polished brake calipers

[Martin_172]

had my old brake calipers on my 1.2 painted silver and painted the 172 ones yellow and already a bit bored and trying to think of ideas and this poped into my head!!!

loads of people here have there inlet manifolds and fuel rail covers etc polished up and it looks good, but not saw anyone who has tried their brake calipers yet, is it possible?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

When i painted a set of calipers , i cleaned them first with some wire brushes that fit in a drill . They came up really shiny and polished but still a rough texture . Tbh i wouldn't leave them that way as they'll soon become black and tarnished with the brake dust and heat i would imagine .

 

[Martin_172]

was thinking that but just wasnt sure how much they would be effected. would look pretty cool i think lol

 

[davebem]

SOme brake caliper remanufacturers do electroplating but there maybe problems with the 172 brakes as i think they are aluminuim castings?