well curpa r leon comes with red calipers... very easy to do... once u get paint that can withstand heat, keep away from stuff from cans... i just have a cupra an went for a blue on mine... to b diff.... but got plenty of layers of paint an lacaur on... only way to go

 

the brakes on the LCR are Brembo's so will come Red standard. If you wanna paint your calipers red, just get some Hammerite paint - in the colour that you want. It's high temp stuff so will stand the brake conditions fine. Just take the wheel off, and paint it on as normal!

I can't imagine this would invalidate your warranty, unless you go and spray the disc or something !

Just paint the metal bits, if you get stuck - take the wheel off and give everything a damn good clean with wire wool, you'll soon see what needs painting and what shouldn't be!

Hammerite paint is about....£5?? easy!

 

well i had no warrenty probs here in Ireland wit mine... they said there was no bother wit it... funny thing no prob wit having nos either.... an have it in writing.... job

 

I have paint my both rear and front calipers red ofcourse with sprey.But Sprey for metals not any sprey.i can send you a photo if you want to

 

It's actually dead easy, I did it to my car before uprating the fronts to Brembos and 325mm discs. It IS a Scoob though

I used Hammerite red, two coats, it takes about an hour to do two coats each side, but the stuff dries quickly.Give the calipers a clean with a wire brush first.

Avoid paint on the discs and the flexible brake lines. Also on the bleed nipples. Mine were done with a mediom sized child's paintbrush and take your time.

Oh, and if you use Hammerite, you'll need a tin of Hammerite thinners for the brush, as nowt else shifts it!

Alcazar

 

I used Hammerite on my old FTO, girlfriends Lupo sport and my sisters MX5 & Cinq, Simple to do and prolongs the life of the caliper if anything as it keeps the rust at bay. put some pics up when you have finished. (It's worth painting the black just to have them looking cleaner and keeping the rust away ... but red is nicer).

Although I painted the misis Lupo green as it's a Green Lupo and she wanted the Skoda Fabia vRS looking calipers?! :

 

Looking at the pics of peoples cars on here i have noticed lots of you guys have red front brake calipers which i think looks really cool. I would really like mine red but don't know where to start! What sort of paint would i need? Which bits do i avoid painting? And the old question... will it invalidate my warrenty Even better, can i buy any that are already red?

About your red calipers mate sorry it was a while ago but you can buy special caliper paint from halfords and demon tweeks and potn etc. They come in about 6 diff colours - red, yellow, green, blue, orange and another that i cant remember. Its good stuff.

Hope it helps

 

Hammerite is still better and cheaper though.

 

Hammerite is still better and cheaper though.

Fair enough. Haven't used either so can't comment.

 

hammerite worked for me, just a couple of decent coats, and dont use hammered finish, it doesnt like the heat!!