Chipped Brembo calliper

[Pnthrblkzs]

Because I have an obsession with tidying things I need a bit of advice on some chips I have on 1 of my orange Brembo rear calipers.

 

Has anyone ever had anything like this in the past? Can anyone offer any ideas on touching this in?

 

I guess it's some sort of ceramic coating but I haven't properly inspected it yet, Ideally I don't want to replace the caliper and am looking for a budget solution to repair it.

 

I'm going to a wheel refurbishers on Monday for my wheels, could they do some sort of powdercoating smart repair?

 

Thanks, jon

[Ebized]

Humbrol paint No.54 is an exact match for the Brembo Gold caliper paint

[The Bounty Bar Kid]

Humbrol paint No.54 is an exact match for the Brembo Gold caliper paint

 

+1 What the voice of reason said!

[MITZ@CougarStore]

Humbrol paint No.54 is an exact match for the Brembo Gold caliper paint

 

Agreed, It's a good match for the original Brembo paint...

[Pnthrblkzs]

Thanks all, I'll get ordering.

 

 

[glrnet]

Yep, worked for me when before my Brembo's went Azure Check out your local model shop.

[samsniss350z]

Use the Humbrol #54 paint and instead of using a paintbrush use a cocktail stick, you'll have far more control using this method plus you won'y end up overloading the cocktail stick as you would if you were to use a brush. I used this method on my front callipers and am chuffed to bits with the result as you can't see where the original chip was after i built up the paint in layers using the cocktail stick. Good Luck.

[Pnthrblkzs]

Thanks, that's exactly what I started to do. It's difficult to do with the calipers still being on the car and the bad weather. I started to do it using the cocktail stick method and will finish it when the weather is dryer and warm.

[ZEUS]

I bought the humbrol no54 paint to touch up the chips on my brembos and it's nothing like the same colour. It's a lot darker than the gold on my calipers which are the original factory colour.

Anyway it actually looked worse than the chips when I'd finished so I bought the honda inca pearl touch up and that's a much better match

[glrnet]

That's worth knowing ^. Maybe the Humbrol paint has changed, it was a pretty good match on mine before I changed colour, probably nearly 2 years ago though

[ZEUS]

I wondered if Nissan changed the caliper colour slightly on later models as mine is an early zed (53 plate)

[glrnet]

Mine is a November 04 car so I suppose that is a possibility.

[HAMLNJ]

I'd like to paint them a dark red. Or brembo red. They are chipped and always liked red on black. Although every time in see red callipers it's on an s reg saxso/corser.

[ZEUS]

I wanted mine red but I can't be bothered with the hassle of taking them off to get painted so I opted for just touching them up

[sipar69]

Anyone know the right colour for the red callipers on the 370? They seem quite prone to chips and the best I've been able to do in the past is get a touch up kit with a similar colour and then mix it with the darker primer to get a suitable shade. It's not ideal though - be great if anyone knows the right colour for them.

[cs2000]

I wondered if Nissan changed the caliper colour slightly on later models as mine is an early zed (53 plate)

Mines an 04 GT too, the Humbrol paint went on dark but matched pretty good in the end after it dried.

[WhackyWill]

Just got a pot of this Humbrol Enamel 54 matches mine on my

 

06 DE also my wheels where I lightly curbed them.

 

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[ZEUS]

I wondered if Nissan changed the caliper colour slightly on later models as mine is an early zed (53 plate)

Mines an 04 GT too, the Humbrol paint went on dark but matched pretty good in the end after it dried.

Mine was the opposite , it got darker as it dried. Looked a right mess!

Very strange, maybe I got a duff pot of paint or I'm just too critical as I work with paint everyday (almost everyday ) . Anyway sorted now as the honda touch up was a better match