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Old May 19, 2013 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 01SuperSport
Black would look better with the white/black thing you have going on with your LS1. Red would look terrible IMO
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, it's a white car...and that would be pretty much the only red on it. Black & red go together well, white & red, not so much.

Plus I think I want it to be different, red is common, black calipers are not so common.

Thanks for the comments guys, I'll post pics up once I get this done.
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Old May 19, 2013 | 05:24 AM
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Some photos of red calipers with black brackets:









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Old May 19, 2013 | 08:10 AM
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I've got a white camaro. Red calipers, black brackets FTW! My tt2 are anthracite so my wheels are also dark.
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Old May 19, 2013 | 10:41 PM
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Nice pictures of that T/A. I like it.

JustAFool, do you have pictures of your Camaro with those brackets and calipers?
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Old May 19, 2013 | 11:11 PM
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Originally Posted by egott_91
I'm going to say be different and go with black calipers with white brackets and white "Camaro" decal on the caliper.
I agree, that would look great on your car, add a white outline Z28 logo on the lower part as well. Would be one of a kind. Just got done painting mine this weekend
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Old May 20, 2013 | 01:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Spizmo
I agree, that would look great on your car, add a white outline Z28 logo on the lower part as well. Would be one of a kind. Just got done painting mine this weekend
You have a picture of it? I'm curious.
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Old May 20, 2013 | 12:38 PM
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I have never saw it myself. The bracket in the picture is actually silver but appears white, just how the SS emblem is in the picture, it would be cool in Z28
with a white outline along with the white camaro emblem.

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Red caliper and bracket. And use tons of brake dust, lol...



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Thanks for the great replies and picture posts guys. I think I'm going to go ahead and make the calipers black and see how I like that look. I'll post pictures up once I finish it.
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Old May 20, 2013 | 11:01 PM
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Mine are black with red camaro lettering looks pretty good IMO
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I would suggest a nice silver color, with black brackets. Then possibly put a black Camaro decal on them. They would stay new looking new and fresh without looking racey.
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Ill join by saying RED......
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Old May 21, 2013 | 02:56 AM
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Not sure why my pic is gone but I'll try again
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Originally Posted by Spizmo
Not sure why my pic is gone but I'll try again
This looks great. I like the black with the lettering. Is the lettering just a decal?
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Old May 21, 2013 | 11:06 AM
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Here's a picture of my brakes. The lettering is a decal, and I put several layers of clear coat over the caliper to protect it and the decal.
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If it were a BBK, I'd go with something brighter like red or silver, but on stock LS/LT brakes, I'd do it gloss black and call it a day.
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Originally Posted by Spizmo
Not sure why my pic is gone but I'll try again
Those look really nice. Where did you get the Camaro decal for it? Please don't tell me you hand painted it on or something.
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Originally Posted by NoHope
Those look really nice. Where did you get the Camaro decal for it? Please don't tell me you hand painted it on or something.
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This looks great. I like the black with the lettering. Is the lettering just a decal?
Thanks, I got them off this site: http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/vinyl/vinyl.htm. There are other cool ideas you can get off that site, with just about any color. The SS decals I got are meant to go in the gauge cluster. I know I've seen one other person on here that also did that but nobody with a Z
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I'll let the pictures give my choice!
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