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BLACK
72
40.22%
BLUE
4
2.23%
ORANGE
5
2.79%
POLISHED
30
16.76%
RED
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Old 03-30-2006, 09:51 AM
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What color of caliper would look best on a Pewter car. I have some silver and red accents on it already. but those are just window decals and can easily be changed
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Originally Posted by supersix
What color of caliper would look best on a Pewter car. I have some silver and red accents on it already. but those are just window decals and can easily be changed
Red or Black
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Black! Red will deffinately look ugly on a pewter car.
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On my old Pewter T/A I had painted them red (plasticoat brake caliper paint)and it turned out nicely.
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My brother has a pewter Firebird and is planning to paint his calipers black with silver decals. Black may seem boring but should look tight I think, especially since a decal will be visible and show you deliberately chose black :-) My T/A is artic white and I painted the calipers red with the duplicolor kit using the cheapo brush. Left the calipers attached and masked off the rotors and lines. It was fun. Results? No regrets!
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A guy up here at work has a pewter Vette and it looks sweeeet with red, red gets my vote.
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I vote either black or red w/silver decal ........or polished w/black decal.
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dont waste your time on black....they barely showup. Take it from me, I have a pewter car and I have black calipers, with chrome bracket and letters and you cant even tell that i even painted them... I ordered new letters and I am painting them red this week because i HATE the black... IMO if you dont go red, then dont waste your time
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I have red, on pewter, I think it looks great, pics in sig under suspension.
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black!
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I'd definately go with black. Pewter is a classy color and you want your rotors to match. I painted my front rotors cuz regular steel is so boring, not because I wanted them to stand out on our color.

Red, Yellow, etc, all that crap is gaudy.

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I have a pewter car and I did mine in orange and it looks great
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i think the red would look good......
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red just looks alittle out of place on pewter to me.... I would have to say black all the way.
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Black or red!
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Go black!
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I did red on my black trans am but i think i would go with black on the perwter.
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Obviously I prefer the polished look.
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Originally Posted by FIREHAWK#608
Obviously I prefer the polished look.

i concour
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i have a pewter ss and they were red. it looks pretty ugly i think,they are all black now and look so much better....


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