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What color should i paint my calipers?????

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Old 05-15-2008, 08:09 AM
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Default What color should i paint my calipers?????
I have black TTMs that are waiting to go onto my car. i can not decide between RED or BLACK

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Old 05-15-2008, 08:15 AM
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Red--black with black wheels might not work
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Old 05-15-2008, 08:24 AM
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Yea I would have to say red and maybe black lettering if you wanted to do that.


Side note, hood looks great. Seems that VFN got it all lined up and fits nicely! Congrats!
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Old 05-15-2008, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by F-117HWK
Yea I would have to say red and maybe black lettering if you wanted to do that.


Side note, hood looks great. Seems that VFN got it all lined up and fits nicely! Congrats!
Yes VFN got it all squared away.. Here is a comparrison. Look at the lower left portion of the hood.. ik look obvious.

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Old 05-15-2008, 09:21 AM
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you ever thought of polishing them? if you just want to paint them id go red with black lettering
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Old 05-15-2008, 10:04 AM
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Red is the way to go ..
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Red for sure! I would also look into getting the trans am caliper decals in black, then clearcoat over them
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Red all the way. My Lexus' brake calipers are powder coated red. They look real nice.
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Yea they did a really nice job fixing that up for ya! Lucky you live right down the street haha.
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Red would look best IMO.
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i say red
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Red IMO would look best.
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I say red with black lettering. Also paint the hub on the rotors black to have the wheels blend in better with the rotors.
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i still think that black will be a lot better than the red
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Seeing as how your putting black wheels on the car, I have to say go with red and a polished bracket. I really think the black will get lost behind the black wheel.
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Red with black decals. Black won't really show that well, you may as well not do anything at all to them.
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Red would look great, but either way will look good....its up to you
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**HINT** **HINT**

i need some examples with the paint scheme that i am doing
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Originally Posted by TORCHD 02 TA
i still think that black will be a lot better than the red
Then do black . I have black calipers with a brushed aluminum decal with black wheels. I also painted the rotor hats black to blend in with the wheel better.
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