My ‘07 CGT didn’t have the nameplates on the rear calipers. I know Bentley discontinued fitting them at some point, but not sure of the cutoff date. Either that or my rear calipers have been replaced with generic VAG items. Anyway, I really like them, so I ordered a used pair, and took them from this…



to this…



Can’t wait to fit them, although that means drilling and tapping the calipers.

 

And the fronts, of course….

 

Now that is smart.
I just painted my all red😳

 

Cheers Frank. Naturally I’m gonna follow up with painting the whole calipers silver. Got some nice braided hoses and titanium bleed valves ready to go!

 

Hey up Dan. They will look cool
I sent all my calipers and slides to a company called Big Red. They completely reconditioned them and painted them red so I painted the plates red too. Wish I had seen yours first.

 

hi, good job! sanding machine was in use or just sand paper was enough?

 

No sand paper at all; you will need the following:

• High temp/caliper base colour paint
• High temp/caliper clear lacquer
• Inlay colour paint
• 2K clear lacquer - MUST BE PROPER 2K
• Acetone

Here’s the process:

1. Prep your nameplates (ie clean, decon, degrease etc)
2. Spray a few coats of your Hi Temp base colour. Follow the procedure on the can to harden the paint, probably means heating in an oven for an hour.
3. Now apply a few coats of 2K clear. Be aware there are normal sprays out there which just call themselves 2K - avoid these. Your spray can must have the second valve at the base to release the 2nd component. Wait for this to harden overnight. The reason you’re using 2K is because its chemical make up is resistant to acetone, which you’ll use soon.
4. Now mask off as much of the raised surface as you can to minimise the amount of inlay colour you’ll have to remove.
5. Spray a couple of coats of your inlay colour. Make sure to do this from all directions, to properly coat the edges of the letters and recesses.
6. Wait an hour or so, then carefully remove the masking. Now get a microfibre cloth, wrap it round your gloved fingertip and dip it in the acetone. Be careful with acetone, it can be volatile stuff. Gently wipe away the overspray of inlay colour, don’t press too hard on the top of the letters.
7. You’ll be left with something resembling the photos above. Now spray over your Hi Temp clear, and harden as per the heating process. Job done.

 

thank you

you were using any specific masking type? or any?

and you have to super precise mask the letters or you masked only the big surface around?

 

No just generic masking tape. You don't have to mask the letters, you use the acetone to remove the inlay colour on the top flat surface of the raised lettering, and surrounding the recess.

 

Very cool look! Nice job!

 

Very Nice Dan!!! Great work!!