Hi everyone,
Thought I would share information which you probably all knew but as I have read some of your threads it seems not all.
I have been looking to refurb my wheel area so painting the discs inner part, calipers etc.
As I've read a lot of people have said about Halfords however do not use their own paint mixed up or tins for your calipers as this will simply just run off when up to temperature. Only use VHT paint for the calipers as nothing else will do and simply will not last anytime at all. Hammerstein is alright but again not suitable for calipers but is alright for the discs.
Enquiring at VW with regards to colour, yes the original golf was jazz blue and calipers matched but the calipers are non metallic unlike the jazz blue. There is no non metallic version either. There is no paint code for VW calipers, it is only listed as being painted red/blue and simply don't do paint for these. The other suggestion for colour which is a resemblance and is a flat colour that's on the polo's.
Have a think before getting your paint, especially for the calipers and if its too dark or light, a little adding of black or a white will alter it to the right shade without altering the properties of paint.
Thought I would share information which you probably all knew but as I have read some of your threads it seems not all.
I have been looking to refurb my wheel area so painting the discs inner part, calipers etc.
As I've read a lot of people have said about Halfords however do not use their own paint mixed up or tins for your calipers as this will simply just run off when up to temperature. Only use VHT paint for the calipers as nothing else will do and simply will not last anytime at all. Hammerstein is alright but again not suitable for calipers but is alright for the discs.
Enquiring at VW with regards to colour, yes the original golf was jazz blue and calipers matched but the calipers are non metallic unlike the jazz blue. There is no non metallic version either. There is no paint code for VW calipers, it is only listed as being painted red/blue and simply don't do paint for these. The other suggestion for colour which is a resemblance and is a flat colour that's on the polo's.
Have a think before getting your paint, especially for the calipers and if its too dark or light, a little adding of black or a white will alter it to the right shade without altering the properties of paint.