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Paint calipers black, blue or yellow on a black car?

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Old 04-07-13, 12:49 PM
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Default Paint calipers black, blue or yellow on a black car?

Was thinking of using the G2 Brake Caliper Paint system on the brakes to clean them up. What color do you think would look best on a black car? Yellow, Blue or Black?

http://www.tirerack.com/brakes/acces...tail.jsp?ID=41
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What kind of look are you going for?
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And are you doing logos? Open wheels? My car is silver and I went with a black with white logos cause I want a nice simple look, like it came from the factory that way.
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whatever you choose, keep it simple. i'd go silver w/ black logos.
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I'm going to do red with white logos. I have the logos just trying to find the time to paint them. Black and silver looks great though.
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Originally Posted by SVance23
And are you doing logos? Open wheels? My car is silver and I went with a black with white logos cause I want a nice simple look, like it came from the factory that way.
I think I'm going to do the logos, where can I get them? I have the stock 18 inch wheels. I think I will probably keep it simple with black although if I get rims I'd probably want to change it down the line to an F-Sport type blue or Yellow to make it pop.
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Im sure theres a vendor on here that sells them. Otherwise ebay. I ordered mine on ebay for 7 bucks. Heres a few photos of the black and white logos on mine Before I put the rims on. Nice and simple
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Very nice Svance, I like
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Originally Posted by SVance23
Im sure theres a vendor on here that sells them. Otherwise ebay. I ordered mine on ebay for 7 bucks. Heres a few photos of the black and white logos on mine Before I put the rims on. Nice and simple
lol facing the wrong way bro.
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Black or red on a black car
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I went with silver on my black GS

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...-calipers.html
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Originally Posted by 07LXgs350
lol facing the wrong way bro.
Thought they looked good going opposite directions. lol
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stock = black
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Originally Posted by SVance23
Thought they looked good going opposite directions. lol
SVance, put a clear coat on them . The paint shouldn't flake. I noticed the duplicolor didn't come with a clear coat. The G2 paint system does.
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Here is what the BLUE looks like. I've since put the white lexus logo's on (but don't have pic on me). The blue is much more visable than the black, but subtle and not nearly as loud as Red or Yellow.

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