Subtle Improvement For Under £10 - Brake Calipers

[Gtownsman]

Subtle improvement for under £10 - Brake Calipers

I've just sent off my alloys to be refurbished and left my IS250 on axle stands on my driveway looking rather sad.

With the wheels off I noticed how shabby my brake calipers were looking and I thought I could make some cheap improvements while the wheels were off.

I started with a good scrub with a stiff brush and some lightly soaped hot water, I then allowed everything to dry off before wiping everything with a cloth

to remove any final debris.

Here is what I was left with.

I think decided to pickup some gun metal grey spray paint from my local auto shop, after some quick masking and a light dusting the calipers looked like this.

I then thought It would be nice to have the Lexus branding on the Calipers, so I printed the logo onto some card and cut it out carefully with a craft knife to

make a stencil.

I then used the stencil to dust some sliver spray paint I had going spare over the calipers to get the finished product like so.

Thanks for reading, I hope you found this useful.

Let me know what you think.

I'm also going to make some cheap improvements in the engine bay and I will be sure to post on here when I have done them.

Thanks

George

I regularly post updates on what i'm doing with my cars on Instagram @Gtownsman

[matt-c]

Nice stencil work!

[steve2006]

Nice work and thanks for posting :)

[Dean8788]

Looks great, keep meaning to do mine need the inspiration!

[Gtownsman]

Thanks everyone, it doesn't actually take that long to do once you've got the wheels off.
My alloys were away for refurbishment anyway so I had some time to play with.