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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 03:16 PM
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Anyone running white calipers on a white car? I have the black/white (panda) thing going on. I don't necessarily want to do the normal red. Pics would help. These are the two different sets of rims that are on the car. (Not usually at the same time.)


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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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I havent seen any white calipers just for the fact that they would look horrible after some driving. They wouldnt look bad, but keeping them clean would be a pain.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 04:30 PM
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I painted mine black w/white caliper decals.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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Why not paint them charcoal gray or some kind of metallic gray, that would suttle and not too common.
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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Old Jun 16, 2006 | 05:13 PM
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They look great in person, but they are starting to flake, I am gonna re-paint them soon.
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 03:46 AM
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im guessing they wont stay for long, what with brake dust etc flying around... yeah, definately a pain to keep clean...

i say black with white decals might look fine... or even red decals
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Old Jun 17, 2006 | 04:02 AM
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mine are white...look great...used engine enamel so i give them a blact and they are clean again
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Mine are black with white decals, I thought about white but after seeing how long it takes for the white decals to turn shitty looking I'm glad I didn't do the calipers white too.
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This has been discussed about 3 or 4 times in the last year.

I have mine painted white. As long as you wash the calipers when you wash the car they look good. I usually throw a coat of wax on them as well.
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I'd seen several white cars with white calipers, I didn't much care for them.

I ended up painting my calipers black, and painted the caliper brackets silver.
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Old Jun 18, 2006 | 02:53 PM
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I went with the standard red. I don't care for it but I received a lot of compliments last night at a car show. I will repaint them black next time I have the wheels off.
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