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What color? PaintCalipers on SWtc

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Old Jan 22, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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What color should I paint my calipers..........


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But I want to do

GREEN
YELLOW
or WHITE

I'm going to have black rims with a silver lip put on. When I do, I'd figure I'd paint
em. When the temp warms up a little.. (the plan)
Old Jan 22, 2006 | 11:34 PM
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I am about to do this too. I think i am either gonna paint them white or blue but i guess this is personal preference. But i think that those would look the best.
Old Jan 23, 2006 | 12:39 AM
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i had white at first, but that got dirty very very fast!! so after painting it white twice, i decided to paint them black and it never looks dirty.
just sharing my experience with you, but i agree, white looks the best!


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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 12:43 AM
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What color should I paint my calipers..........
YOU should do PINK CALIPERS
White calipers will look awful quickly unless you use a clean metallic pad...

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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 01:19 AM
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I just talked to a guy today at Checker Auto Parts who did his in white. He said they looked great until he drove the car for a week. He also said he spent a ton of time trying to keep them clean and never got them to look as great as they did on that first day "They always looked nasty". From his mistake we could learn... But where is the fun in that.
Old Jan 23, 2006 | 01:41 AM
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But where is the fun in that.
Why'd you have to go and say that, I was thinking that too when I thought.... Ask an opinion post. But then I was like I'm only want to do this once, (twice if I just F them up somehow)

But seeing how "They always looked nasty" And I'm a $2 dollar car wash kinda guy for the most part. WHITE is now X'ed of the list, don't need to redo something three times to get the best match.

But Great input/save!
Old Jan 23, 2006 | 02:15 AM
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Id say go black. They will almost disappear behind the wheels and give it a very clean look. In my experience the best colors for calipers are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) silver and black. I look at calipers all day long in person, emails and magazines and I havent seen any other colors that look right. If you want them to be noticeable behind the black wheels something with a lot of contrast will be best which pretty much leaves red or yellow.

Here are my black painted calipers:

Old Jan 23, 2006 | 02:32 AM
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i am thinking gloss black for my SW
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Id say go black. They will almost disappear behind the wheels and give it a very clean look. In my experience the best colors for calipers are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) silver and black. I look at calipers all day long in person, emails and magazines and I havent seen any other colors that look right. If you want them to be noticeable behind the black wheels something with a lot of contrast will be best which pretty much leaves red or yellow.
Nice! What kind of slotted disks are those?
The only exception to your statement above is gold. Gold looks great on some cars/bikes.

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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 04:09 AM
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StopTech big brake kit...13" rotor and 4 piston caliper. We offer gold calipers too, but I dont really like it...plus it looks the competion's calipers
Old Jan 25, 2006 | 06:55 AM
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So is primary it........... the way to go? What, anyone have some neons......like em still? What colors..........not brake kits
Old Jan 28, 2006 | 03:27 AM
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Is green a primary color?
Old Jan 28, 2006 | 03:43 AM
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Go with black. Would look really sharp on SW. It'll have that stealth look.
Old Jan 28, 2006 | 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by The_Instigator
Id say go black. They will almost disappear behind the wheels and give it a very clean look. In my experience the best colors for calipers are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) silver and black. I look at calipers all day long in person, emails and magazines and I havent seen any other colors that look right. If you want them to be noticeable behind the black wheels something with a lot of contrast will be best which pretty much leaves red or yellow.

Here are my black painted calipers:

i would vote black, i am considering doing mine black.........but id rather get the stoptech stage 2 kit then do it.

BTW< how much is the BBK you have on your Tc?
Old Jan 28, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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thats sick w/ the black, but id go with gloss red
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I know that some people on here are gonna laugh at me because i painted my stock calipers, but thats just till i get enough money to get upgraded ones. I painted mine blue, in a couple of days i will have pictures.
Old Jan 29, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Kilo6_one
Originally Posted by The_Instigator
Id say go black. They will almost disappear behind the wheels and give it a very clean look. In my experience the best colors for calipers are the primary colors (red, yellow, blue) silver and black. I look at calipers all day long in person, emails and magazines and I havent seen any other colors that look right. If you want them to be noticeable behind the black wheels something with a lot of contrast will be best which pretty much leaves red or yellow.

Here are my black painted calipers:

i would vote black, i am considering doing mine black.........but id rather get the stoptech stage 2 kit then do it.

BTW< how much is the BBK you have on your Tc?
The BBK has a list price of $1795 with red, black or silver calipers and slotted rotors. Drilled rotors and other colors are available at extra costs.

Here is the red as can be seen on the Celebrity Race tC's:

Old Jan 29, 2006 | 10:42 PM
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hmmm okay.......how about these color brakes over black rims............

Nice pics though
Old Jan 29, 2006 | 10:45 PM
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Red on black rims...like this?:

Old Jan 29, 2006 | 11:18 PM
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^^ohhh that's rich!



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