What color do I paint my calipers?, opinions please.
02-20-2010, 03:38 AM
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What color do I paint my calipers?, opinions please.
I have a silver Z51 vette ,red interior, chrome spyder rims on there way. Should I paint them red, silver or black. I am leaning toward black for a more low key look. What do yeah think?. Thanks
02-20-2010, 03:52 AM
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I would go with red. It would have a really good contrast.
02-20-2010, 04:05 AM
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I know Red is fairly common, but I think it looks good with Silver and goes with your interior color.
Consider having them powder coated by 'Mike-the-Powdercoater'. Nothing but praise for his fine work on the Forum, and it's a much more durable finish.
02-20-2010, 04:59 AM
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02-20-2010, 06:08 AM
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I know Red is fairly common, but I think it looks good with Silver and goes with your interior color.
Silver calipers are to bland.
Go with red calipers.
02-20-2010, 08:17 AM
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Red first, black second, silver would just blend in.
02-20-2010, 08:20 AM
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Red without a shadow of any doubt!
02-20-2010, 08:26 AM
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Good to see that you FINALLY settle on what color wheels, great choice. Go with red calipers, Mike has different shades of red, go on his website and you can see the different colors plus Im sure that there are many happy customers here that are willing to share their photos. Good Luck.
02-20-2010, 08:37 AM
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silver, red, black will all look good, but you said a low key look, so silver would be it my .02
02-20-2010, 08:42 AM
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Black with silver lettering.
02-20-2010, 08:44 AM
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02-20-2010, 09:04 AM
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I vote red. Painted mine black and they look nice, but I kinda wish they stood out a little more now.
02-20-2010, 09:06 AM
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EXACTLY! Pictures speak a thousand words.
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02-20-2010, 09:23 AM
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My choice with your color combo and chrome wheels would be red.
02-20-2010, 09:26 AM
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02-20-2010, 09:29 AM
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Red is the gold standard.....
02-20-2010, 09:42 AM
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I'd go with metallic charcoal or cyber grey....kinda a combo of black and silver mixed together. One of a kind!
02-20-2010, 09:55 AM
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if you are going to go with silver you may as well leave them as they are. Personally, I think red pops, and looks great. But then I am biased lol
02-20-2010, 12:03 PM
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100% silver...
red are so over done, almost like old school now... besides i never understood why people needed to draw attention to brakes, so silly...
02-20-2010, 12:09 PM
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I would go with red, but last week I saw a black porsche with some yellow ones and surprisingly it looked very nice