AP Calliper Paint

[s.mac]

new inserts for the bleed nipples as they snapped when being serviced


plastercine in place

[shimmy]

bloody hell smac, mine have done over 50k miles and 50 track days and dont look half as bad as that


what have you been doing to them!?!?!?!

[s.mac]

bloody hell smac, mine have done over 50k miles and 50 track days and dont look half as bad as that


what have you been doing to them!?!?!?!

it's Steve mate

These brakes have been a nightmare since July . I bought them 2nd hand off pistonheads, the guy was also on M3 cutters so I thought the description would be a fare account as forum guys are normally down the line and pretty straight. The PF disks and AP bells that were with the kit were totally f__cked and needed replacing (attempted group buy). I sent the callipers to AP and 2 others who wouldn't service them, they said they were beyond repair. I managed to get a guy in motor racing to service them who has done a great job. I didn't even notice the paint when I got them due to the brake dust build up. These things have cost me a fortune :banghead: and and the best thing is Ive got a good BBK, but thought I would have a go at the AP kit :banghead:
The guy said he would help with the cost but he seems to have vanished for now, I can wait
The pic is off the rear the fronts are worse and the Yellow R has dropped of the racing bit on one of the callipers, thses brakes were abused without the servicing they need.
I know they are OK now and its only the paint that needs sorting... but what a f__cking nightmare, not to mention the £££
Thanks ____ from Aberdeen

[Silver Bullet]

Brakes

Hi fella

I used bigred.co.uk to re-con the calipers on my three door and they done a fab job.

What they give you is an option of caliper finishes, the best being the dark grey teflon coating, which is baked on & looks great.

Maybe worth giving them a call:thumbs:

[rstoughy]

it's Steve mate

These brakes have been a nightmare since July .
I know they are OK now and its only the paint that needs sorting... but what a f__cking nightmare, not to mention the £££
Thanks ____ from Aberdeen

Mate i need a name (PM)

Dont want to be dealing with this guy if he is local to me and a crook:moan:

Sounds like you have had a bit of a nightmare!!

[s.mac]

Hi fella

I used bigred.co.uk to re-con the calipers on my three door and they done a fab job.

What they give you is an option of caliper finishes, the best being the dark grey teflon coating, which is baked on & looks great.

Maybe worth giving them a call:thumbs:

Thanks but I tried them, they cant do the two colours , thanks though

Mate i need a name (PM)

Dont want to be dealing with this guy if he is local to me and a crook:moan:

Sounds like you have had a bit of a nightmare!!

nightmare is right mate, 1st time I've been done buying 2nd hand from cars buffs like ourselves :bigcry:

[M5 Powered]

Hi S.Mac

I left a message with the company in Birmingham. They have shutdown for Christmas so am not expecting to hear anything till the first week in January.

From reading the other posts though, £280 is ball park though for a proper job. ie. having them baked afterwards.


Best

Jonathan

[s.mac]

Update on the painting

So I put the plastercine in place on sad looking callipers

only for my mate to say if we left it to dry then removed the plastercine the paint may lift in the local area, which would not be good.
Plan b
take an etch and get some reverse decals made up


Whilst they were getting done, paint the callipers, not very good pics and the paint is a lot better than it looks in the pics :birdman:




Decals made and stuck in place

[s.mac]

nearly there, time to mask them up and try the yellow lettering, fingers crossed !

BTY - I'm not doing the actual spaying when Ive got a mate who's good at it :gayfight:

[TMAQ]

looks good so far, i wont risk the plasticine knowing that now. red lettering would look good too, not as good as the original yellow though

[phat///M3]

Yellow with black letters

[s.mac]

:banghead::banghead::banghead:
Decal took the paint off :bigcry:



sanded down again to paint Black

Plan C
Paint Black and Decal the AP writing :whistle:

[phat///M3]

Its a sign.

Plan C
Paint YELLOW and Decal the AP writing :whistle:

Fixed.

[s.mac]

Nice for dark colour cars, not so good for SG

[TMAQ]

:banghead::banghead::banghead:
Decal took the paint off :bigcry:

will get there in the end, frustrating when a job is delayed, changing my discs recently has been very:banghead: