Black IS ... What color caliper paint? (show your paint)
04-25-17, 07:53 AM
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Black IS ... What color caliper paint? (show your paint)
So I'm in the process of doing a chrome delete and installing the Black Pearl badges. There will be no chrome on the outside of my car. I have to take the wheels off to change the center caps so I might as wheel paint the calipers while I have the wheels off.
My dilemma is what color ... "F" Orange, Blue or Red ... maybe even Yellow ...
If you have a black IS and painted your calipers please post some pics so I can an idea of what the different colors look like.
Thanks for the help!!!
My dilemma is what color ... "F" Orange, Blue or Red ... maybe even Yellow ...
If you have a black IS and painted your calipers please post some pics so I can an idea of what the different colors look like.
Thanks for the help!!!
04-25-17, 10:03 AM
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If you're going for a stealthy relatively all black appearance I'd probably go with black calipers, or leave them unpainted. Keep the stealthy theme going. Having brightly colored brake calipers would just call people's attention to one of the most dirty places of your car, might even dilute the stealthyness, and bright colors would also probably look dirtier when they are dirty.
In my opinion, brake calipers are not a very interesting car part. Almost every car has them. Seeing no brake calipers would be less ugly than seeing them in the first place.
Unless you have some other trim pieces in Orange, Blue, Red or Yellow, it'll just be one part standing out in that color. Not much of a overall theme.... Just my 0.02.
In my opinion, brake calipers are not a very interesting car part. Almost every car has them. Seeing no brake calipers would be less ugly than seeing them in the first place.
Unless you have some other trim pieces in Orange, Blue, Red or Yellow, it'll just be one part standing out in that color. Not much of a overall theme.... Just my 0.02.
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04-25-17, 10:06 AM
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If you're going for a stealthy relatively all black appearance I'd probably go with black calipers, or leave them unpainted. Keep the stealthy theme going. Having brightly colored brake calipers would just call people's attention to one of the most dirty places of your car, might even dilute the stealthyness, and bright colors would also probably look dirtier when they are dirty.
In my opinion, brake calipers are not a very interesting car part. Almost every car has them. Seeing no brake calipers would be less ugly than seeing them in the first place.
Unless you have some other trim pieces in Orange, Blue, Red or Yellow, it'll just be one part standing out in that color. Not much of a overall theme.... Just my 0.02.
In my opinion, brake calipers are not a very interesting car part. Almost every car has them. Seeing no brake calipers would be less ugly than seeing them in the first place.
Unless you have some other trim pieces in Orange, Blue, Red or Yellow, it'll just be one part standing out in that color. Not much of a overall theme.... Just my 0.02.
04-25-17, 10:31 AM
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04-25-17, 10:40 AM
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Also, I'd use matte not glossy black.
And, I can't remember if the calipers have the Lexus logo embossed onto them or not but if they do, then maybe you can tape it off somehow before painting so that you can keep the logo using the underlying metal color. Sound like a lot of work though to tape it off. I believe some people have just used emblem stickers like in this post... But they may have changed their calipers entirely, not sure...
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/bui...ml#post9837053
And, I can't remember if the calipers have the Lexus logo embossed onto them or not but if they do, then maybe you can tape it off somehow before painting so that you can keep the logo using the underlying metal color. Sound like a lot of work though to tape it off. I believe some people have just used emblem stickers like in this post... But they may have changed their calipers entirely, not sure...
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/bui...ml#post9837053
04-25-17, 03:19 PM
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I'm doing mine in red if the rain ever stops I'll post picks
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