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Old 05-23-2006, 03:01 PM
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Default Calipers on my car.... Black or Red.... Vote!

Hey everyone, im going to be doing my calipers soon and am unsure to do a glossy black or red. Clearly the theme on my car is black and red so either would look good but which one better? Not sure if red would give me too much red or a good look. Post up what you think! Thanks
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Well… normally I would say Black over Red if it's just an arbitrary color but, since you have Red accents on your car already, I say Red.
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I just downloaded Def Leppard... Animal, lol. Anyway..... if i do Red, think it would look better shaving the side badge?
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I like black calipers. I think the red would stick out too much.
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Red calipers, shave the side badge..
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Red all the way.
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im thinking red claipers and shaving the side badge may look good. I think i'll keep the molding tho.....
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Red, but paint the brackets and the backs of the pads black.
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Hmm...lose the molding, keep the badge and do red calipers...
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How about yellow.. that would pop
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Polished.

The spokes of your rims are pretty thin and not super flashy. Polished calipers would add some class and look sexy as hell. Don't do red or black like everyone else, you already have enough red, you want polished calipers.
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lol..... why cant this is totally one sided.... so many opinions..... Keep voting and throwing info at me!
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red would look nice, polished would look nice. but you have to ask yourself, which do i see more often?
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i say either black or polished and keep the side moldings, or lose the moldings and side badges and do red. theres already alot of red on there. either way will look bitchin tho.
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Red on every car!

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I remember seeing a place where you could get "painted" calipers, anyone happen to have the link?
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red calipers/black brackets



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Whered you get the trans am decals? What kind of paint did you use?
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Originally Posted by Louie83
Polished.

The spokes of your rims are pretty thin and not super flashy. Polished calipers would add some class and look sexy as hell. Don't do red or black like everyone else, you already have enough red, you want polished calipers.

I second the polished theory for the exact same reasoning. Black won't show, red will be a sore thumb. Polished is the happy medium IMO.
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