I posted a while back about the rubbish paint finish that comes on the standard Cupra brakes and also how mine has started to go pink ater washing my car.
So as its the bank holiday weekend and i had time on my hands i thought i would get them done.
Started off jacking the car up and inspecting what lay ahead.
All i can say is they were dirty as hell.
So i used bilberry wheel cleaner and daisy apc mixed at a ratio of 3 to 1 and a wheel cleaner brush and detailing brush , this is the results with just these 2 products
as you can see a massive improvement.
once i was happy i had removed all the brake dust i used the following products in order to restore and protect the paint.
First off i used T cut , i dont really like using this but it would remove any brake dust that was in the top layer of the paint and also to remove the pink oxidisation on the caliper ,
next up i used Auto glym super resin polish , followed by Meguairs nxt2 wax , this is not a true wax more a filler and paint sealent and lastly i used Clearcote vanilla moose glaze , this gives a lovely wet look to the paint.
what was on my cloth after all the products had been applied
Once all of these had been put on , it was time to mask off everything ready for the laquer to be applied
in the gap where the rubber bellows are which house the piston i used a piece of card board just to cover it up
i then applied 3 coats of laquer about 15 mins apart.
And this is the final result
A massive difference from what i first found when removing my wheels.
The wheels were put back on and the laquer left to dry overnight
Just something else to add , while the wheel was off i put them on the bathroom scales and they came in at 22 KG each !
Iwill post up the rear calipers tomorrow.
So as its the bank holiday weekend and i had time on my hands i thought i would get them done.
Started off jacking the car up and inspecting what lay ahead.
All i can say is they were dirty as hell.
So i used bilberry wheel cleaner and daisy apc mixed at a ratio of 3 to 1 and a wheel cleaner brush and detailing brush , this is the results with just these 2 products
as you can see a massive improvement.
once i was happy i had removed all the brake dust i used the following products in order to restore and protect the paint.
First off i used T cut , i dont really like using this but it would remove any brake dust that was in the top layer of the paint and also to remove the pink oxidisation on the caliper ,
next up i used Auto glym super resin polish , followed by Meguairs nxt2 wax , this is not a true wax more a filler and paint sealent and lastly i used Clearcote vanilla moose glaze , this gives a lovely wet look to the paint.
what was on my cloth after all the products had been applied
Once all of these had been put on , it was time to mask off everything ready for the laquer to be applied
in the gap where the rubber bellows are which house the piston i used a piece of card board just to cover it up
i then applied 3 coats of laquer about 15 mins apart.
And this is the final result
A massive difference from what i first found when removing my wheels.
The wheels were put back on and the laquer left to dry overnight
Just something else to add , while the wheel was off i put them on the bathroom scales and they came in at 22 KG each !
Iwill post up the rear calipers tomorrow.
