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Hey guys. I'm new here. I bought an 11 plate xf s on Saturday and absolutely love it. The calipers are a bit rusty and would like to clean them up and paint them.is it an easy enough diy job or is it best to take it to the garage and have it done properly. Also what colour would be best for the calipers. Any help would be great.
Provided you are confident at jacking the car and removing/replacing the wheels, caliper painting isn't difficult. If you don't have a trolley jack and axle stands then perhaps better to have a garage do it.
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First , I must agree with the response asking if you have a floor jack and jack stands.
So , if you are comfortable wrenching on your own car and don't have these then it would be a necessary investment to buy these must have tools.. and you will want to get good quality tools.
(I go to Tractor Supply.)
Also, if you're going to do it yourself, you will want to also get a couple of cans of Castle penetrating fluid, a couple of bottles of Rust-Oleum rust dissolver and some Hot Paint in the color of your choice (red seems to be very popular).
In case you didn't know , I am a U.S. Navy shipboard veteran.... Specifically a Boiler Technician and
I've been wrenching on my own vehicles from my first car at the age of 16.
I've also worked for a couple of professional mechanics doing things like brakes, transaxles, etc.
It's not a complicated process , but to get the parts completely clean down to bare metal is crucial (for the paint to adhere properly ) ! !
I'm getting ready to do similar maintenance updates on my 04 X-Type (I got it back at the beginning of March of this year) and will be happy to help.
Best of luck n keep us posted.
Over and out
Thankyou for all the welcomes. And thank you for the help. Yes I am confident at jacking up cars, had plenty of experience in that over the years. There's more potholes in Birmingham than there is trees 🤣🤣. Think I will give it a go myself.
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Welcome to the forum. I love that color, wish mine was blue. Cleaning and painting is as easy as you would imagine but I'm reading between the lines that you may be worried about the mechanical part of the job. Bleeding brakes is not one of my favorite things to do and I've been doing it for decades. Don't know what it is with me and fluids, but I always seem to make a mess somehow. If I can get through the repair without getting any on the car or myself, I'll spill it while trying to fill the recycle. If you are not comfortable removing the calipers and then bleeding the air out of the system after you put them back on, then you might consider taking it to a shop. That may be money well spent anyway because unless the previous owner was a major petrolhead, I bet your new used car is overdue for having the brake fluid flushed. Seems most people know they are supposed to change their oil on schedule, but very few drivers know they are supposed to change their brake fluid every two to three years. Good luck.
Newbie looking for advice on calipers
If you are not comfortable removing the calipers and then bleeding the air out of the system after you put them back on, then you might consider taking it to a shop. That may be money well spent anyway because unless the previous owner was a major petrolhead, I bet your new used car is overdue for having the brake fluid flushed. Seems most people know they are supposed to change their oil on schedule, but very few drivers know they are supposed to change their brake fluid every two to three years. Good luck.
