I was thinking of painting brake calipers.....any suggestions for colour?
May-4th-2002, 10:40 AM
#2
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: southeast texas, near houston
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sure...BLACK...that way even when they are dirty it won't show and you can leave them alone!
course your car is blue....so a nice shade that will closely match your car would be okay too...
just remember if you paint them a nice bright color....they ARE going to show dirt...and just how easy is it going to be to clean them? Personally I don't want to be taking off my wheels that much.
course your car is blue....so a nice shade that will closely match your car would be okay too...
just remember if you paint them a nice bright color....they ARE going to show dirt...and just how easy is it going to be to clean them? Personally I don't want to be taking off my wheels that much.
May-4th-2002, 12:35 PM
#3
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Location: Chicago
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I painted my red and they don't get as dirty as Sir Nuke made it sound
from far they don't look dirty at all and I just spray them with the hose whenever I'm cleaning the car...
as for color..........try to colormatch the calipers with your car. If not, the universal color for calipers seems to be red....
from far they don't look dirty at all and I just spray them with the hose whenever I'm cleaning the car...
as for color..........try to colormatch the calipers with your car. If not, the universal color for calipers seems to be red....
May-7th-2002, 05:00 PM
#5
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what-ever you decide... post pics... I was going to paint mine but I tabled till further notice because I couldn't decide on a color.
One thing I did figure out, 8 bottles of touch-up paint in the same color was not going to cover it.
One thing I did figure out, 8 bottles of touch-up paint in the same color was not going to cover it.
June-5th-2002, 10:26 PM
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I painted mine white, I know it will get dirty fast, but that's why some guy invented the hose for, it looks great though I get a lot of double takes, really original I haven't seen anybody with white before, I'll post some pics tomorrow night.
