I'm going to paint my brakes green and I've noticed that some of you have mentioned using hammerite smooth green paint. Is this heat resistant? Presumably temperatures could get quite high down there? Would I be better going for Foliatec paint?

i used hammerite smooth green and had a trackday at knockhill at the weekend, my wheels were so hot the metal must of expanded a bit and the centre cap fell out, you couldnt touch them with your hand.

My calipers are still a nice shade of green(and brake dust), not melted paint so i would be confident to reccomend the hammerite

Good stuff, thanks!

I used silver Hammerite on my last car (not wanting to look like a VRS wannabe) and it survived many track days and "spirited" drives

I used engine enamel on my last car (smooth like smoothrite)

My calipers are all burnt looking after 29 laps of the ring. No it isn't heat resistant :( .

Oops, is there any alternative? Do Foliatec do a similar green paint which is heat resistant?

At least with hammerite you can rub them down a bit and give them another coat - its cheap enough stuff at around

...its cheap enough stuff at around

Is it the price in B&Q and the usual places? Keep meaning to pick some up' date=' so I can paint my 312 calipers when I order them...

Steve[/quote']

Dont buy any Steve, I have more than enough left from when I did mine. Get yourself on the illuminations cruise/meet and i'll sort you out.

Cheers matey - should be free on the 29th. I'll provisionally add myself to the list, and confirm tomorrow.

Steve

i used hammerite smooth green and had a trackday at knockhill at the weekend' date=' my wheels were so hot the metal must of expanded a bit and the centre cap fell out, you couldnt touch them with your hand.

My calipers are still a nice shade of green(and brake dust), not melted paint so i would be confident to reccomend the hammerite [/quote']

centre cap fell out and the paint on the back of the brake pads caught fire.

talk about brake fade .

diffent day same place

Painted my track wheels with hammerite smooth...

...Now have hammerite melted ripple effect finish on them!!

Another option could be fireplace paint - designed for high temperatures...