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Old 07-22-12, 05:08 PM
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Daytona blue from nissan with silver decals. Here's a pic of it with my new black wheels.

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Originally Posted by obby
Daytona blue from nissan with silver decals. Here's a pic of it with my new black wheels.

......your car looks freaking good. what side skirt is that?
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Yeah, obby, loving the finished product there. Two questions: how did you paint the calipers (did you remove them?) and where did you get the decals?

Not to copy your style, but I'm thinking of going with something almost exactly like that... make a shade or two darker blue.
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thanks.. side is SETUNE, and caliper was remove completely. Decals was custom made at a local store near me and the color was soo transparent that it took me 13 coat to get the color i wanted.
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obby did you paint the caliper yourself or was it done professionally at a shop?
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obby that looks great. I didn't know you were gonna change wheels...
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Originally Posted by ISFtmfw
obby did you paint the caliper yourself or was it done professionally at a shop?
Myself..
Originally Posted by CalitriSC
obby that looks great. I didn't know you were gonna change wheels...
i was waiting to get some proper shot of my cars and introduce them...lol.. square set up..
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Originally Posted by hahahaf
id like to see the yellow on a usb




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Originally Posted by obby
Myself..


i was waiting to get some proper shot of my cars and introduce them...lol.. square set up..
Wow, help me paint my calipers!
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Originally Posted by ISFpat
Wow, help me paint my calipers!
if you're in socal obby.... heh.
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I would go with the yellow calipers. I like the color contrast when a dark car has bright colored brakes. That just my 2 cents.
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On SGM, I'd go with a black Brembo font in either yellow or an unmentioned silver. It just looks right with SGM with silver. Good contrast and has a nice look IMO. The yellow worked with Phil's USB quite nicely, but for a darker color, my honest opinion would be to choose either yellow or silver paint. Best of luck!
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I like the blue.
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I like the blue as well. To me yellow seems a bit "ricey", even if they are real brembo's, it's just very overstated. I color matched mine, USB on USB with G2 caliper paint and decals I found online (G2 can do any paint code). Didn't require removing anything and looks great over a year later. I highly recommend their product and I'm in no way affiliated btw.
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Originally Posted by Pqbrown
I like the blue as well. To me yellow seems a bit "ricey", even if they are real brembo's, it's just very overstated. I color matched mine, USB on USB with G2 caliper paint and decals I found online (G2 can do any paint code). Didn't require removing anything and looks great over a year later. I highly recommend their product and I'm in no way affiliated btw.

There are many colors that I feel look great. I have not seen anyone's that I felt looked bad regardless of color. Regarding "ricey" that is interesting to me as several Porsche and Ferrari models come with factory yellow which you can't throw them into the "ricey" category.......... To each his own I suppose

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