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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:29 AM
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Any body paint thier calipers white. or is that just a dumbass idea. i have ceramic pads and they give off almost no brake dust (i only have to clean my wheels like once a month) so they would be dirty all the time. i have a white car and i think it would look really clean
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:32 AM
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"Cop Car" did it I think... I'm sure he will chime in
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 01:56 PM
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dont do it! its a terrible idea and looks like crap...



i love it, i had a set of extra calipers i was going to powdercoat white so just to hold me over one time when i was switching wheels i just painted them white with rustolem paint. since then ive had the other calipers done in white (they look amazing and like porclin) but i havent bothered to put them on and bleed the brakes and all that good stuff because the rustolem is great, it hasnt flaked off at all (50 or so passes down the strip so ~120mph braking) and its easy to clean, whenever i wash the car i just wipe them off and they are white as ever. looks great when you are rolling also, expecialy with the black whees. all you see is white caliper and silver rotor
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 01:35 AM
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My Suggestion Is Do Silver... But Its Just A Suggestion Its The Closest Thing To White But Not As Dirty Looking.
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 08:50 AM
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Like cop car said, they are easy to keep clean. Just wipe them down when you are washing the car.



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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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Do polished!
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 09:00 AM
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I think the white lookd pretty damn good.
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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i know its a little bit but i painted my calipars red and think they look pretty good...

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I think I'm gonna do mine black with silver or polished letters. My .02
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Old Nov 1, 2005 | 10:35 PM
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The white ones do look good on the white F-Bodies.
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