DO YOU paint your brakes?

I've always preferred a tidy clean looking car than bright in your face max power ready. Brakes needed a clean up (as were bright green; long story) so only have red paint to hand, I've done the fronts red.

The rears, are black. I much prefer this look, the black just gives a much cleaner feel.

Is this a common thing? Or have I suddenly joined the fiesta crew by having my calipers ferrari red?

Can't say I'm much for lairy colours on brakes, although subtle details aren't too bad (i.e if you had the Supra logo done in a fancy colour, but the rest black) - but otherwise yeah, stay black

Well I have painted my brakes and stuck yellow Supra stickers on ....

Fiesta crew here I come !

Nothing wrong painted your brakes mate

That's pretty much what I was talking about, black brake, coloured logo. Looks nice!

Mine are red at the moment, but will be going black in the near future.

I think the standard black suits the Supra more.

The standard purple of the D2 big brake kit for me

Failing this mplavery's got the right idea imo.

My UK specs on my old car were lime green. That was the only highlight on a white car with white wheels.

I'll probably do the same on the new car - lime green calipers on a black car with polished wheels.

I think red looks great on a black or pearl gray supra

imo the uk (bigger spec) brakes look good painted, but the j-spec look too feable to pull of the lairy colours. just my opinion. I did mine black with the white and red supra decals.

Mines were red on front and std colour on back,now all black n new looking with white supra stickers,look much better

I painted mine satin black in Hammerite and put the standard white and red Supra logo on the calipers. I was thinking a different colour, but I didn't think anything would look as good as black, especially behind the LMs

Mine are red & black.

A combination of rust and brake dust.

The only other thing I cover them in is glory.

mine are red & black.

 

A combination of rust and brake dust.

 

The only other thing i cover them in is glory.

Mine are red & black.

 

A combination of rust and brake dust.

 

The only other thing I cover them in is glory.

no .

Mine are black but there standard, in black you can get away with hamerite but any other colour I think looks crap unless there actually painted.

One thing I do hate is the "supra" stickers people put on them, super cheesy!

To answer the question red brakes look lovely but only when there big calipers!

Hell yeah

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Do you guys completely remove all the brakes (dismantle) when your painting them or can they be done with just the wheel off and everything intact? I have been tempted to do this on mine but thought it would involve taking everything apart

Do you guys completely remove all the brakes (dismantle) when your painting them or can they be done with just the wheel off and everything intact? I have been tempted to do this on mine but thought it would involve taking everything apart

I used a wire brush to get all the crap off, cleaned the calipers with thinners (or something, I can't remember. It could have been water!) then painted them in place

Hell yeah

 

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surely those discs will lose the colour once the car is braking?

thanks josh

surely those discs will lose the colour once the car is braking?

 

thanks josh

Id be more worried about the lack of braking

Mine red front rear black, uk brakes white supra logo.

Mine were a gunmetal grey, was more noticable than black, but a louder 'in your face colour'.

Depends on the car they are on as well..

Don't use thinners use brake cleaner

This might help some of you

http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?246376-freshening-up-your-brakes

Landrover's brake cleaner is the nuts by the way ....