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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 06:23 PM
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Well I have plenty of go fast parts but nothing except for lowering springs that have added to the appearance of my WS6. I want to paint the calipers but am stuck between silver, black, and red. I think red would stick out too much for me but if you have pics they may sway my decision. I would paint the bracket another color so it would be like black calipers w/ silver bracket etc. etc. I am definetly going to tint the windows I think I will do 13% or so like I had on my old LT1. As for wheels I want to keep the stockers and either strip the clearcoat and polish them or strip them and have them powder coated black chrome like pictured below. I think it would look good and be very different but if they don't turn out good then I'm screwed. I've done alot of thinking and am not getting anywhere just yet so curious on some other peoples opinions or if I should just leave it...


Black Chrome Wheels:


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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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black bracket with a red caliper i think would look the best. i think just a nice polish would be good. i think black chrome looks better on darker colored cars. just my 2 cents
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 07:59 AM
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I would go with the Black Chrome WS6 wheels. Then Red Calipers w/ Silver Formula Logos on them or the reverse of that combo.
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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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thanks guys anyone else?
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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 09:00 PM
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I would paint the calipers black and put red formula decals on them.
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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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if you black chrome the wheels silver will stand out more so i say black bracket silver caliper with a red WS6
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Old Dec 4, 2008 | 09:26 PM
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all black. i have a black ta and i blacked the calipers. a lil harder to notice but when you catch a glimpse it look bad ***.
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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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black brackets... red calipers and the rims i would keep stock or like you said pull the clear off and polished the crap out of them
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i like it just the way it is
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If you change the finish on your wheels, I would suggest having the rears widened. That would be a subtle touch to have some wide meats on stock appearing rims. I thought about doing this to a set of salad shooters for a sleeper look when I wanted to change things up.
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I like the red caliper look, its hard to make it look bad on a car. Should look really good with black chrome wheels!

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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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red for sure. i payed $15 for the duplicolor kit at auto parts stores.





not black wheels, but yeah. red doesnt stand out much on a red car anyways.
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by StealthFormula
thanks guys anyone else?
I would def go with black on the brake set up and I'm liking the black powder coated wheels as well! Either way you can't go wrong with that sick set up pf yours bro. The red calipers would look good as well.

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