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[TheBoy]

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?

[Nick W]

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?

because it's snake oil.

[VXL V6]

Used Hammerite (well smoothrite!) on mine, in a fetching shade of black... doesn't show the brake dust so badly 

[TheBoy]

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?

because it's snake oil.

But is it? As standard paints aren't much cop with high temps.

[biggriffin]

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?

because it's snake oil.

But is it? As standard paints aren't much cop with high temps.

When we use to get truck chassis painted, they would paint everything, turbos, engines, include, paint use to stay on for ages, and on the calipers too, STD paint, don't know if it was 2pk or cellulose.

[Nick W]

As you can get proper caliper paint that can take the heat - not that much heat builds up in the Bear's brakes - why wouldn't you use that?

because it's snake oil.

But is it? As standard paints aren't much cop with high temps.

When we use to get truck chassis painted, they would paint everything, turbos, engines, include, paint use to stay on for ages, and on the calipers too, STD paint, don't know if it was 2pk or cellulose.

It doesn't matter, either is plenty good enough on a caliper. I know people that painted their engines with Dulux with no problems. The important thing is to prepare the surface properly - utterly clean and degreased, sanded to key the paint then degreased again - rather than the actual paint used.