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Old 12-11-2008, 10:39 PM
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I bought drilled/slotted rotors for my parent's for Christmas. They have an Electron Blue C5. When I swap their rotors I am going to repaint their calipers. I am trying to decide between colors though.

I'm thinking that painting the calipers electron blue to match the car would be awesome, or I could do the traditional red. Either color would have white lettering. Looking for opinions!

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Old 12-11-2008, 10:42 PM
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color matched! i think red would clash on that car
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powdercoated blue
Old 12-11-2008, 10:45 PM
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Electron blue without a doubt
Old 12-11-2008, 10:48 PM
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My vote is blue to match the car. as that is what i did with mine only NBM
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My vote goes to electron blue.
Old 12-11-2008, 10:52 PM
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Thanks for the answers!

Would it be better to color match and paint them? Or powedercoat like Rai said?
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Stick with the blue
Old 12-12-2008, 06:59 AM
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I voted for the blue. Mine are red on NBM but I think color matched would look better on the C5.
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Electron blue for sure.
Old 12-12-2008, 09:49 PM
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Electron Blue. I would get them powdercoated though.
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go with powercoated electron blue.
Old 12-13-2008, 01:11 AM
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I don't know anything about powdercoating. What are the benefits?
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Electron blue will look sick
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+1 blue.
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Another vote for blue.
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EB of course
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Electron!
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I would do the blue on the caliper and maybe another color for the bracket and hub. I did my black TA with red caliper and everything else black. I don't know how the blue and black would look together but maybe a silver could work too. Here is a pic. of mine:

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with a color as sweet as electron blue the calipers must match.


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