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What color to paint calipers?

stealthtt24

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So I got new calipers and I want to paint them. Right now they are like a grey goldish color. My car is nile black with some sparkles in it in and will have black rota slipstreams with slotted rotors all the way around. Black calipers would be too much, red is out of the picture cause it would terrible. My friend suggested a light grayish metallic color, what do you think? thanks for the suggestion guys!
 

stealthtt24

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also this might be asking a lot but if anyone has pictures of black gvr4s, black rims, and painted calipers I would appreciate it!
 

steve

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1 vote for assmilk pearl white
 

steve

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Would red really be so bad? Maybe gunmetal grey.
 

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Quoting steveGLS:
1 vote for assmilk pearl white

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stealthtt24

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Well it seems to be between black or gunmetal grey and really the only thing stopping either 1 is pictures. I guess I could paint em and if I don't like it, just change to the other color.
 

jepherz

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My car is all black with black painted stock calipers in the rear, and aluminum camaro units in the front. The big difference is you can see the rear calipers even less than the front...
 

BrandonEchols

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White...it's the fastest color and since you're stuck with a NB car...
 

If they are stock brakes why make them stand out with red. They are tiny so understate them with a dark grey or black.

If they are 3kgt brakes or bigger then maybe dark red?
 

4thStroke

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No point on flaunting small stock calipers. Paint them dark or leave them raw. I'm sure you could put your time to better use repairing something.
 

citymunky

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If they are stock 2 pistons, paint them black so you can't see them.
 

steve

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For stockers black or... I still say gunmetal grey.
 

curtis

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eastwood on ebay

Every garage needs a can of spray grey, detail grey and aluma blast....I'm thinking aluma blast on a all blacked out car would look good. I think the eastwood catalog as a deal on one of each in a package deal.

eastwood silver

Here you look ....

I'm thinking sublime or gold look like a cadmium or gold iridite. Not rattle can gold but the cadmium washed look. And don't be talking sh*t about sublime. Would be bad ass if the wheels and the cars attitude matched well.

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LUNARFX

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Brake dust black.

You could always powdercoat.
 
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