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Ru$kI
05-09-2006, 09:20 PM
Hi guys

I've been playing with the idea of painting my brake hubs & calipers, but haven't been able to settle on a colour. Im choosing between blue, black, and gold, and i have white rims.

Here's a pic of my car:

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/733/1806061410lt2.jpg

I'm sure you guys can imagine what blue and black would like, but as far as gold, here's a pic I've found of gold brakes with white rims (even though it's not a Honda):

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/5372/whiterimgoldbrakessl3.jpg

Here's the closest pics I've been able to make using modifymycar.com of a honda looking as close as possible to mine, with the 3 varieties of caliper colour:

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/6314/coloursxy9.jpg


What colour do you guys reckon I should go with?
Also, if anyone can do a photoshop edit of my car with gold coloured brakes n calipers, that would be awesome.

Cheers

chef_32
05-09-2006, 09:30 PM
i reckon black cos it looks good without being ricey....

m3ntAL_l2
05-09-2006, 09:31 PM
pics dont work

Ru$kI
05-09-2006, 09:40 PM
...try now


pics dont work

egSi
05-09-2006, 09:41 PM
leave them as is imo or clean up with a wire brush imo.

are your brakes stock atm?

funkdr
05-09-2006, 09:42 PM
BLUE SPoon blue

Ru$kI
05-09-2006, 09:56 PM
Yea...they're stockies. Thing is, its the rear hubs that are my biggest headache...as the hubs have that crap rust colour on them which ruins the contrast with the white rims.

I've tried cleaning the rust off them but it comes back in next to no time, so the solution is to spray over, and to make it nice n colour coded...spray the calipers too.


leave them as is imo or clean up with a wire brush imo.

are your brakes stock atm?

czy_sol87
05-09-2006, 10:21 PM
i did mine gold and my car is red, with silver rims, i rekon it looks good
black or blue, u probly wont be able to see it

funkdr
05-09-2006, 11:37 PM
Rust is a dark gold colour

n/a
06-09-2006, 01:30 AM
RED!! red is for racing!

do you have drum brakes on the rear? don't paint the drums if you do.. not a great look.

TYPE-ONE
06-09-2006, 01:36 AM
the oem kinda gold. Like when the car is new.

An41
06-09-2006, 01:50 AM
I personally would prefer to keep them clean, but there is no problem with painting them either.

I think black would go pretty nice

|N|
06-09-2006, 02:02 AM
i have blue

Ru$kI
06-09-2006, 09:09 AM
RED!! red is for racing!

do you have drum brakes on the rear? don't paint the drums if you do.. not a great look.

its a VTi, so calipers all round. ;)


Rust is a dark gold colour

Lol, rust is like brown orange vomit colour man! Im sure gold would look better than rust, lol.

Boban
06-09-2006, 09:27 PM
I have red (goes faster, stopping hasn't improved though :))
White car, white wheels

blu3illusion84
07-09-2006, 10:22 PM
i have red on my ek1...
black ek and white rims!

TypeRice
16-09-2006, 12:12 AM
are drum breaks paintable?

Ru$kI
16-09-2006, 09:59 AM
yea...spacepants_fb has painted his in red