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Jul 12, 2006 | 01:32 AM

LMz28

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caliper opinion.

im gonna be painting my calipers this weekend...i dont have a picture of the car...but its a burgundy 95 z28 with stock chrome wheels...im debating over black...red...and burgundy...as of right now im leaning towrds red...your opinions would be nice though...as well as a few pictures of your guys' calipers if its not too much trouble...thanks in advance for any help.

Jul 12, 2006 | 06:52 AM

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no, i think that will look horrible. i think silver, with burgundy lettering. Like a bright silver, and then Z28, or CAMARO in Black or burgundy would look good...my opinion..

Jul 12, 2006 | 07:37 AM

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How about polishing them?

Here's mine, it took 5 hours for all.

Jul 12, 2006 | 07:52 AM

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your not allowed to post cause everything on ur car is polished lol..im surprised you did not polish your dash, seats, steering wheel

Jul 12, 2006 | 09:02 AM

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Ill be polishing my Baer brakes whenever I find some time. I say polish them. I have the polishing bug though.

Jul 12, 2006 | 10:08 AM

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Here's a caliper polishing write up if you decide to go the pimp daddy route.

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http://formula.bambeezer.com/calipers.htm

Jul 12, 2006 | 11:52 AM

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I went with black for a few reasons:
1) Polished calipers require more upkeep and I'm lazy
B) I'm getting a black grille
III) I bought black lug nuts to go along with the brakes, brackets and aforementioned grille
0100) Most of my suspension components were already black (LCA's, LCA brackets, SFC's, etc.)
5) My wheels are painted. If my wheels were polished, I would have gone with a polished grille, polished lugs, and polished calipers. Since they're painted, I wanted something to compliment them.

As for your idea, I don't think burgundy and red would go well together. IMHO, it would look like you tried to color match, but it didn't work out. It's your car, though, so you do what YOU want to do.

-Mike