Painting my Break Calipers , need some help :)

[AL3ayali_Dubai]

I had a small accident 2 days agoo .. i hit a pavement ( Fornt left corner ) wasn't really paying attention ... and it resulted in damaged front lip , rim, tire ,front bumper, annnd poped my radiator ... .... anyways took the car to audi body shop for a fix and i thought about painting my break calipers ,, but the guy said if he painted the calipers i wont have the "R8" logo anymore on my Break Calipers , dose anyone know where i can find the R8 sticker ( i guess its a stickers dunno )

thank you

[drifting]

they are painted on.

But you could get some stickers made up you just need to have the R8 Jpeg image you want and tell them the size .

I used Audi Q7 brakes(brembo) and painted them yellow on my 370z and got 4 red brembo stickers made up

[andyhofer]

but the guy said if he painted the calipers i wont have the "R8" logo anymore on my Break Calipers , dose anyone know where i can find the R8 sticker ( i guess its a stickers dunno )

thank you

I got a set of these at the moment, not put them on yet though got them from:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-R8-V8...item51a49c85f1

Available in numerous colours

Description
You are buying a set of 6 High Temp Brake Caliper Decals for your Audi R8 to restore the logos after refurbishment. Each set comes with full instructions and technical support.
These are DECALS i.e. the logos ONLY.

The standard colours are shown above - white on grey. If you prefer to choose another combination of two colours from the chart below, please let us know immediately after you have clicked Buy it Now by sending a message.

Each sets comprises 6 larger decals for front and rear calipers - this ensures extras incase of errors when applying.



Hope that helps.

Andy

[slammedr8]

I've been down this road...I did this on my M3 and M6 in the past.

Here are pics of my painting the calipers and adding the///M Decal

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[slammedr8]

Final Product:

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[drifting]

slammedR8 would it not have been easier to take the calipers off to paint?

[GMEOVER]

slammedR8 would it not have been easier to take the calipers off to paint?

that is what I am saying^

[slammedr8]

slammedR8 would it not have been easier to take the calipers off to paint?

Funny you say that because when I posted those same pics on the m6 forum 2 years ago I was asked the same thing.

No, it would not be easier for 2 reasons

1) this was done at a body shop, not a mechanic shop where I would trust them to remove the calipers
2) for a body shop to wrap the car is about as simple of a task as it gets since they wrap cars up like this all day long

[Audi-OEM]

Most resistant paint for calipers is G2
The logos sold on eBay are good quality and will not peel off (I have bought others from the same seller)

[drifting]

I see ones i've done I've removed them painted them with no pads, clips and hoses and then put in uprated pads and hi temp brake field.

I was tempted to get mine anodised but couldn't find a place just to do 4

Funny you say that because when I posted those same pics on the m6 forum 2 years ago I was asked the same thing.

No, it would not be easier for 2 reasons

1) this was done at a body shop, not a mechanic shop where I would trust them to remove the calipers
2) for a body shop to wrap the car is about as simple of a task as it gets since they wrap cars up like this all day long