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Old May 12, 2008 | 10:44 AM
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my car is a black ss with the red oulined badges and i want a very nice looking caliper paint scheme that is subtle at the same time. i like the looks of red but i think they would stand out too much. i really like the looks of black caliper/silver caliper bracket/silver CAMARO SS decal, but don't know how it would look on my car with red badges. any better ideas or pics guys?
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Old May 12, 2008 | 11:59 AM
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saw some a while ago, was black and had camaro ss on it and the build number. looked absolutely badass.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 12:22 PM
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red doesn't really stand out all that much actually. That is definitely what I would go with and it will compliment your badgest nicely.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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how bout red calipers, black brackets, and silver "camaro ss" decals?
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Old May 12, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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I'd go black all around, but I personally like as little red as possible on my vehicles. I'd sooner go blue on a black car if I had to pick something else.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by lt1noob
saw some a while ago, was black and had camaro ss on it and the build number. looked absolutely badass.
Yes! Could someone please find me that picture. I have been searching for the last two days to find that picture. I saw it one time and I can't find it since. I want it because I want to do my calipers in red and the bracket in black.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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Here are some pictures of some I did a few months ago. The red calipers with black brackets are on my car
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Old May 13, 2008 | 12:05 AM
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^ Thats pretty good, the first two match the SS emblem real well. I used to like the all red calipers, but in South Fl. every import i see has them painted like that. If its factory i got no problem, but for mine im just going to paint them black and add the trans am decal in flat silver.
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Old May 13, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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thanks guys. i really like the black calipers with the red brackets. that looks sweet
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Originally Posted by RICEETER
how bout red calipers, black brackets, and silver "camaro ss" decals?
sound good imo.
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oh and yes, those would be the calipers i was talking about earlier. tryed finding those pics on here again to show you but couldnt...
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