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Old 12-07-2013, 12:31 PM
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Hi guys. My WS6 is black with charcoal metallic accents. I like the dark subtle look lol. The calipers are red from the previous owner and I was originally thinking a dark spiral grey metallic for the calipers, but then thought about flat black. Anybody have any pics of flat black calipers, especially on a black car? Anybody ever done this color? Just trying to think different. Thanks a lot for any help!
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Why even bother? Break dust will do that for you...
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In your case I would just sand that red away the best you can and just spray a few light coats of black enamel and leave it at that. No gloss and youll have black calipers and wont ever have to worry about cleaning them. If you want to do something noticeable why not change the color as well to like a dark silver or just any other color.
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Please God don't do it. The Tesla Model S came with flat black calipers and they always look like ****.
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they will just look like dirty stock ones...
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why not gloss black? I know everyone goes red to have the "brembo look" but black just looks clean, stock, not trying to pretend.
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Originally Posted by devildog214
why not gloss black? I know everyone goes red to have the "brembo look" but black just looks clean, stock, not trying to pretend.
I agree. I have gloss black calipers on my white WS6 that I can show you if you have any interest in that option. My car too had red calipers from the previous owner that I quickly got rid of.



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