Decision time
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From: Lawrence, KS
Decision time spring break is around the corner and since i'm broke i'm not going anywhere warm...so i'm on the verge of painting my brake calipers (red, on a red car). do people generally think this looks good? i like painted calipers but i wanted to get an idea about what others thought. also, if i do go through with it, do i clear coat over them and with what.
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I personally think it looks silly....kind of that "I don't know anything about cars so I'll do some cheesy modification so that I'll feel cool" sort of things.
To each his own though.....if you like it then go for it.
To each his own though.....if you like it then go for it.
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I'm not a fan of the red calipers, too common IMO and draws attention to the wrong part off the car. I think maybe a metalic grey for the brackets and silver for the calipers with a red Camaro sticker would look good, again IMO. You could sand down the casting marks and clean up the calipers to give them a real quality look. Any high temp clear coat should work fine.
Personally, I like my red calipers...I think the red tied in with the other red accents on my Onyx SS...For a red car, a different color, like black or charcoal, would be better IMO...in the end, it's your car so do what you like. As for the paint, I used an epoxy caliper paint kit from Eastwood ----->
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I think the red of red is kind of dorky. Too much. Almost like a little 10 year old wearing blue sneakers, dark blue socks, blue jeans, blue shirts and a blue hat.
If anything, paint them a flat light silver, it'll make them look like they came painted from the factory and it wont catch your eye unless your looking at it directly.
If anything, paint them a flat light silver, it'll make them look like they came painted from the factory and it wont catch your eye unless your looking at it directly.
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I painted my calipers Chevrolet Red-Orange and the brackets Aluminum. I used Dupli-Color paint from AutoZone. I put brushed aluminum Camaro decals on mine and cleared everything. They look really good and because of the decals and the 2-tone paint, it doesn't look like every other rice burner in town.
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thanks a lot for the pics! mine will be exactly the same except i just have the brushed alumnium decals and the calipers are hiding behind the 10-spoke chrome rims. i like how you only painted the larger part of the caliper and not the whole thing or the brackets. very well done and very nice looking car!
anyone else posting pics would be greatly appreciated.
anyone else posting pics would be greatly appreciated.