Yellow Calipers
11-20-2012, 03:14 AM
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Yellow Calipers I had my calipers powdercoated yellow and added some Brembo decals followed by a clear over coat to seal them on. Few pics, not great photo's but gives you an idea:
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11-20-2012, 11:05 AM
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I did the black ones myself and they looked great, but the car was just too black, no contrast whatsoever, looked dumb to me. Personally I love these yellow ones, plus they are powdercoated rather than painted, the paint was chipping a lot.
11-20-2012, 02:15 PM
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How much did you the powder coating run? I'm about to rebuild my calipers and have been tossing around the idea of a color change. Wonder what would look good on a silver V...
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11-20-2012, 02:55 PM
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I had them done by Powder Vision here in Preston WA, the owner is a great guy, they also did my wheels which turned out fantastic and still look like new 3 years later.
The calipers were $200 even including tax, took 3 days. I painted the first time with caliper paint and while the black turned out great, they did not last long without lots of chips, plus all the prep involved is not worth it, have the pro's media blast them!
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the calipers, all new seals.
The calipers were $200 even including tax, took 3 days. I painted the first time with caliper paint and while the black turned out great, they did not last long without lots of chips, plus all the prep involved is not worth it, have the pro's media blast them!
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the calipers, all new seals.
11-20-2012, 04:42 PM
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I had them done by Powder Vision here in Preston WA, the owner is a great guy, they also did my wheels which turned out fantastic and still look like new 3 years later.
The calipers were $200 even including tax, took 3 days. I painted the first time with caliper paint and while the black turned out great, they did not last long without lots of chips, plus all the prep involved is not worth it, have the pro's media blast them!
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the calipers, all new seals.
The calipers were $200 even including tax, took 3 days. I painted the first time with caliper paint and while the black turned out great, they did not last long without lots of chips, plus all the prep involved is not worth it, have the pro's media blast them!
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the calipers, all new seals.
11-20-2012, 05:29 PM
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How much to do the wheels? May look into this.
I had them done by Powder Vision here in Preston WA, the owner is a great guy, they also did my wheels which turned out fantastic and still look like new 3 years later.
The calipers were $200 even including tax, took 3 days. I painted the first time with caliper paint and while the black turned out great, they did not last long without lots of chips, plus all the prep involved is not worth it, have the pro's media blast them!
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the calipers, all new seals.
The calipers were $200 even including tax, took 3 days. I painted the first time with caliper paint and while the black turned out great, they did not last long without lots of chips, plus all the prep involved is not worth it, have the pro's media blast them!
I also took the opportunity to rebuild the calipers, all new seals.
11-20-2012, 06:26 PM
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^^ He only charged my $250 for the wheels including tax, worth every penny!
Fuzzy, I think yellow is the best option for a red car, anything else would look strange IMO. Google images produces a number of red V2's with yellow calipers, all of which look hot!
Fuzzy, I think yellow is the best option for a red car, anything else would look strange IMO. Google images produces a number of red V2's with yellow calipers, all of which look hot!
11-20-2012, 07:49 PM
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Ya man, I work in Issaquah so I'm close to Sammamish everyday! Once I get the V back on the rode (currently tuning with HP tuners and getting my coil over adjustment where I want it) we'll have to meet up and compare rides!
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Yeah this was the first adjustment on my coilovers, way too low!!! The wood was so I could get the jack out from under the car but even with the wood the jack got stuck! haha
I did the black ones myself and they looked great, but the car was just too black, no contrast whatsoever, looked dumb to me. Personally I love these yellow ones, plus they are powdercoated rather than painted, the paint was chipping a lot.
I did the black ones myself and they looked great, but the car was just too black, no contrast whatsoever, looked dumb to me. Personally I love these yellow ones, plus they are powdercoated rather than painted, the paint was chipping a lot.
If so where did you order them from and what size are they?
12-05-2012, 06:19 PM
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I ordered them from Rock Auto: http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,ca...,parttype,1720
You need 2 front and 2 rear complete kits (16 total pistons), I believe I went with Centric. I also got the AC Delco brand slide and pin kit.
The seals and dust boots were about $20 for everything and the slide kits were another $30 or so.
