Your thoughts on brake caliper colour

[euro1603]

hey boys and girls, cast yor votes..

lambo orange calipers on a black euro sport with deep dish black multi spoke wheels ??? i saw this in a european tuning mag.. looks hot.. but of course that was expensive real racing calipers...

[spastic]

are u gonna upgrade your calipers? or just spray stock ones.

[albii]

Brembo red...

[Crapdaz]

violet purple! :p

[kitbkk]

If they are stock calipers, I say leave it stock colour..
If your hands are still itchy, I say black..
Other colour would be ricey IMO..

[euro1603]

are u gonna upgrade your calipers? or just spray stock ones.

i was going to spray the stock ones.. just something to do.. then again.. it can be very tacky.. everytime i see other cars with painted red calipers.. 2 words come to mind dk hd.. might just leave it or are coloured calipers expensive ? any recommendations

[felixd]

If they are stock calipers, I say leave it stock colour..
If your hands are still itchy, I say black..
Other colour would be ricey IMO..

:D agree

[SuiJin]

lol bede jaydens stocks r blue n mine came red.

[felixd]

lol bede jaydens stocks r blue n mine came red.

LOL im on Silver coloured calipers beat that :P

[SuiJin]

im going pink

[tony1234]

If they are stock calipers, I say leave it stock colour..
If your hands are still itchy, I say black..
Other colour would be ricey IMO..
I agree.

[nxn75u]

JDM-> red, blue

Elegant-> stock or black

jst my 2cts..

[ndeuro_]

i got red and i got pics... wait

[ndeuro_]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/gun_zero_x/DSC01384.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/gun_zero_x/DSC01385.jpg

[N3M3SIS]

where did you get them painted? I want to do mine, type r red

[ndeuro_]

yeah did it myself. looks pink in the pick but its really red

[euromandeluxe]

i did mine yellow after seeing the colour combo on this car

http://993c4s.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/seinfeld-porsche-993-turbo-s.jpg

then realised my car is not a porsche and hence coloured calipers look crap.

will be spraying them metallic silver soon. imo oem class > dodgy fake race spec.

[pung_dc2]

silver or black imo. not unless you plan on upgrading your brakes :p

[mars_panas]

Don't lie Nathan you painted them pink... hehe

well if you want to paint your stock ones ill go blue like SPOON

[JN7]

i did mine yellow after seeing the colour combo on this car

http://993c4s.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/seinfeld-porsche-993-turbo-s.jpg

then realised my car is not a porsche and hence coloured calipers look crap.

will be spraying them metallic silver soon. imo oem class > dodgy fake race spec.

Where would you be able to get silver? im interested in spraying mine back to silver

[euromandeluxe]

Where would you be able to get silver? im interested in spraying mine back to silver

haven't even looked into doing it yet! too busy with uni.

but midsem break is next week so i'll look around then and let you know. :)

[dtngo]

I've thought about this too, but have decided it would look to ricey. In saying that, I'd choose black.

[JN7]

haven't even looked into doing it yet! too busy with uni.

but midsem break is next week so i'll look around then and let you know. :)

cheers man. ill have a look and let you know if i find it before you do

[demons21]

I think the Black is the way too go. I have a Black CL9 and I am thinking the Black Cal's will look Shmiiick.. Might do it when I get a spare 4 hours..

[ndeuro_]

brembo gold (Y)

[tknova]

When i was 20, i painted my WRX calipers pink :)
Looked ok.. back then.

Not the best image, but you can see the result.

http://onfinite.com/libraries/103638/album/540/405/8bb.jpg

[felixd]

When i was 20, i painted my WRX calipers pink :)
Looked ok.. back then.

Not the best image, but you can see the result.

http://onfinite.com/libraries/103638/album/540/405/8bb.jpg

sti-pinkky :P

[rikstar]

brembo gold (Y)

I second that... I did my Euro with this color.

[JN7]

that looks the goods mate
just wondering, if I've sprayed mine red from silver, would it matter if I sprayed it back to silver? provided I degrease it properly and all

[euromandeluxe]

that looks the goods mate
just wondering, if I've sprayed mine red from silver, would it matter if I sprayed it back to silver? provided I degrease it properly and all

not sure about your question man, do you mean spraying over the top of the red?

also did you end up finding some decent metallic silver paint? apparently duplicolor does some pretty nice caliper paint, with a nice silver colour. and it's brush on too

[JN7]

yeah man, I want to spray it back to silver
I haven't been able to find as of yet. will start searching on Monday. I'll try supercheap first and go from there.

[euromandeluxe]

yeah man, I want to spray it back to silver
I haven't been able to find as of yet. will start searching on Monday. I'll try supercheap first and go from there.

haha i've resorted to sanding mine back to the oem surface. will i run into rust problems or anything if i do that?

its a b*tch to do though, not sure if ill be able to get at all the corners..

[rikstar]

that looks the goods mate
just wondering, if I've sprayed mine red from silver, would it matter if I sprayed it back to silver? provided I degrease it properly and all

After preparing/cleaning the surface, I would use a primer spray paint to prime the surface, this helps the paint to stick to the surface properly. Then you can go any colour you want.

I used a grey primer for my calipers.

[euromandeluxe]

After preparing/cleaning the surface, I would use a primer spray paint to prime the surface, this helps the paint to stick to the surface properly. Then you can go any colour you want.

I used a grey primer for my calipers.



what primer do you use for calipers? brand, type etc? and it's heat resistant?

[Lochstar_69]

get them slotted and leave the colour stock!

[aaronng]

get them slotted and leave the colour stock!

But slotted just eats down your expensive high grip pads in no time. :p