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Anyone painted their brakes gold?

Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 9:15 pm
by Max
As above im in the process of rebuilding/refurbing my brakes and i want to paint them gold, has anyone on here done this and what was the result like?

I'm aiming for a light gold colour, no gloss, something subtle like this...
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As opposed to this in your face...
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Any recommendations?

Cheers
Max

Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 9:35 pm
by Craig_85
Foilatec

Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 10:09 pm
by Vtecmec
This was so long ago, I think I used hammerite.


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Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 10:12 pm
by firstlude
i guess its like most paint choices its what you like and what look your going for , if you use a mat clear coat you will have the protection without the shine

Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 10:19 pm
by Sailor
The light gold ones look OK on our black 5G.
I agree that the over-bling ones should be avoided.

Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 8:04 am
by Max
Vtecmec wrote:This was so long ago, I think I used hammerite.


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Wow that looks brilliant and exactly what I was going for, your level of OCD appeals to me haha I must have a proper look through your project thread, is there any chance you can find out exactly what you used?
firstlude wrote:i guess its like most paint choices its what you like and what look your going for , if you use a mat clear coat you will have the protection without the shine
Depends what I end up using but good call, I hadn't thought about using matt clear :)
Sailor wrote:The light gold ones look OK on our black 5G.
I agree that the over-bling ones should be avoided.
Any pics of this and what you used?

Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 11:54 am
by Merlin
Calipers and suspension arms

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 12:45 pm
by Max
Nice idea but goes a bit too far for me, that gold looks pretty good too though, what product did you use @Merlin ?

Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 1:47 pm
by Merlin
Gold Hammerite.



This was gold VHT spray paint

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 2:22 pm
by Max
Thanks mate your bay looks awesome, I was considering the VHT stuff but its a bit dark for my liking, thanks for confirming! :)