smudge_lad

As title, getting my new Cossie brakes fitted to the front, callipers going red.

The drums are needing painted too, if I get them red too will it look naff?

Should I just get them re-done black?

SiZT

painting your drums is like walking around naked when you've got a tiny cock

doctor stavros

try it and see. at the end of the day it is your opinion that counts, do them red, and if you dont like it, do them black

cossie604

iTrader: (2)

Nothing wrong with painting your drums....as long as you paint them black!

orion_crazy_carl

iTrader: (3)

would say black, they aint the prettiest things, u dont wanna draw attention to them

fuzzy

painting drums bright colours just advertises the fact you have a slow/lesser car.

orion_crazy_carl

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dont agree with that!lot of fast cars dont have disks on the back and in the case of a rs or onion, we dont like the back end following the front if u brake to hard

thebigyin

chav.

Csm

Look far better painted than rusty shit

Do them black as mentioned if red will embarrass you but personally its never bothered me as long as there neat and tidy

fuzzy

ill have to take your word for that as i cant think of any. i associate brake drums with slow cars and vans.

RichieST

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As above, black for drums!

95 fiesta si

iam painting mine black cause there rust colour at the min. you want them to look clean but not stand out. seen some in silver and they look ok with silver alloys.

orion_crazy_carl

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stick a post up bud, there is some!christianandbeccy i think still runs drums?

fuzzy

saying that the drums i had on the rear of my old celica were big fuckers. i still binned them for a supra rear axle and discs though for much improved braking.

Retro Al

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Dont bother its chavy

thebigmacmoomin

If you paint them black, its ok. Its only chavvy when its any other colour.

Andy

Oranoco

Mine are currently bright yellow. I shall be painting them and the calipers black though when I get a chance

Marts

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Mine are black, although heading for the bin soon

Painting them colours used to be seen as a 'cool' thing to do back in the day, but then so was wearing all-in-one shell suits

I dare ya

fuzzy

when was all in one shell suits cool?

BM08

black

cossie604

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Ay ay...calm down calm down, like

AGAR-COSWORTH

On my old car mine were all rusty so I painted them black - big improvement IMO.

Red16

Soooo true!

iansoutham

Got to be black TBH. And spend some time on the prep work or they will look terrible regardless. Mine had originally been painted in a simple aerosol which was simply flaking off. Rubbed them down properly and spent some time preparing them right before painting them with decent paint.

To give you an idea whether you like the idea or not:
before:


after:

95 fiesta si

could you paint them with high heat temp paint, as i have some gloss black in the garage, or does it have to be proper caliper paint ?

RichieST

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Any paint will do, drums don't get anywhere near hot enough for high temp paint

95 fiesta si

so it would be ok to use then. what about using it on calipers ?. I have black and red high heat temp paint so was thinking of redoing the calipers red and the drums black.

iansoutham

Any paint will do, although a better finish will be had by not using aerosols. Mine were enamelled, hence the gloss finish, although the coating should be very hard-wearing.

Spiky

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i must remember never to walk around naked then

Brian

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Paint them black, i have just used hammerite in the past


Brian