I'm goin' to paint my break calipers on my '09 Blue Ribbon Metallic... stock wheels.

What color should I go with? Somethin' to match the car, or somethin' that stands out?

 

Painted calipers FTL. If anything, black or grey to NOT stand out.

 

Why do you say that?

 

^ yea thats wat i wanna do i wanna paint mine black but how should i even begin to do this? will regular spray paint work?

 

http://g2usa.com/brake_caliper_paint.shtml

 

IMO, it's kind of fits the accepted definition of rice... many people paint them red to make it look as if they have a performance brake kit (of which most are red), when they are really anything but...

I'm just not a fan. That's why I say if anything, paint them to be a bit more discrete but clean.

 

ack, what if they are painted to match the car?

 

Don't know. Would have to see it... but it's not as bad as red, IMO.

 

Kinda what ack said. If you want your breaks to stand out, go for the real deal with a wilwood or brembo kit, though I've got no clue what's available for the tC. If you're just looking to keep them clean, go grey or black.

On my last car, my calipers and rear drums started to have rust, so I used a stainless steel paint. It's heat activated and made for headers and exhausts. It is vey durable and will keep rust off for years. Just don't paint the rotors or brake pads.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?i...emType=PRODUCT

 

Black

 

I would go with Black, Blue or Silver.

Use G2 or Duplicolor.

 

I say its a must to paint your calipers. I would stick with black but I would def recommend doing it. The stock calipers look really bad after a while.

 

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if anything paint it silver to clean it up or black so it doesn't stand out.

just no red, blue, neon green, orange, white or any other crazy radical colors

 

or u can jus get urself a set of these bad boys...LMFAO

http://cgi.ebay.com/Brembo-Look-brak...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Nice.

I know ScionPro sells a set of caliper covers too. I think they're polished or something. Look AWFUL.

 

lol.

the sad thing is though that people actually buy this stuff....

 

lmfao that is sad, and its even more sad that i seen a hatchback civic the other day with the same things on i walked up to his car and saw the platic look on it and i asked him if they were covers and the kid jus looked down in shame lmfao

 

That eBay post is awesome, a few choice quotes:
And the adhesive can double as a wafer for electronic chips, might be a little expensive though.

Also:

 

i personally think g2 gold would look amasing!!

 

Yes it does