caliper paint for a pewter T/A?

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Jun 30, 2010 | 12:47 PM

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caliper paint for a pewter T/A?

what color should i paint my calipers? red or black? its a pewter ws6 btw.

Jun 30, 2010 | 05:38 PM

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Black. My car is pewter and I painted my calipers black. Looks very good. Red might stick out to much.

Jun 30, 2010 | 06:32 PM

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I vote satin black. Go to home depot and buy the rust oleum high heat grill paint.

Jun 30, 2010 | 06:59 PM

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Did mine in gloss black and put mirror Trans Am decals on them. then high temp clear coated over the decals to finish them off

Jun 30, 2010 | 08:16 PM

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mine are red. I like em. nice touch of color to break up the mundane pewter and black

Jun 30, 2010 | 10:08 PM

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I had red on my pewter z28, but looking back on it, I think black would look best with white trans am decals on the fronts.

Jun 30, 2010 | 10:12 PM

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Jun 30, 2010 | 11:59 PM

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Painted mine gray with Dupli Color Caliper paint from Advance Auto waiting on black Trans Am stickers to go on em. Out of red or black I vote black.

Jul 1, 2010 | 11:11 AM

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thanks. i guess black it is. i think im going to put red trans am decals on the caliper. or should i go mirror?

Jul 1, 2010 | 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by YURVIEW

mine are red. I like em. nice touch of color to break up the mundane pewter and black

This. It was a nice and stood out, but wasn't too much

Jul 1, 2010 | 11:40 AM

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Mine are red and I like the accent. If you ever get black rims then you'll want something to break it up and red calipers are the perfect thing.

Jul 1, 2010 | 01:34 PM

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mine are red too i painted the bracket black tho. I like how i sticks out just a little bit but not to overwhelming. This reminds me i need to repaint them again soon.

Jul 1, 2010 | 02:03 PM

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I vote black, even though you already made your choice. I am going to be polishing mine and painting any non-aluminum metals black.

Jul 1, 2010 | 06:01 PM

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Mine are red with black brackets. Black might be easier to keep clean.

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Jul 2, 2010 | 08:43 AM

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I painted my brackets gun metal and calipers silver. With the gun metal wheels it looks sweet

Jul 3, 2010 | 06:02 PM

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Im seeing a lot of GM cars with blue painted calipers ala ZR1. Not sure how it would look with pewter but i would paint them black personaly.

Jul 3, 2010 | 08:13 PM

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How about Corvette yellow?

Jul 3, 2010 | 10:00 PM

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How about Corvette yellow?

how about no? yuck! Paint them silver, gun metal, copper, or burnt orange, and be done with it. You're going to get brake dust over it anyways. These colors look good with brake dust on them. Bright colors will look like **** after a week or so.