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kdbcom · 02-01-2006, 11:33 AM

Hi

Picked up my Cosmos Black 200 CDI on Monday. Was a dealers demo model about 5 months old
The calipers which are quite large looked awful (thro the 10 spoke sports wheels) they were stained & rusty looking already.
Just painted my calipers black using some high temperature engine paint (this I used before on a Scenic which had a lot of hard braking on mountain passes & still kept a perfect finish). This paint is lot cheaper than proper caliper paint & in my experience just as good. It is also a dream to apply.

Yes definitely paint them. Dont know about red though.

The only problem was I was unable to get the wheels off, will have to get the dealer to remove them and put on some copper grease/paste. I had to paint thro the spokes which was a real pain and the job took a lot longer than it should have done.

02-01-2006, 11:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
kdbcom BenzWorld Elite Date registered: Feb 2006 Vehicle: B200 CDI SE Location: Surrey UK Posts: 1,334	RE: To paint B200T brake calipers or not? Hi Picked up my Cosmos Black 200 CDI on Monday. Was a dealers demo model about 5 months old The calipers which are quite large looked awful (thro the 10 spoke sports wheels) they were stained & rusty looking already. Just painted my calipers black using some high temperature engine paint (this I used before on a Scenic which had a lot of hard braking on mountain passes & still kept a perfect finish). This paint is lot cheaper than proper caliper paint & in my experience just as good. It is also a dream to apply. Yes definitely paint them. Dont know about red though. The only problem was I was unable to get the wheels off, will have to get the dealer to remove them and put on some copper grease/paste. I had to paint thro the spokes which was a real pain and the job took a lot longer than it should have done.