vinyl wrap my calipers??

1. sexoturbs Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 luton Posts: 1013 saxo vtr turbo

   #1 11th March 2010, 15:42

   hi all, i have a set of brembo 4pot calipers but when i bought them one of the calipers was fu*ked so i bought another one but it came in black... i now have one red and one black. a friend of mine said he has some spare carbon vinyl wrap and said he would vinyl wrap the front half of both of them for £30 as thats all you can see weh its on the car.
   
   will it work? or will it peel off when they heat up?
   
   thoughts please
2. frankie Saxperience Addict Joined: Apr 2006 Frome, down deepest, darkest zummerset Posts: 12971 VTRallye

   #2 11th March 2010, 15:43

   possibly stick them on with some high temp glue if there is such a thing.
3. LSOfreak Saxperience Addict Joined: Jan 2008 west london Posts: 13810

   #3 11th March 2010, 15:50

   melt off wont they?
4. sexoturbs Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 luton Posts: 1013 saxo vtr turbo

   #4 11th March 2010, 15:53

   ok i think the questions im really looking for answers for is how hot do calipers actually get?
   
   and what temp can the vinyl wrap take?
   
   anyone no the answer to ither of those questions?
5. Misky Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2009 Oldham, Manchester Posts: 101 3 R5 GT Turbo's Saxo vtr

   #5 12th March 2010, 09:29

   Well you can get vinyl graphics/lettering for calipers to imitate brembo etc and i know they stay on. No 100% sure about a whole sheet of vinyl though.
6. sexoturbs Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 luton Posts: 1013 saxo vtr turbo

   #6 13th March 2010, 18:54

   well they do the brembo covers on ebay that just clip on the front can just get a pair of them. will make it look alot better than one black one red... when the wheel is on you cant see much anyways
7. user_15854 Frequent Poster Joined: May 2007 Leicester Posts: 796 Corsa GSI C20LET

   #7 13th March 2010, 18:59

   The Vinyl will just melt, distort or just bubble under heat mate. Thats even if you get the vinyl to actually stick properly due to the amount of dust or grease etc that will be on the calipers.
8. user_41025 Established Member Joined: Jan 2010 grimsby Posts: 1421 citron saxo vtr 1.6i

   #8 13th March 2010, 19:00

   they will get to hot and then will just fall off pal cant you paint them ??
9. 3cott Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2008 Rotherham Posts: 4614 Black mk2 vts

   #9 13th March 2010, 19:12

   Why don't you just re-paint them
   Then get new decals for them
10. jaytay Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 birmingham Posts: 858 saxo vtr 2000 black modified

    #10 13th March 2010, 19:27

    repaint mate save the hassle doin all again if they melt
11. sexoturbs Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 luton Posts: 1013 saxo vtr turbo

    #11 13th March 2010, 20:17

    well i would like them red but the black caliper is brand new. i will just leave it for now and sort it another time as long as they are working im happy. need to buy other more important bits at the moment...