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Getting ready to paint calipers..... What color do you think?

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Old 03-17-11, 08:07 PM
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Default Getting ready to paint calipers..... What color do you think?

I have a Tungsten Pearl '06 IS350, and am going to make painted calipers my next mod. I have the factory 10 spoke alloy wheels, and tinted windows, with a GFX front lip. Other than that, the exterior of the car is stock. I am REALLY leaning toward red calipers with the white Lexus decals. I think this will look good, but do not want to have the car look like a "tuner" Honda. Let me know what you think, and if anyone has a Tungsten IS, post up pics of your painted calipers.
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Old 03-17-11, 08:23 PM
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Go with silver color keep it simple.
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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...-stickers.html
I did blue with mine. Also gloss black would of been my second option.
Old 03-17-11, 09:14 PM
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Either black or as close as you can get to the signature F Sport blue.
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Wow the blue looks great. If you want to be subtle, black or silver is fine. If you want more bling, I'd go with the above blue or maybe even gold.
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I like blue, I would do it if the rear brakes were bigger.
Old 03-18-11, 08:19 AM
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Blue or red
Old 03-18-11, 08:59 AM
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Yellow

do it. do it.



Old 03-18-11, 09:30 AM
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Blue or Black. BTW I love your car chrIS250
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Black with white lexus lettering or Silver with black lexus lettering. Color like red, yellow or even blue are a bit too eye catching for your silver 2IS.
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I think yellow would look much better on a dark colored car than a light colored car like TP
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I have TP 350 and did G2 blue with Silver stickers. Looks like a million bucks!
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Black.

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Hey folks, I would love to get my Obsidian 350 done black w/ white Lexus lettering. But, there is no way I could do this myself. Who can I contact to get this done? ATL area..
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You would save a lot of money by doing this yourself IMO. There's a DIY for it and usually the results are good!


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