Iky Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Garage did the work , I took them off and painted them but wanted to leave it to a mechanic to put them back on I had an issue recently, I painted my turbo pipes and water neck. I put a Thick layer of paint on, after a day or two I lifted up the bonnet just to have a fluid check and noticed pink splatter marks everywhere, turns out the bolts for the water neck were just hanging on by a few threads. I know I tightened these as I had double checked every nut and bolt. Every part I painted had loose nuts/bolts! I stripped it all off and masked the nut/bolt seats. Just saying, for me the paint softened and gave way. Something similar could have happened to you. Calipers can sometimes get pretty warm during spirited driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 I didn't paint the mounting brackets dude , it was overlooked I was thinking that myself though , will test them again in a few km Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iky Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I didn't paint the mounting brackets dude , it was overlooked I was thinking that myself though , will test them again in a few km Cool. Glad you got it sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellybean Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 Cool. Glad you got it sorted. Was told it is good practice to get new mounting bolts too I reckon they are only about 4 pound each so wont break the bank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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