Leinster place for brake calliper painting?

TheAnalyst_

Hi, what’s a good place in Leinster for this? I want the highest quality finish/durability whatever process I’d best for that.

Thanks.

FrankC21

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Hi, what’s a good place in Leinster for this? I want the highest quality finish/durability whatever process I’d best for that.

Thanks.

Just buy it online. Searh for brand qnd

mickdw

Dont paint your calipers unless you are at least removing them completely.
Every painted caliper ive seen seems to have been done while installed so only half cleaned, half painted with paint on pads, paint on rubber seals etc. Just brutal.

TheAnalyst_

Exaxctly. I want them properly removed, dipped or whatever.

TheQ_Man

Had my calipers done in a paint shop while getting bodywork done, they painted the pads as well :rolleyes:

PsychoPete

TheQ_Man wrote: »

Had my calipers done in a paint shop while getting bodywork done, they painted the pads as well :rolleyes:

I'd rather them get paint on the pads than have them going at the brakes

Detritus70

PsychoPete wrote: »

I'd rather them get paint on the pads than have them going at the brakes

I wouldn't. Or maybe paint the pads, shure paint the discs as well, be grand.

User1998

Doesn’t the paint come off the pads once you start driving?

TheQ_Man

It was worse (The paint on pads)

I can't see anywhere doing this properly if you aren't going to remove and rebuild them yourself.

To do it properly the calipers need to be removed from car and completely striped.

They then need to be acid dipped or sandblasted and then sent to a painters or a powedercoaters who have experience with calipers and can block of all the relevant hole's and ensure nothing gets where it shouldn't.

They then need to be completely rebuilt with new seals , possibly pistons, if not new pistons then they need to be polished back to factory with metal paste, essentially a complete refurbishment which is time consuming.

At the very least if you aren't going to strip them yourself it's going to involve a mechanic doing that and then seperatly an acid dipping place/sandblasters then a paint shop or powder coaters, the car will be off the road for at least 2 weeks I would imagine you would be looking at alot of dough for the job to be done properly.

If I was a mechanic I wouldn't touch a job like that because you are relying on the painters/powedercoaters not screwing it up for it to look good and be safe.

That's how it is done properly but I'm sure a crap job could be done without them being striped and rebuild, it would look rubbish though and would peel/tarnish very quickly.

mickdw

Chad Prehistoric Motorist wrote: »

I can't see anywhere doing this properly if you aren't going to remove and rebuild them yourself.

To do it properly the calipers need to be removed from car and completely striped.

They then need to be acid dipped or sandblasted and then sent to a painters or a powedercoaters who have experience with calipers and can block of all the relevant hole's and ensure nothing gets where it shouldn't.

They then need to be completely rebuilt with new seals , possibly pistons, if not new pistons then they need to be polished back to factory with metal paste, essentially a complete refurbishment which is time consuming.

At the very least if you aren't going to strip them yourself it's going to involve a mechanic doing that and then seperatly an acid dipping place/sandblasters then a paint shop or powder coaters, the car will be off the road for at least 2 weeks I would imagine you would be looking at alot of dough for the job to be done properly.

If I was a mechanic I wouldn't touch a job like that because you are relying on the painters/powedercoaters not screwing it up for it to look good and be safe.

That's how it is done properly but I'm sure a crap job could be done without them being striped and rebuild, it would look rubbish though and would peel/tarnish very quickly.

Ya. Its really not something to be considering unless you are thrpwing mo ey at it or need to replace calipers anyway.
99 percent are done as photos above and are laughable.

Del2005

Chad Prehistoric Motorist wrote: »

I can't see anywhere doing this properly if you aren't going to remove and rebuild them yourself.

To do it properly the calipers need to be removed from car and completely striped.

They then need to be acid dipped or sandblasted and then sent to a painters or a powedercoaters who have experience with calipers and can block of all the relevant hole's and ensure nothing gets where it shouldn't.

They then need to be completely rebuilt with new seals , possibly pistons, if not new pistons then they need to be polished back to factory with metal paste, essentially a complete refurbishment which is time consuming.

At the very least if you aren't going to strip them yourself it's going to involve a mechanic doing that and then seperatly an acid dipping place/sandblasters then a paint shop or powder coaters, the car will be off the road for at least 2 weeks I would imagine you would be looking at alot of dough for the job to be done properly.

If I was a mechanic I wouldn't touch a job like that because you are relying on the painters/powedercoaters not screwing it up for it to look good and be safe.

That's how it is done properly but I'm sure a crap job could be done without them being striped and rebuild, it would look rubbish though and would peel/tarnish very quickly.

Cheaper to buy new calipers, do manufacturers do different colours?

I would agree with you re new callipers, certain manufacturers do but if it was me I would just change the calipers for aftermarket ones in the colour wanted.

I would say there are companies in Europe/UK that offer fully rebuilt and repainted callipers, you probably send them yours and pay them and they send you back a fresh pair and then they re use the ones you sent them for the next job.

Edit, here's a place in the UK. I would guess you are talking minimum 800 GBP and that's without paying a mechanic to take them off your car and refit them.

https://www.bcs-automotive.co.uk/

TheAnalyst_

Del2005 wrote: »

Cheaper to buy new calipers, do manufacturers do different colours?

2.5K...

I was going to drive to UK and get them done. Assumed there were good options in Dublin.

CJhaughey

Bigg Redd do them in the UK , not sure what they are like since Brexit. I think a zinc passivate would be best for durability but maybe not look as good as paint.
Their website is dog slow though.

Neilw

There isn’t anywhere in Ireland for a one stop shop for caliper refurb.
Bigg red in the UK are well regarded and they charge £105 per caliper for a standard finish, obviously plus postage.

TheAnalyst_

What sort of finishes do they get?

Those calipers look fine for what they are but I would not be pleased at all if I sent them a modern set of 6 pot brembos and that was the finish they achieved.

Also a rebuild seal kit for a set of high end brakes would cost nearly what they are charging per caliper given that price.. so I would imagine it fluctuates big time depending on what you send them.

Last calipers I rebuilt were on a bike so 3 calipers in total and it was 80 GBP just for the seals and they weren't even high end brakes.

Maybe I'm just very picky

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

2.5K...

I was going to drive to UK and get them done. Assumed there were good options in Dublin.

What calipers are they?

mickdw

Neilw wrote: »

There isn’t anywhere in Ireland for a one stop shop for caliper refurb.
Bigg red in the UK are well regarded and they charge £105 per caliper for a standard finish, obviously plus postage.

Its fairly handy work with caliper in your hand to rebuild or paint and rebuild.
Im surprised someone is not offering such a service here. While your average caliper is a very simple bit of kit to rebuild, id imagine, this being Ireland, if you tried to get liability insurance for business rebuilding brake parts, the figures would just be nuts.