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Old 04-16-2010, 12:33 AM
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UPDATE: Decided to go with black brackets with silver calipers. The all black didnt look good with the black wheels. Waiting on decals.



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dont paint them, polish them, its more work but it looks way better and will match the lip on your rims. you will have to paint the brackets as they are not aluminium and will rust if polished.
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Originally Posted by TransWS6Am
dont paint them, polish them, its more work but it looks way better and will match the lip on your rims. you will have to paint the brackets as they are not aluminium and will rust if polished.
Nice idea, but already have them prep'd and primed for paint.
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thats the beauty of black, you can go with pretty much any color and it will look good. i've done both red and blue and both looked great. i have red right now since it matched up better with my all red tail lights and the side markers and all. that would look good for you.

but painted silver, or polished (like mentioned above), would give it a nice, clean, simple look as well. that'd look good.

or, you can switch it up and follow in 97ramsst's lead- https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-som-ws6.html - DO IT!!!
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Red/black is a great looking combo.
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If not polished, than do silver.

It will match your wheels and "Trans Am" on the door.
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Originally Posted by crimson_bird

or, you can switch it up and follow in 97ramsst's lead- https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearanc...s-som-ws6.html - DO IT!!!
Thanks for the props but I think thats probably going to be very cost prohibitive for anyone thats not building a true hard core show car.


IF it was mine I would do black with silver decals to match your doors. We did white (body color) on Cecilias WS6 with matching (charcoal) decals and it looks GREAT! Before I chromed mine they where SOM with matching chrome decals and they looked good too. Whatever you do though, paint the brackets and calipers the same color...I hate the two toned look!
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Originally Posted by 97ramsst
Thanks for the props but I think thats probably going to be very cost prohibitive for anyone thats not building a true hard core show car.


IF it was mine I would do black with silver decals to match your doors. We did white (body color) on Cecilias WS6 with matching (charcoal) decals and it looks GREAT! Before I chromed mine they where SOM with matching chrome decals and they looked good too. Whatever you do though, paint the brackets and calipers the same color...I hate the two toned look!
FML Robbie! F.M.L.
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Originally Posted by Spd-Kilz
FML Robbie! F.M.L.
LMAO...well except for on your car...they look great on yours. I just mean on everybody elses!!!

(BTW I had to google what FML meant!!!)
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I think Silver would look good. Nice and simple. Red also looks good on black.
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Painted the calipers red and the brackets black and a NBM car.
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Black brackets with silver calipers and black decals if you're gonna put decals or vice versa:

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Originally Posted by 97ramsst
LMAO...well except for on your car...they look great on yours. I just mean on everybody elses!!!

(BTW I had to google what FML meant!!!)
Hahaha YES!!!
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glossy black
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Upgrade to baer brakes ha ha just messing, mine r silver with red letter and my ss used to have a black with silver theme to it and it looked great, they would still stand out even with chrome zr1s, take a look at my garage to see a close up with the rims showing
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A little rust on the rotor from sitting all winter.
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I like how mine are.

Black calipers and silver brackets





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i like the caliper and bracket the same color myself. and i find black calipers sort of boring on black wheels.

ever think about white and swiching your decals to white ?? black and red is the best but if you want something different go white.
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Red, silver or black. Its up to you though. You could do blue and be fine, know what I mean?


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