That RS color on the body is a tough one to match up a complimentary caliper color... So maybe black would be best...

Question: Does everybody completely remove the calipers from the brake system in order to paint them, or just pop them off the disks but leave the brake lines attached, or is it possible to just mask them off and paint them while they are mounted? You probably could get away with painting just the surfaces that are visible through the wheel, no need to paint the back side, really, although it wouldn't ba a "professional" looking job to a "purist". Just wondering how much of a job it actually is to paint the calipers...

 

yeah its tough with everything...its sucks because if the color was so expensive and hard to match I would have had a crazy body kit on it already

 

hey rob this might be a good mod for ya.

http://autodrum.com/img/reviews/auto...sti_2008_3.jpg

 

yeah lol

too bad they only look nice. I hate the way the new ones drive. I was so dissapointed when I drove it. Transmission sucks, its got a friggin mechanical clutch...no likey I prefer the hydraulic like on the gti. such a nice clutch

 

a real mod I wanted to do was this!! There are ones out there that are mint with like 20k on them. My friend had one before he got his 350 and the thing was awesome. I drove it a couple times fast as ish! And a hydraulic clutch

http://www.modifiedstreetcars.com/ca...300zx-1584.jpg

 

Rob....yellow would add 5 horsepower....

 

Awesome!!!

What do you think red would do like 7 or 10hp?

 

i would be afraid to own one of those. the repair bills have to be out of this world. a friend of an ex-gf had a white convertible one. it was an auto and it didnt have turbos but it was fun.

 

yeah def not cheap to maintain but so nice.

I was actually considering trading the bizzle a lil while back for an xA manual or another gen 1 manual xB preferiablly white, black, or blue. I wish i had gotten manual so bad. I have to drive my dads z4 once a week just so i dont go insane lol

 

the xA can autocross =^P

you can get a 2 year old 350Z for $20k

 

^^one of the selling points indeed lol

 

haha. well most of your parts would fit on an xA also.

 

ok guys goin golfin with the boss...see ya all later.

PS- Ed if you can find me an 06 xA manual let me know

 

Well, then the orange I suggested would get you somewhere in between, heheh...

I still think a "muted" shade of orange would look kinda cool, not a vivid bright orange, but closer to a burnt-orange. I don't know, black is good but kinda boring, too...

Take a side-shot photo of your ride and then photoshop it on the computer, painting in different colors on the calipers, to see what loks good -that's what I do when I want to decide the colors of something...

 

I'd do a dark gold on the calipers, personally.

Gold looks really good with the Torched Penny color.

 

Never thought of that zack hmmm

cylon yeah im gonna take a side shot tomorrow and see if i hae any luck in paint cause i have no clue how to photoshop lol

 

anyone want to play fantasy football? i started a league last year and im gonna start getting it set up now. we are kinda laid back about it, i know some people really get into it.

 

scott are you in a photoshop mood?

 

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...eadExists=true

 

Gonna go all the way to VA for an xA?