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Old Apr 27, 2006, 09:35 AM
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Blue or black caliper paint?

What do you guys think of a white ralliart with dark blue or black caliper paint instead of the red? I wonder how it would look? What is your opinion?
Old Apr 27, 2006, 09:46 AM
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well your engine bay is red,
blue just doesnt flow, and black, will have to be a glossy black
but since we have red seats and engine bay is red, i would go with red,
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black, nice clean simple looking.
Old Apr 27, 2006, 10:23 AM
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I'm going with black on mine because it will blend nice with the gloss black wheels and not stick out like a sore thumb. I have a black & white two tone going though.
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I just painted mine black a few days ago... I like it, not noticeable like red is, but my wheels are going to be black so it will look good. BTW I used the duplicolour caliper paint kit... They give you enough paint for about a thousand cars though!
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Originally Posted by justinhazard
I just painted mine black a few days ago... I like it, not noticeable like red is, but my wheels are going to be black so it will look good. BTW I used the duplicolour caliper paint kit... They give you enough paint for about a thousand cars though!
I used duplicolour kit too, I did two cars and I've still got enough to redo my car.

It seems to last quite long too, I thought I would have to redo it after a year.
Old Apr 27, 2006, 02:51 PM
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Leave them stock, why waste all that time when it will eventually come off and the stock rims pretty much hide the brakes anyways.
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So you guys think black calipers will look good? I dont want mine red.
Old Apr 27, 2006, 06:51 PM
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I think black will look fine, won't be that noticable really. I had mine painted yellow and it looked alright. Then just recently I painted them silver cause I got new wheels that are gunmetal color and didn't want the calipers to stand out as much.
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I just dont know..............


I will get either white or bronze rims so I think black calipers wil look good I guess.
Old Apr 27, 2006, 07:37 PM
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that's what i did on mine and it turned out looking hot!
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red engine bay ???? only the strutbar is red , the engine bay can be whatever color u want it to be ! .... i went with blue calipers and well ... i posted this picture b4 but here it is again for ppl who didnt see it b4 ....... comes to worst just paint ur strutbar blue and ull have a ''blue engine bay'' ..... enough said , heres my engine bay
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Originally Posted by BudweiserJason8
Leave them stock, why waste all that time when it will eventually come off and the stock rims pretty much hide the brakes anyways.
Did he ask if we think he should paint his calipers, or did he have a specific question on color choice? Try to be a little more attentive and productive with posts like this. Thanks.

Ralli, what color is your car? I think black could look pretty good. I've been thinking of doing so myself... but it would probably only be worth the hassle if I got rims. Are you going for a color scheme or is most everything stock-looking?
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I put Duplicolor black on mine last year. Still looks good to me.
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Originally Posted by blackhawkRA
Did he ask if we think he should paint his calipers, or did he have a specific question on color choice? Try to be a little more attentive and productive with posts like this. Thanks.

Ralli, what color is your car? I think black could look pretty good. I've been thinking of doing so myself... but it would probably only be worth the hassle if I got rims. Are you going for a color scheme or is most everything stock-looking?
I have a white car and im getting bronze, gold or white rims.



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