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Old 02-17-15, 12:30 PM
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Hey guys,

So I just decided to paint my brake calipers on my Tungsten Pearl 06 IS350 since I have it going in for some body work soon.

Just wondering what color you guys would recommend for the calipers on this color of car. I still have the Stock 18"s on the car and I had originally wanted to go black on the calipers to match my blacked out emblems and reflectors but Im no longer sure if I want to go black after all...

All recommended colors are appreciated. And pics are even more aprreciated!!!!! Thanks
Old 02-17-15, 06:11 PM
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Unless you have some sort of accent color scheme going on, I'd recommend black with a Lexus logo.

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Here you go.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...-calipers.html
Old 02-17-15, 09:02 PM
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I would just go black. Like matte black
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+1 black

Anything else is a tad rice.
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Agreed on black. If anything else silver/gray. Basically no color, but a shade of gray.
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My first diy on my car was painting my bbk black and adding lexus decal on it to go with an OEM look.
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Originally Posted by Gville350
Unless you have some sort of accent color scheme going on, I'd recommend black with a Lexus logo.

Hey thats my car, I didn't paint them thats the stock color with a Silver decal and then clear coat sprayed ove the face to cover the decal.
Thanks for sharing my setup.
Jeff
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I painted mine blue

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I would do blue or black.
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burnt orange
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Originally Posted by my1s250
burnt orange
^+1 for burnt orange! Looks really nice.
Old 02-20-15, 03:42 PM
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Wow I didn't expect such an overwhelming majority for black lol. I guess that's what I will go with. Thanks guys! I'll be sure to post pics once my car is done at the shop and the calipers are painted
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