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what colour calipers?

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Old 06-17-08, 08:39 PM
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Any suggestions on what colour to paint the calipers, I have a kit in silver but I'm not sure if would be too much silver (silver car, rims, rotors and calipers) Possibly a little washed out?


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i did mine with gunmetal high temp paint... looks clean, been a year already and no flaking... cant remember the name of it right now though.
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silver would be nice. but here are other colors. hope this helps. sorry im bad at photoshop.











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gold is nice
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black, silver, or gunmetal only.
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Originally Posted by sleeper408
black, silver, or gunmetal only.
Old 06-18-08, 01:10 AM
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i personally went with red, there's a thread on here somewhere that I started with several pics of my ride with the freshly painted red calipers
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on your car black or gold doesn't look bad at all actually
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orange or gold!
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Silver or black.
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i'm doing mine black soon
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RED all the way
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I went with black on polished rims and I think it looks good
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i personally like red, black, gold, bronze, or brembo orange/gold. i had painted my calipers brembo gold color, its on a DPW. now im goings bronze a darker shade on the supra calipers.
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Brembo Gold


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