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Old Jan 29, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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calipers..
Im painting the stock calipers of my 02 yellow Oz. and was wondering wat color would look up better a green or a red one.
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black.. who wants to show off little calipers. dont paint your drums any other color besides black also
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I went with blue... but that's just me.

Depends on the color scheme you're going for...
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black.. who wants to show off little calipers. dont paint your drums any other color besides black also
I have slightly bigger calipers and I still painted them black.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 11:09 AM
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is there a write up on how to paint drums and calipers...i have a caliper paint kit and i want to paint them since i have my purdy slotted rotors on there now but ive never looked into it.
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i painted yellow.

don't paint black. it will heat up ur brakes.
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Old Feb 6, 2009 | 01:23 PM
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is there a write up on how to paint drums and calipers...i have a caliper paint kit and i want to paint them since i have my purdy slotted rotors on there now but ive never looked into it.
use the kits instructions. take it of fb4 too, or else you will make a mess really badly
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mm i got the green caliper paint so thats the color i liked.. but im not sure to paint the drums cause they may look bad.. as i have seen them painted yellow and didnt like it..
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i painted yellow.

don't paint black. it will heat up ur brakes.
care to explain why?
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Originally Posted by naniekso
i painted yellow.

don't paint black. it will heat up ur brakes.
It's been a year and I have no problem with it over heating.
btw i have DBA rotor with twin pot brakes, Goodridge lines and ATE fluid.
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