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I was thinking of painting brake calipers.....any suggestions for colour?

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Old May 4, 2002 | 08:09 AM
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I was thinking of painting brake calipers.....any suggestions for colour?

I was thinking of painting brake calipers.....any suggestions for colour?
Old May 4, 2002 | 10:40 AM
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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.
Old May 4, 2002 | 12:35 PM
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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....
Old May 7, 2002 | 04:48 PM
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Old May 7, 2002 | 05:00 PM
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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.
Old May 8, 2002 | 01:51 AM
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on your car i would go for red,yellow,or blue..........my car is silver and mine are a bright blue..looks great
Old May 8, 2002 | 08:26 AM
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Old May 9, 2002 | 11:48 AM
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Clever!

Originally posted by Sir Nuke
sure...BLACK...that way even when they are dirty it won't show and you can leave them alone!
Now that's a clever idea!
Old May 30, 2002 | 04:38 AM
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Well I painted them!

Old May 30, 2002 | 07:58 AM
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Old May 30, 2002 | 09:34 AM
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Is this color baby blue? That's brave dude

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Old Jun 5, 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.
Old Jun 5, 2002 | 11:01 PM
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look at that you can see him with the flash in the pic
brakes look nice bro
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Old Jun 5, 2002 | 11:09 PM
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looks good.....your brave
Old Jun 6, 2002 | 10:29 AM
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white's a cool idea, mine are bright yellow and my buddies love it. And tons of people snap their necks when I drive by.



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