Sprayed one of my brakes! pic inside (quick job)

1. user_29030 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Exeter Posts: 870 mk1 Silver VTR

   #1 7th December 2008, 21:33

   So i my brakes where looking like this
   
   
   i got old lunch box out fileed with hot soapy water and a brillo pad and got scrubbing, scrubbed as much as i could still had a bit off shit on em...
   got out my primer i used for my interior
   lol it was plastic primer but it worked...
   waited 20 mins
   sprayed it again
   waited 20
   spray some green on
   waited 20 sprayed on another layer of green.
   (in mean time was giving the alloy a good old scrub...)
   
   came out looking like this, sorry about the lighting i had a halogen doing it out in the dark cold lol
   
   
   
   
   what ya think?
   going to do other 3 tomorrow i think
   
2. user_29030 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Exeter Posts: 870 mk1 Silver VTR

   #2 7th December 2008, 21:35

   oops i dint put in other images
   here they are
   
   
3. saxovtsmad Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2008 stoke on trent Posts: 8875 now own a possi blue mk2 vts mk1 went to heaven

   #3 7th December 2008, 21:38

   looking good want to do mine lol
4. user_29030 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Exeter Posts: 870 mk1 Silver VTR

   #4 7th December 2008, 21:40

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by saxovtsmad looking good want to do mine lol

   cheers
   cheap job too i just grabbed some random paint from halfords its a ford green
   sprayed it on dint take long
   i took a 20 min masking taping the edges though i think thats the best way to get a good finish, just taken off my Saxo and Citroen badges at the back to do something with them now lol...
5. GoochyBoy Established Member Joined: Nov 2008 Lichfield Posts: 1744 Black Saxo VTR MK2

   #5 7th December 2008, 21:41

   Looking good mate
6. user_29030 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Exeter Posts: 870 mk1 Silver VTR

   #6 7th December 2008, 21:43

   cheers! i think im going to go with a silver/black/green theme
   i got green footwell neons in the post lol
   i did my dash peices silver this weekend too..
7. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #7 7th December 2008, 22:11

   so u didnt take them off? idea comes to thought lol
   is it just halfords spray by itself? wont it come off?
8. user_29030 Frequent Poster Joined: Nov 2008 Exeter Posts: 870 mk1 Silver VTR

   #8 7th December 2008, 22:14

   nah left em on , masked them with tape and sprayyed away
   i think i should of prolly laquered them but we can seeee.
   can always do it again....
   yeah just primer and painted from halfords.
9. richyd711 Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2008 Swadlincote Posts: 483 Citreon Saxo 1.1 X3dr Mango Westcoast 1.4

   #9 7th December 2008, 22:15

   Iv got that ford signal green to do myn too looks good pal