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Old Mar 31, 2010 | 12:54 AM
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Have a bcp tc, a friend of mine said yellow calipers would stay unique on that color. I kinda agree that i would like something other then red. What do you guys think, good idea or would it clash too much?
Old Mar 31, 2010 | 12:55 AM
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How about none? Or black?
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hmmmm black has actually crossed my mind. not bad
Old Mar 31, 2010 | 07:02 PM
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gold
Old Mar 31, 2010 | 08:11 PM
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I have red paint on my calipers right now and I like it. Gold would be an interesting one. Yellow is unique on BCP but it would be flashy and wouldn't compliment the color too well.
Old Apr 1, 2010 | 02:36 AM
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gold would look gooood =)
Old Apr 1, 2010 | 04:04 AM
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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 06:16 AM
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Bah the napa here only has red yellow black duplicolor set
Old Apr 2, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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I never understood the point of painting the stock calipers? But I ain't gonna lie, it looks sweet.
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Originally Posted by luuserface
I never understood the point of painting the stock calipers? But I ain't gonna lie, it looks sweet.
A lot of people do it because with wheels like the tC's where a lot of the caliper is exposed, it looks better to see a color (even black) then a silver, and eventually rusted looking caliper.
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Unless your rocking a bbk I'd just paint the calipers black..
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One time i have seen a white pearl Porsche with yellow calipers and black rims and i instantly feel in love with that look...
Thankfully my car is Blizzard Pearl, but my Wilwoods are red and i hate red color, so once i'm back i'm painting them to Yellow ( yes i know i should powdercoat them, but isnt taking off a caliper kind of pain in the butt ? ) and upgrading my rims anyway so i know i'm getting gunmetal or black i think its going to look tight.

Now in your position do you have stock brakes ? if yes then i would paint them black, to be honest in my opinion bright color like yellow needs to be on racing brakes and with the right color combination of the car.
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