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Old 06-15-11, 02:33 AM
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I have USB ISF and painted my calipers blue with GT2kit they keep out great but if I were to do it again my choice would be gold. The contrast of blue and gold would look sick.
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After seeing the picture of the IS-F and GTR I already knew it was the same ones I saw a couple years back driving in Hayward with the same plates except #1 and #2. I assume it was a caravan going to a meet or something because there were 10-15 nice cars following. So sick!!

But back to the thread...if you get yellow fogs like CrazyMPG, then it would say to get them yellow.
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On a USB, I like the yellow that Phil had on his ride. It went well with the yellow fogs. I think gold calipers would look great on blue if there was no yellow on fogs.
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Originally Posted by davcrz5
I have USB ISF and painted my calipers blue with GT2kit they keep out great but if I were to do it again my choice would be gold. The contrast of blue and gold would look sick.
I'm really leaning towards gold too with brembo decals. The contrast with the blue, gold, and gunmetal rims looks so good.

On a side note, does anyone know where to get yellow fogs?
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Sorry I can't find any other good photo's of my STI showing the gold calipers off. I'm telling you. Go gold! It looks amazing on blue. I will probably do that to my USB F when I get back from this deployment.
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Old 06-15-11, 12:56 PM
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This was my STi before I sold it..

Old 06-15-11, 04:11 PM
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I prefer white calipers with USB, but haven't seen anyone who has done it.
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Color matched looks nice too. Sigh
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Ooo yes that does...I can't lie lol
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It all depends on the color scheme you are looking for. IMO it should flow with the rest of your mods.
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Originally Posted by PurduePete
I prefer white calipers with USB, but haven't seen anyone who has done it.
Not sure how that would look. Sounds interesting. I'd like to do opposite, USB calipers on my white.
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Originally Posted by Pqbrown
Just picked up my UBM IS-F a few days ago and the first thing I wanna do to the car is show off the amazing brakes a little more. IMO the black does not do any justice to them. Will likely use the G2 paint as I've used it in the past with great results. Considering red, gold, and possibly doing their custom option and body matching it to the car. What do you all think pops on this color?
Just to give you idea what USB IS-F would look like with blue calipers here are few pics of my F, IMO go with gold I may change color of my calipers to gold just to have different look.

Before painting
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After painting
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Old 06-16-11, 07:50 AM
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few more pics hope this helps.

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Need opinions on caliper color for UBM F-gedc1386.jpg
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The blue looks really light, almost a baby blue color, is that pretty accurate?
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Originally Posted by Pqbrown
The blue looks really light, almost a baby blue color, is that pretty accurate?
Hey Pqbrown this is G2 standard blue paint I just wanted to show you what F would look like with blue calipers and Brembo vinyl decals, also these pics were taken right after I painted calipers once throughly dried and cured they became darker.


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