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Old 05-08-2014, 12:14 AM
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Default Give me some ideas for brake caliper colors to go with black.

I have a black C7 with black Z51 rims. I will be getting the WeaponX carbon fiber skirts, splitter, diffuser and spoiler soon. Right now my brake calipers are unpainted. Please give me some ideas of colors for these calipers besides red or yellow.
Old 05-08-2014, 12:21 AM
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LRG, of course!
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interior color?

the brakes should key off another item or color on the car...red interior red brakes, etc...
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I was gonna' say red or yellow.... So green or purple.
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silver, or medium or dark charcoal.

see post number 15, 55 bel air hardtop, on this link to see how well those colors blend.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-t...-browsing.html

if you want a bright color, orange is the best. just be careful to get exactly the shade of orange that you want.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...59.ZGpltn3DMMU


http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...rt=259&ndsp=25

the last one might be the best. i love that shade of orange.

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Go red!
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RED....only way to go IMO
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Originally Posted by Glen e
interior color?

the brakes should key off another item or color on the car...red interior red brakes, etc...
Interior is black 3LT with carbon fiber dash.
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ZR1 Blue
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You could be different and do like a ZR1 blue

Red always looks great with your color combo

Yellow looks nice too, you just have to like yellow
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My car is silver with black wheels and black Brakes. As of right now I actually love the color combo being straight to the point and simple, but one thing I had thought about is if it were at all possible to paint the Corvette letters only in the calipers. My painting free hand skills are not that steady. If only there were a stencil to lay over it first
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I would do gold! my 07 sti was black and had gold bbs's. It looked boss imo.
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Gold or ZR1 blue.
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Default Caliper color

Originally Posted by AZstingray
I have a black C7 with black Z51 rims. I will be getting the WeaponX carbon fiber skirts, splitter, diffuser and spoiler soon. Right now my brake calipers are unpainted. Please give me some ideas of colors for these calipers besides red or yellow.
Without question, RED! Look at the Corvette magazine web site to see a Black C7 with Red Calipers. Gorgeous!
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Black
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Lime Green
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Originally Posted by peter pan
ZR1 Blue


That's what I would do.

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Originally Posted by peter pan
ZR1 Blue
Yeah, I agree with ZR1 Blue IF you really don't want Red (or Yellow). Red is classic for black but you have your reasons.

I also really like the orange example senah showed, but hey, I'm partial.

You could always get creative


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Seriously you want to go with red. It really goes with black the best. Then you should also put on some red graphics on the front fender. They really will "dress that baby up".
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Go batman YELLOW


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