Help Opinions On Caliper Color
 

I plan on painting my calipers soon.

I am torn on these color options:

Yellow, Red, Orange.

I like the idea of Red, just feel like it is really common.

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I'm rather partial to the red.

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That looks pretty nice. haha i think your car in general is freakin nice.

paint them LeMans Blue to match your car

Understand your concern with RED, but feel that is the way to go....

Ya red seems to be what all my friends and family suggest.
Yellow sounds like a good option, i just have not seen it before.

Red. I love ' em!

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Yellow with Blue...? Not a bad color contrast either. Now I'm confused too....!!

I hear you on the red. Nothing wrong with it but it seems like it's all too common. I haven't done mine yet just because I don't know what color I want to do them in.

I was leaning towards yellow but then I found a pic of a LMB car with yellow and I didn't really like it.

I like the blue on the ZR1's but not sure how that would look with LMB.

Post up some pics if and when you do them. :cheers:

This would look nice!

Hum, I did mine red on Lemands blue. Black wheels and chrome wheels. Doesn't really flow that well. Going to be doing mine Leland's blue next week to match the body color. They really stand out with the z51 brake rotors. Here's red. Not the best pics... but..can't post pics, but these links are pics

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Just a thought - how about a dark red (something like CRM) rather than a bright red? That's what I'm considering for my AW coupe (along w/gloss black).
Enjoy,
akriggm

thanks for the photos. your vette looks awesome.

lol i think i am going to flip a coin between red and yellow. hopefully knock it out this weekend and lower the car on stock bolts.

Ill post pictures after i finish.

If anyone has pictures of LMB with yellow calipers, that would be a big help also.

Red or Le Mans Blue - yellow or orange would look 'cheap' with your car color, imho :thumbs:

My vote goes to Red. :thumbs:

Paint them the same color as your car!!!really tie it all together! Good luck!!

Thanks! Your car looks great also. Blue looks awesome with some stripes. I love my stripes. I've since blacked out all the lights, I'll post up my pics when I do the blue.

Caliper color
 

Hi, I just did mine red, of course the car is Victory red. I also touched up my rotors with silver and painted the caliper brackets black. I also installed new pads while i was in there. I tried to post a picture but???? No luck.http://IMG-20130526-00264

Red or body color.

If you wanna be unique paint them the same silver as your stripe and the "corvette" logo on the caliper the same blue as your car...would tie it all together:thumbs:

I feel like now I am even more confused than before. Haha lots of good input though

Red is too common, and IMO is too many colors on the car - same with yellow. The boys from TG are spot on about this kind of setup on the GT3. FF to 3:30 for their take, or watch the whole thing for the lolz. :)

http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-...-1_2100203.htm

I'd do body color with white lettering, or white like your stripes with body color lettering.

I vote RED....a very classic look. :cheers:

I was thinking the same as C6ROLLER except the opposite, Blue with silver letters. I really think it looks great the way it is tho.

:iagree: Good choice, just about everyone has red.

:iagree::rock:

I was undecided about a caliper color on my '07 LMB vert, so I have left them alone for now. I have never seen a photo of LMB calipers - anyone have a photo?

normally I would have said red but in your car's case blue would be good too

:iagree:

Red, Duplicolor kit.

I think your car looks great, but if you want to do the calipers:
Coordinate a thin red stripe around the silver center stripe with red calipers.
Power coat them the same red with silver lettering.
That will tie in the body to the wheels with two colors.
Mike the powdercoater does a good job.

Red.
Next! :lol:

Red

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I like how red pops... other colors are cool too, I guess I just like the red
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Yellow

Red gets my vote :thumbs:

I'm going to disagree with my neighbor. Yellow looks hot on Velocity Yellow body. But I wouldn't like it on any other color. I vote for match the body color.

Red, Red, Red.

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Match it to the color of the car.:D

Your car makes me so mad! lol hopefully one day i can make it to that level. :thumbs:

:iagree::iagree: But if only one of your three choices, then red.:thumbs:

well now it is between red and blue. think i am going to go ahead and do red and lower it this weekend.

also thinking about ordering a zr1 style front splitter.. or the rk sport front valance. any opinions on that?

Good choice!!!

Did mine in Lemans Blue came out great..

Check my album I have a couple pictures of my Calipers..

Red looks good on most colors. Everyone that paints calipers on any car go red though.

I did Z06 brakes on my Crystal Red car and did not want the red since it is two different colors. Mine are a flat black with a layer of clear over them so they don't really stand out.

Lowering and adding a splitter may cause it to scrape more often...could get expensive.:thumbs:

Ya I know. And a lot of the parking lots here are raised so i am gonna have to hit it super slow.
I definitely need to lower the rear some, way to much space back there imo.

I really want a splitter though I love the look of them.

:iagree:

That looks good :thumbs: What paint did you use/where did you get it?

How about black? Neutral color, not too showy and looks good on any color car.

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Duplicolor Metal Specks Ocean Blue got it at Advance auto parts. Painted them last year still look good be sure to clean them real well. Good luck

Common, yes… but still cool.
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:thumbs:...just be careful with how far you go, because many on here say we are "posers":lol:

Haha I read that whole thread yesterday.

Lol if you ever want to donate your set up on your vette because you feel like a poseur . Feel free to send it my way.

That does look good.

Your ride is the most bad ass poser car I've ever seen...:rock:

Love your car. :thumbs:

I'd go with red!

:lol:hmmm let me think on that one:rock:
Thanks, I guess I would rather be a poseur with this, than with any other car. I have been thinking lately of selling it and buying an Aston Martin though....:willy: But.... I think I should keep it, just to save someone else being called a poseur. they may not be as thick skinned.:woohoo:

Red!
You might want to consider silver to go with your stripe?
Many GS vettes have silver calipers from the factory!

Dave