Brake drums painted

[SimonJ]

Painted brake drums this afternoon now I have black Aurigas fitted.

 

Before with grey drums;

 

 

After with black drums;

 

 

Looks much better I think.

[Wurzell]

Well worth doing that looks so much nicer in my opinion Paul n Tash

[Eltezz]

Time for some new wheel caps...

[SimonJ]

Hadn't planned to replace wheel caps, they are new.

[Eltezz]

Sorry, bad description. I meant the wheel center cap, looks like that one is riddled with whiteworm.

 

Just had to twist my dealers arm to replace all 4 on the VRS under warranty. The ones on my Citigo need changing as well...

 

Or is it just a reflection of the stones on the ground?

Edited 11 October, 2018 by Eltezz

[SimonJ]

Just a reflection of the gravel. Wheel centre caps are new.

[weymouthtyke]

Hi Simon I what paintbrush you use on the drums? Cheers!

[aerofurb]

I thought the drums on my Citigo looked so shabby in the 'grey primer' finish, they deserved to be painted. I considered black but went with 'graphite' in the end. Callipers and drums were painted with a brake paint kit from Amazon (brush was standard 1/2" brush) and the drums now look like discs at a quick glance... A VW up! GTI parked next to me at work and I was surprised to see that they come with nothing better than the 'grey primer' drums as well!

 

 

 

Edited 19 May, 2019 by aerofurb
Correction to paint colour

[weymouthtyke]

On 14/05/2019 at 22:15, weymouthtyke said:

Hi Simon I what paint did you use on the drums? Cheers!

 

[weymouthtyke]

8 hours ago, aerofurb said:

I thought the drums on my Citigo looked so shabby in the 'grey primer' finish, they deserved to be painted. I considered black but went with steel grey in the end. Callipers and drums were painted with a brake paint kit from Amazon (brush was standard 1/2" brush) and the drums now look like discs at a quick glance... A VW up! GTI parked next to me at work and I was surprised to see that they come with nothing better than the 'grey primer' drums as well!

 

 

 

Thanks for the information even though I really should check my messages before posting. 🤦‍♂️

[aerofurb]

Ah, I did wonder about the request for paintbrush info... 😉

 

This was the kit I bought (graphite, not steel grey - corrected earlier post):

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tech-Brake-Caliper-Paint-GRAPHITE/dp/B01JUM1JPS/ref=pd_day0_hl_263_6/261-4676698-2553603?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01JUM1JPS&pd_rd_r=64e89ec7-7a11-11e9-befd-7173e4d2ac77&pd_rd_w=0mTNi&pd_rd_wg=5EC4R&pf_rd_p=92d624bb-a334-423e-8722-8024dd09667f&pf_rd_r=K6QJA4JN0FPM2ZQY16H2&psc=1&refRID=K6QJA4JN0FPM2ZQY16H2

Edited 19 May, 2019 by aerofurb

[Westbury63]

That's a great job and looks really good. I think with the silver Apus alloys on my Citigo, the graphite would be a good colour choice.

 

The kit you linked to, comes with 250ml of paint. Was this enough? How many coats did you need? Did you bother to remove the Calipers? Thanks,

 

 

Edited 19 May, 2019 by Westbury63

[aerofurb]

I gave each drum and calliper two coats, went on really easily (with the 1/2" brush supplied 🙂) and I reckon there's enough in the tin to do three more Citiogos!

 

I didn't paint the main wheel contact area of the drum to ensure the wheel still sat directly on the drum. As well as giving the drums and callipers a good clean with the cleaner provided in the kit, I scuffed up the surface a bit with Scotchbrite pads. Note of caution, a steel wire brush could be used on the (steel) drums but shouldn't be used on the (aluminium) front callipers. 

[Westbury63]

Thanks very much aerofub. 👍 very useful information I will take on board. Will post some pictures of the job once done.