Paint flaking and rust appearing can i get the dealer to sort this? surely they should not do this

hammerite is your friend - doing mine when I get paid next

'whitey' Sadly not.

For once when they say 'they all do that', it is true.  Happens within only a few months on many Drums.

Nothing to stop you asking though.

 

I would get the wheels off.

Wire brush or sand the Drums, apply some rust inhibitor and then paint them, with Hammerite or similar,

maybe use Brake Caliper paint...

 

george

cheers thought it may be a Hammerite job. Bad crack really as they should cover this - ill ask anyway.

cheers all

W

VAG seem to be the only manufacturer to be content with grey primer only on brake drums - even GM paint the drums properly. How they get away with an unfinished product I don't know. (Also check out some of the hanging brackets on the exhaust - you'll find some naked steel there - now rust coated)

Mine were rusty on the Fabia, took off the wheels, done a clean up and painted the drums with hammerite black, easy enough to do and pleased with the results.

Mine were rusty on the Fabia, took off the wheels, done a clean up and painted the drums with hammerite black, easy enough to do and pleased with the results.

Did you use a spray can or tin and brush? Also, did you use the standard paint or one of the high temperature hammerite paints?

Did you use a spray can or tin and brush? Also, did you use the standard paint or one of the high temperature hammerite paints?

 

I doubt that drum temperatures will bother any paint.

 

Hammerite is not the great rust preventer it makes itself out to be.

 

Take care to prepare the drums well, wire brush off/rub down all rust, then spray on 2 or so coats primer (rust preventing type preffered), then final coats of hammerite or black engineering paint. Black is the best colour - Ive tried silver and it looks naff.

I drove straight home from dealers and painted my drums with hammerite smoot red. 11 months later they still like new. I am surprised how bad some cars look after just ba few months

I drove straight home from dealers and painted my drums with hammerite smoot red. 11 months later they still like new. I am surprised how bad some cars look after just ba few months

A photo please .

Just tried to upload photo but it comes up file to big. When wife comes home in car will take another and try to post that one

Just tried to upload photo but it comes up file to big. When wife comes home in car will take another and try to post that one

You can use Photobucket and then post a link to the photo. That's what most people do.

Ive done it Kent. Here are a couple of photos of my red drums, don't know what colour I would do them on your car, not sure red would look right on a green car

They look great . A nice little detail. I think a darker green would be better for my car.

Edited 24 July, 201312 yr by Kent (DK)

Did you use a spray can or tin and brush? Also, did you use the standard paint or one of the high temperature hammerite paints?

I used a brush. I chocked the front wheels and released the handbrake. I put one wheel bolt in and used that to rotate it whilst cleaning, rubbing down, and finally painting.

I didn't worry too much about heat or high temp paint. It is only a 1.4 tdi.

I've painted the rear drums on my monte over the weekend. Very pleased with the results. Followed the advice above but used smooth Black, I'm not a fan of the red on drums that are so small look a bit Halfords IMHO. If I was doing the calipers I would do them red. What is the procedure for doing them, can you paint them in situ?

Jon

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Looking very good. I painted mine with a matt black heat temperature halfords paint but I have made a a*** of it, not a nice finish. So I'll be doing mine again with some of this smooth hammerite. 

Looking very good. I painted mine with a matt black heat temperature halfords paint but I have made a a*** of it, not a nice finish. So I'll be doing mine again with some of this smooth hammerite.

If I were you I'd go for the hammer finish stuff,not smooth.

The hammer finish is your friend,it hides surface imperfections and flatters your work so that brushmarks are less evident,that's the whole point of it.

Painted them with matte black spray

Hi all, I've got an all black Monte Carlo, wondered if going for a green on the drums and callipers on the front. Started to read other posts gutted that European versions get rear disks.

Dealer won't fix it, as "it's a cosmetic part sir, not structural or functional" therefore not covered under warranty.

There are a few arguments against this, like it wouldn't be so obvious if the car didn't have hoofing great 17" wheels with a few spokes and A LOT of spaces between...

Yet to fix mine, it hasn't got worse and isn't massively eye catching, but I may have to do something before I sell it.

@toots how did you paint the calipers, did you have to remove them?

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No jonro I done them on the car. Used a fine brush around the edges to avoid getting paint where it was not meant to be. A time comsuming job but as I am retired I have plenty of that. Gave them 3 coats over 2 days and as I said in first post still looking good after 11 months, or it will be tomorrow. I have done this to a few of my cars with alloy wheels and the Hammerite  have  lasted a good few years especially my 1990 Estelle which I had for 9 years and both the calipers and drums were never redone

Edited 31 July, 201312 yr by Toots

My tips from experience with 2 fabias.

 

Before you paint with whatever paint you choose, wire brush and rub down the drums to get rid of as much rust as possible.Without the prep, paint will flake off after a while and it will look awful. Then blow over a few coats of primer (rust preventing type preferably). Then apply paint - I prefer to spray smooth black. Without the primer, the drums will start to look tatty after a couple of years.

 

Hammer finish is bloody awful looking.

 

If I were really pedantic, I would take the drums off, soak them in this wonderful stuff , then spray primer followed by final coat.

 

Black is good because you can overspray around the drums without it looking carp.

Thank you toots and xman. Now I have a job for my next weekend off

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