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Old May 14, 2010 | 02:01 PM
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Red, black, or dark blue?

here is a pic of my car so you can see. I am leaning towards blue

Old May 14, 2010 | 02:06 PM
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Old May 14, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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i say pink hehehe
Old May 14, 2010 | 05:43 PM
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red always looks good
Old May 14, 2010 | 08:05 PM
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Red, i have red on my blue tC
Old May 14, 2010 | 08:24 PM
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Red, i have red on my blue tC
Can I see a pic?
Old May 14, 2010 | 10:15 PM
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I had a picture in my album. go to my profile and look at it.
Old May 14, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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I'll said red,looks more like factory.
Old May 15, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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red painted calipers can look a little cheesy. i'd do them in black if i was you. too many colors otherwise.
Old May 15, 2010 | 12:16 AM
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Paint them black.

My daughter has black calipers on her NBM tC. It looks stealth.
Old May 15, 2010 | 12:31 AM
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Black is hard to see, so why paint it at all?
Old May 15, 2010 | 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by SR0529
Black is hard to see, so why paint it at all?
So they don't stand out behind the black wheels as the run-of-the-mill cast calipers that they are.
Old May 15, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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Old May 15, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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Personally, I like accents on a car. OE silver provides an accent, black doesn't. Personally, I think red would look OK, but not good. Given you're taking your own path, I'd say go with what best appeals to you. Good luck !
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Gold or Yellow go with blue. Look at the Blue Angles' planes. But to be honest.... it's so stock, why bother. Sorry. But making them stand out is gonna look cheap if it doesn't add to an overall theme. I don't see a theme....so why not wait till you have done other things and see what your thinking at that point. That is just an opinion. Do whatever makes you smile. Different is good.
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Lower it first.

Anyway, I think either gold/yellow or black would look pretty.
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Originally Posted by RC-PILOT
Gold or Yellow go with blue. Look at the Blue Angles' planes. But to be honest.... it's so stock, why bother. Sorry. But making them stand out is gonna look cheap if it doesn't add to an overall theme. I don't see a theme....so why not wait till you have done other things and see what your thinking at that point. That is just an opinion. Do whatever makes you smile. Different is good.
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Lower it first.

Anyway, I think either gold/yellow or black would look pretty.
Theres gunna be lots done to my car in the next few weeks. Honestly ust waiting for my body shop guy to get back to me and I will have a whole new car. And it will be lowered afterwards. So the theme you can not see yet. Everything is under wraps right now. But soon will be shown completely
Old May 17, 2010 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by oreoremix42
Red, black, or dark blue?

here is a pic of my car so you can see. I am leaning towards blue
Personally I don't get this latest fad at all. Black wheels on a dark color car? Hopefully it goes the way of avocado and harvest gold colored home appliances...

Anyway, I vote for flat black calipers to keep with the mono-chrome theme.
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Originally Posted by ScionFred
Hopefully it goes the way of avocado and harvest gold colored home appliances...


When I was a kid I actually had my parents cover one of my bedroom walls with alternating 15" x 30" **** carpet samples (kind of a brick pattern) in those colors back in 1972. As an 8-year old, I was on the cutting edge back then.

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Old May 17, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ScionFred
Personally I don't get this latest fad at all. Black wheels on a dark color car? Hopefully it goes the way of avocado and harvest gold colored home appliances...

Anyway, I vote for flat black calipers to keep with the mono-chrome theme.
I am not doing it for a fad or anything. I just enjoy how dark wheels look on just about every vehicle. Wether its a white car, bright red car or a black car. I just like black wheels. Plus then I don't have to worry about seeing brake dust as much.



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