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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 12:11 PM
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I've seen a ton of red painted calipers on black Camaros, but has anyone painted their calipers black? If so, I would love to see pics. I'm thinking about going black on mine, but I want to see how it looks first.

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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 01:42 PM
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I think that would look nice if they were kept clean. More subtle than red.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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black caliper and black brackets would look good. If you want to add a little something to it you can get the vinyl CAMARO decals to put on the front calipers. Just pick a color that goes with the theme of the car.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 03:20 PM
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Im not a fan of red calipers and agree with sparky it would be more subtle, maybe so much that it wouldnt be noticable and not worth it.. No pics of your SS?
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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Sorry no picture here but i painted my brackets flat black and my calipers gloss black. They look great i use to have camaro in white on the fronts as well. I would do that. No need to do red like everyone else
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by djlackore
Sorry no picture here but i painted my brackets flat black and my calipers gloss black. They look great i use to have camaro in white on the fronts as well. I would do that. No need to do red like everyone else
Me too. My abutments are flat black and the calipers are gloss black w/ clear.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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I've been thinking about doing the same thing, only with silver painted brackets. In for pictures
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 05:28 PM
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I'd say gloss black brackets with silver calipers with black "Camaro"/"Corvette" lettering with chrome/clear corner lights and black/polished lipped wheels.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 07:52 PM
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I got better pictures somewhere....
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 09:45 PM
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I would like the stickers but I just don't want to for out the cash for them (all the ones I've looked at are pretty expensive). Nice calipers drone, but I would like to see those better pics you're talking about.

Here's my car:


As you can see, they're already painted silver for a cleaner look. I just want something different.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 10:57 PM
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search "brent franker" on google or PM me for the link, they are $10 a pair (front calipers). I get all my vinyl decals from him and they are very good quality.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by WheelsCamaro
I would like the stickers but I just don't want to for out the cash for them (all the ones I've looked at are pretty expensive).
checkout fourth circle designs. i'm thinking they're a sponsor on here and i'm pretty sure their caliper decals are less than $10.
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:26 PM
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Thanks for the recommendations! Is there a high-temp. clear coat spray out there?
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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i've got a black ss and i did black brackets and red calipers with silver camaro decals, then high temp clearcoat over all of it
i think the black breaks it up nicely and the red matches the ss on the front fenders
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Old Dec 30, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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I think it depends if you want it to be noticable or not... Black will be very hard to spot.. depending on what wheels you have too.. some one said silver.. I would go with that since all the black camaros are doing red..
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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 9WhiteCamaro9
I'd say gloss black brackets with silver calipers with black "Camaro"/"Corvette" lettering with chrome/clear corner lights and black/polished lipped wheels.
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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 10:58 AM
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Mine are painted black. They are pretty dirty and need to be touched up, but they look cleaner than stock non-painted calipers.

I'm in MS too. Where are you at?



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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 11:03 AM
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These are the best pics I could find of mine... I used por15 coating and brushed it on and then added a top coat of por15. You brush it on, but when it dries, you don't see brush strokes. VERY nice product!





My current 18" C5 Z06 rims:

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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 12:38 PM
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Band director, those are really great pics! I'm leaning toward black calipers with red lettering, and red brackets... or maybe just all black. I'm leaning towards black more, i think, because I do not see it as much as red.

And mxmccarter, I'm from the Tupelo area. What part are you from?
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Old Dec 31, 2010 | 02:03 PM
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Go all black with the lettering.
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