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2014/05/17 08:27:36 (permalink)
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What colour to paint my calipers.

Well here's the colour of my current calipers.

Been that colour for about 8 years now and the paint isn't holding up well. So any ideas? Could go red to match the car. Yellow again, but do a better job of it. Or maybe a gold if I can find some paint that will do it. Or maybe another colour?
 
My car is lucifer red with Enkie GTC01 wheels.

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    jason_2901
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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/17 08:44:37 (permalink)
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    Black is always good
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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/17 10:00:02 (permalink)
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    Black is dull. I want them to stand out a bit.
     
    Also after replacing all the pads and disks, I now have a park brake that works.

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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/17 18:19:31 (permalink)
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    Black is dull. I want them to stand out a bit.
     



    Hot pink.

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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/18 20:56:30 (permalink)
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    Fluro green

     
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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/18 21:16:45 (permalink)
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    Painter calipers is so old school.
     
    This is where its at now.....
     


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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/18 21:18:45 (permalink)
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    ^^ hektik!
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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/19 02:58:27 (permalink)
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    Hah caliper covers...
    i like contrast too so for a red car I would probs go green, blue or gold to contrast it.

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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/19 11:50:42 (permalink)
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    Red or gold if black isn't an option.

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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/05/19 15:35:20 (permalink)
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    Grey to be subtle or gold for the nice contrast with the red.
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    Re: What colour to paint my calipers. 2014/06/01 21:43:43 (permalink)
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    New account, as my old one was tied to an email I no longer use and had some problems with it.
     
    Still haven't done i yet, mainly because I'm lazy and have been driving it more. Gold is looking like the option I'll take. Had a look into the caliper covers, pretty funny looking. Don't see the point of trying to make them look like 4 pots. Most of the high performance cars I work on are two piston sliding calipers anyway.
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