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[05omegav6]

On my fifth, but still have three of them

[aaronjb]

Just how hot do you think the caliper gets?

Don't forget that TB rolls into the local BP with the brakes white hot like he's just finished a stint at LeMans, fails to fill it with LPG and then leaves a quarter mile of black rubber as he leaves the forecourt with the rear brakes hammering away on the traction control..

[TheBoy]

Just how hot do you think the caliper gets? Or you could test one with  an infra-red thermometer which is a fairly handy thing to have anyway.
Hammerite works fine on engines, even around the exhaust ports on OHV engines which get much hotter.

I must remember to stick it in the car one day to find out

I'm guessing as the wheels get way beyond 100C, the caliper must be in the region of "rather warm"?

[Nick W]

Paint doesn't burn off the wheels does it?

[TheBoy]

Paint doesn't burn off the wheels does it?

Something is

but I suspect its salt and general wear


The caliper, holding the pads, would surely get a damn sight hotter without effectively a bloody great heatsink rotating in free air?

[Nick W]

I doubt(haven't measured them) that the pads are hotter than the disc, unless you have some exotic setup.

[hawke113a]

i used yellow hammerite and looks good

[EMD]

Hammerite didnt burn off Elite calipers , sticks like s#it to a blanket