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Old 05-18-2012, 03:07 PM
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Painting my calipers

I thought about painting my calipers since im doing my brakes this weekend.

any color suggestions ?
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 03:10 PM
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Choose a color that is not common.
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 03:13 PM
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do something suddle..you dont want your calipers to say "hey,look at me..im stock"
 
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black or silver
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 03:39 PM
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Do black. Mine are red right now, looks good, but I kinda want to switch to black.
 
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leave them alone. With stock calipers, less is more.
 
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Be creative.
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 04:07 PM
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black calipers on a black car? im trying to picture what that would look like.

i wouldnt wanna do anything that screams hey look at me and i know Red is pretty common (although i dont think it looks bad on a black car)
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 04:11 PM
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black calipers on a black car? im trying to picture what that would look like.

i wouldnt wanna do anything that screams hey look at me and i know Red is pretty common (although i dont think it looks bad on a black car)
haha oh I didn't even realize his car color. then I would do silver. Black and red is a really good color combo my car is silver with red calipers and it looks hawt, but yea it's lame it's a common color. you could do like a dark blue.. like navy
 
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Navy blue on black would be nice.
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 05:02 PM
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I wouldn't paint them IMO. It'd just make it look ghetto, like Honda guys painting their rear drums red. Whether you get a good quality rattle can or not, I think it'd still be noticeably painted. But to each his own, and if this is what you want vs. upgrading your brakes then go for it.
 
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Old 05-18-2012, 09:41 PM
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lighty sand, high heat black, "Infiniti" decal, high heat clear. My buddy did this to his volvo recently and it looks like sex.
 
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ill say red... im thinking about painting my brembo's red
 
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Old 05-19-2012, 12:49 AM
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Unless you have a BBK paint them black! That will look clean on your OB coupe....
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black looks best on any color imo. its subtle yet changes the oem look a little. i did black with a good caliper paint and was sure to wash them thoroughly before hand and turned out great.
 


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