colour advice please

htr · Jul 9, 2014

I'm wanting to paint my brake calipers and possibly the drums as well. My FL1 is Rioja Red [code 601] what colour would suit that vehicle's colour?

Choices: as close as possible to body colour in caliper paint?
satin / matt black - bit boring
Gloss black - ditto
Aluminium look?
Orange!!

Satin black drums and coloured calipers??

biggeeeee · Jul 9, 2014

Why?

Plenty of discussion here though
UK Based Land Rover Forum, Land Rover Gallery and Land Rover Links. - Search Results for painting drums

Winu · Jul 9, 2014

I got yellows to my black wheels and black car. Yellow Gloss.
Drums in satin black

- People said that look lovely ;D

vilguy · Jul 9, 2014

biggeeeee said:
Why?

+1

see you outside mcdonalds on a friday night!

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Nodge68 · Jul 9, 2014

htr said:
I'm wanting to paint my brake calipers and possibly the drums as well. My FL1 is Rioja Red [code 601] what colour would suit that vehicle's colour?

Choices: as close as possible to body colour in caliper paint?
satin / matt black - bit boring
Gloss black - ditto
Aluminium look?
Orange!!

Satin black drums and coloured calipers??

Mine are painted black. They contrast the silver of the wheels with looking ridiculous.
My ZS180 were also pained black for the same reason.
My MGF calipers are bright red!!

sparkysbandit · Jul 9, 2014

mine are gloss black on my silver fl 1 with 2 tone alloys

teddywood1 · Jul 9, 2014

mine are a sort of brown (rust) until I get them painted black

baptista · Jul 10, 2014

does it need to be some special heat-resistant paint?

Skinny Mike · Jul 10, 2014

Mine are painted flat matt black using stove paint, no problem with heat

Mike

htr · Jul 10, 2014

Heat resistant paint- Yes.

Drums may get hotter than the calipers [perhaps]. The VHT Caliper paint needs to be 'cured' in an oven - one hour at 90ºC - wonder what the wife will say?

I've come to the conclusion if I couldn't colour match to the body colour, then satin black will be the order of the day.

I really like winu's yellow and that suits the black, dark green and maybe that smokey metallic grey as well although I could see those in a nice red too. I'd considered a bright red but I think in time I [and others] would see that as a bad mistake.

ZDomZ · Jul 10, 2014

Orange is the new black but I think I would stick to the old black on a Rioja red freebie!

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