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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 04:28 PM
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My car is pewter (vert.) black top, black Z06 wheels and the calipers are black now. There is just way to much black on the car now, (black emblems, bra, disk brake hubs, strut tower brace, etc.) what color would you guys choose to paint the calipers and other bolt ons, or should I just leave it alone?
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 04:49 PM
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I'd go with a bright red or silver if you dont want them to stand out that much.
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Originally Posted by LETHL_SS
I'd go with a bright red or silver if you dont want them to stand out that much.
I was thinking the same thing, I was going to remove all the emblems and decals. Go with the brake disk hubs and calipers silver or gloss light gray, and all suspension bolt ons were going to be powder coated yellow.. !!!
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 05:41 PM
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Mine are yellow. But then again, I get ragged on quite a bit because of their color
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 05:59 PM
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Paint 'em pewter. Adding silver can work but you're adding one more color and sometimes it could clash. Like say adding too gloss of a silver as to draw too much attention to the calipers than the car itself or rims. IMO calipers are supposed to be subtle and compliment, not overpower
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Ling_650vette
Paint 'em pewter. Adding silver can work but you're adding one more color and sometimes it could clash. Like say adding too gloss of a silver as to draw too much attention to the calipers than the car itself or rims. IMO calipers are supposed to be subtle and compliment, not overpower
This could work, I was thinking about that when I had the stock wheels and went away from the idea after I put the black wheels on.
Now I have to see if they make high heat paint in pewter???
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 08:05 PM
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red all the way
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 1RADWS6
This could work, I was thinking about that when I had the stock wheels and went away from the idea after I put the black wheels on.
Now I have to see if they make high heat paint in pewter???

I had a buddy of mine paint mine SOM with regular car paint w/ clear coat and it turned out really nice..... no issues. He did use a pretty thick primer but not sure what it was.
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I say red, and the suspension red too!

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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 09:15 PM
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i say keep the caliper black and get the trans am decals for the caliper. then paint the bracket red, thats what i have and i love the look.
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 09:27 PM
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I like to keep them their natural color or black, don't like to draw too much attention to the brakes unless they were a big Bear setup or something
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 09:51 PM
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I say polish your calipers... here's mine after 3 months, I still need to order the Trans Am decals but i havnt got around to it yet.
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Old Dec 28, 2005 | 10:36 PM
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I have a pewter vert as well (pic is in sig) and am doing the gloss black caliper/chrome decal treatment to it.
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Originally Posted by Juiced2000SS
I like to keep them their natural color or black, don't like to draw too much attention to the brakes unless they were a big Bear setup or something
I do, I have the cross drilled and slotted rotors.......... and they look pretty good, except the "black" Z06 wheels, it just looks like to much black. Now I'm thinking painting the bracket pewter and leaveing the caliper black with the sticker and painting disc hub pewter also. I would love to polish them...............but that is so much work
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike 01WS6
I have a pewter vert as well (pic is in sig) and am doing the gloss black caliper/chrome decal treatment to it.
I checked out your website, is the pewter one also TT and are they both yours.........sweet looking set up.
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Old Dec 29, 2005 | 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 5550racing
I say polish your calipers... here's mine after 3 months, I still need to order the Trans Am decals but i havnt got around to it yet.


I agree polish em
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by 1RADWS6
I checked out your website, is the pewter one also TT and are they both yours.........sweet looking set up.
That is only a sponsor's website. They are the shop that did the turbo work to my car. The sig banner has the car in it.
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 11:09 AM
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i say red
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Old Dec 30, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike 01WS6
That is only a sponsor's website. They are the shop that did the turbo work to my car. The sig banner has the car in it.
Got it.....does it run good. I still have a belt slipping problem on my procharger and have to upgrade to the SDCE set up, but first I need to fix my clutch problem (brand new from textrallia)
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Old Dec 31, 2005 | 12:28 PM
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Polish them. Very classy.
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