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Old 01-12-19, 03:19 PM
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Default Blue or gold calipers on black car?

What’s your guys feedback? Gold or blue calipers? It would be similar to the colors on the pic, not straight up Brembo gold or regular blue.

Ive already reached out to vip modular for blue center caps as mines is currently red.

I am notndoing red calipers as I don’t dig the look on these cars.




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Oh and I will not have anodized rotor hats.
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I like the blue.
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Signing up for gold overhere
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Gold here...
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I would go for silver/aluminum, something similar to, but not exactly, the color of the wheels. Of course it's all personal taste, and my tastes are definitely on the conservative side.
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I vote for the gold, but question...are you doing caps or anodizing the calipers? I've been looking for someone who has anodized the calipers and would love to see results/procedure
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Go with gold
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Gold all day.
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Pink it is!

No not anodizing, just painting. **** if I was anodizing I would invest in brakes butI can’t afford a BBK. Not to be confused with BBC hehe jk.

Alrighty well my car is painted black now so I will take your folks feedback into contemplation as this is something that can be done rather quickly.

Damn I need some vented Aimgain or Wald fenders. The girl I’m dating just doesn’t understand.

When the time comes I’ll post somewhere. Much mahalos brah. Not the ***** kind bra. Shoots.

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Gold would be a more subtle color. I'd opt for black if it were me.
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Originally Posted by 0133642
You’ll ruin the car aesthetically with cheap looking modifications like that.
Only if YOU don't like it. I had mine in red and got compliments all day long. I now have covers in red on my SHO and again....compliments. At the very least, a silver color will clean them up nicely. But, again depends on what your tastes are.
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As we say in the Jeep world about folks who dump money into incremental cosmetic modifications instead of performance mods: "Chrome don't get you home"

If "ricing out" your lux sedan makes you happy, then by all means... do it! I just think it's the type of thing folks will look back and regret as they get older. I agree it cheapens the look of the car, to me. But, different strokes!

Between the two colors, blue screams "LOOK AT ME, PLEASE!", and Gold accessories always feel like "Trying to look like I have more money than I do". I'd go with a less garish, more performance-centric color... personally... if you're asking opinions.
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I never cared for modification especially luxury cars like MB, BMW, Jag, Lex, etc but its a growing trend. I like the gold.
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Originally Posted by 0133642


Would you be willing to post a picture? I’d like to check them out.
Flame suit on....Here ya go.


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