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Painting Calipers... Black or Red?

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Old 06-25-2012, 02:16 AM
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You do know theyre silver stock right? Painting them silver is just like restoring them. And black if anything is hiding them more not trying to make em stand out like yellow, red, blue. Not ricey at all. No matter how much you clean rusted calipers will never look good
 
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Old 06-25-2012, 04:21 AM
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Well, it's probably just me, but I kind of feel that anything that is all show and no go; anything that doesn't help your car around the track is more or less rice. If you go out and play with your car anyway, you're going to want good pads. Good pads dust. Your calipers will turn purple/brown in like 10 min. Why bother.

But if you think it looks nice, and you enjoy looking at it, that's cool too, all the more power to you, just know *I* will LOL when i see your car.
 

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Old 06-25-2012, 08:14 AM
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i'd say red if you're painting your wheels black. just so it sticks out lol
 
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Originally Posted by totopo
Well, it's probably just me, but I kind of feel that anything that is all show and no go; anything that doesn't help your car around the track is more or less rice. If you go out and play with your car anyway, you're going to want good pads. Good pads dust. Your calipers will turn purple/brown in like 10 min. Why bother.

But if you think it looks nice, and you enjoy looking at it, that's cool too, all the more power to you, just know *I* will LOL when i see your car.

Some cars come with red calipers on STOCK brakes AFAIK, SRT4, MKIV R32, MKV GTI. They are RED painted calipers from the factory.

Nothing will happen to your calipers in 10 minutes on the track, your fluid might boil away, your rotors could warp and MAYBE in extreme cases your pads can break into 2 ( heard of it once).

Think about it, if you picked a G35 sedan, MOST likely racing or going to the track isn't #1 or #2 or even 3 on your list. If you wanted the same drivetrain, you should of bought a 350z. While most of mods are mainly for power increase or handling, its geared towards street performance and not track performance. The show mods like bumpers, seats and painting things are just as enjoyable.
 
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I'd go for black over red, personally.
 
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If oem then black.
 
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Black (or silver) for sure, no reason to draw attention to OEM brakes.
what he said
 
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Black on stock color wheels, but since you're painting the wheels black, I think silver would bring nice non-rice contrast.
 
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Old 06-26-2012, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by totopo
Well, it's probably just me, but I kind of feel that anything that is all show and no go; anything that doesn't help your car around the track is more or less rice. If you go out and play with your car anyway, you're going to want good pads. Good pads dust. Your calipers will turn purple/brown in like 10 min. Why bother.

But if you think it looks nice, and you enjoy looking at it, that's cool too, all the more power to you, just know *I* will LOL when i see your car.
Gee i wonder why everyone is agreeing that black is fine for oem brakes then. Youre the only one thats saying that black which isn't even a color is rice. So blacking out your grille and headlight housings is rice too?
 
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Old 06-26-2012, 10:45 AM
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^^ looks good man
 
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Old 06-26-2012, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TurTLe*
Some cars come with red calipers on STOCK brakes AFAIK, SRT4, MKIV R32, MKV GTI. They are RED painted calipers from the factory.

Nothing will happen to your calipers in 10 minutes on the track, your fluid might boil away, your rotors could warp and MAYBE in extreme cases your pads can break into 2 ( heard of it once).

Think about it, if you picked a G35 sedan, MOST likely racing or going to the track isn't #1 or #2 or even 3 on your list. If you wanted the same drivetrain, you should of bought a 350z. While most of mods are mainly for power increase or handling, its geared towards street performance and not track performance. The show mods like bumpers, seats and painting things are just as enjoyable.
Agreed, tell em Turtle....
 
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Old 06-26-2012, 01:52 PM
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^^ looks good man
Gracias Amigo
 
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Looks good but you forgot ot paint the rotors.
 
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Old 06-26-2012, 06:13 PM
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Looks good but you forgot ot paint the rotors.
That was a joke right?
 


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