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Old 10-12-03, 09:30 PM
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Default What color did you guys paint your calipers?

I recently got the supra tt brake upgrade and i really hate the words supra on my calipers. So what color do you guys suggest or have on your cars? Black just looks dirty, i don't think red matches my car color (silver spruce).. Don't know what color to pick.. I'm thinking silver?
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rust never got around to painting it. But I personally like the gold brembo color on the G35's

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Black or silver would look nice...
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where do i get those decals at? i want a silver but a shiny one. a lot of the ones i see are really dull
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Aliga, is that the big brake system??
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RSTSpeed,

it is the stock system, need to get some bigger brakes but the supra tts will not clear the gs 17" rims.
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Originally posted by mrshabo
where do i get those decals at? i want a silver but a shiny one. a lot of the ones i see are really dull
I don't remember if there was a color choice but I seen these types of decals on e-bay under (brake caliper decals or lexus sc400) believe they were around $10.00 or any local vinyl detailing shop should be able to create these for you
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i think i want to chrome my calipers. i've tried this with my stock calipers and they looked very clean, very "new" i got a lot of compliments when i put them on but the only problem i had with it is that it melted off when it hit the brakes. Do you guys think that chrome can't withstand the heat? Or it's just the spray that i used isn't strong enough. It said "high temp paint" on the can so i dunno. When i look for another can do what should i look for?
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you can try chrome powder coat, i think they have powder that withstands about 1000 F, not sure how hot the calipers get.
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the obvious,.. white to match my car!!
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Go with black for the calipers and silver or white for the lettering.


And here's your link for the lettering.
http://www.geocities.com/lunatikz808/911.html
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mrshabo, chrome spray paint?


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lex it doesn't look like chrome. after it comes out, it looks like the calipers are a brand new silver.


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