Painting rear brake calipers?

  1. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project
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    Hi just wondered if any of you have painted your rear calipers? the actual bit with the piston in not just the carriers. Basically I took the calipers off to rebuild them and noticed one of them which is a previously refurbished caliper has been sandblasted by the looks of it and it's causing some kind of corrosion which is getting under the seals so I thought if I clean it up and paint it hopefully that will stop it happening again. Just want to paint them black nothing fancy..

    Anyways just wanted to know what paint you used and did you primer it etc?
  2. Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2016 Oxfordshire, bicester Posts: 152 Saxo Vtr in black 53 plate Silvertop with a few mo
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    Yeh mate done mine red the other week... Use normal primer and high temperature paint, if you use normal paint it will just bubble and flake after a few weeks because calipers get bloody hot on Saxos
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  3. Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2013 Newhaven Posts: 262 2003 Saxo VTR
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    i need to rebuild one of my rear ones soon, what was the job like to do? any advice?
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke-on-trent Posts: 2640 Mk5 Golf GTTDI Mk2 VTR Project
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    Originally Posted by CarlStinson View Post
    i need to rebuild one of my rear ones soon, what was the job like to do? any advice?
    Pretty simple job to be fair mate, the most difficult bit is not breaking the bleed nipples as they're pretty small on the rear. once you've got it off wind the piston all the way out and then you will be able to wiggle it free, no need for any compressed air. Then its just a case of prising the seals off the a screwdriver or similar, cleaning it all up and then putting the new on and winding the piston back in. If you are replacing the piston you need to swap over the internals from the old piston which is just a clip holding them in which can be fiddly but not too difficult.
  5. Saxperience Addict Joined: Jun 2006 Wirral Posts: 13584 Wickerd red VTS MK2, Two tone VTS MK2,vvc Metro..
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    Ive done mine few years back in yellow hammerite,stil clean up nice n yellow..