damn ugly . . . it's amazing what a wee bit of paint can do to spruce them up and highlight the "Lotus" lettering on them

So, Heather and I have painted our calipers. I went for black with silver lettering to match my black badges on the car, and Heather obviously had to have yellow lettering

Cheers,
D&H

And they say love is dead...
This is the most romantic thing I've ever read.....def. should be made into a Mills and Boon.

[ed]

Thats quite funny for you!!