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Old 10-25-2004, 04:20 PM
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Red or Silver?

I am going to paint my calipers over this winter and I can't decide on weather to paint them silver to match the car or use red as an accent. Any input would help!
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red definatley. thats what i used
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I always had them red, i liked it. Silver would look good but i always thought the car may look to "black and white" so i decided it needed some colour
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I say silver, there is nothing else red on the car
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I say silver, there is nothing else red on the car
the tailights and rear signals are red
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SILVER. I hate the look of someone bringing attention to their stock brakes. Seems r!cey to me.

Accenting them looks ok but attracting attention to them looks ghey.
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I agree with Dante, somewhat. I wouldn't use the word 'gay' to describe it because I hate when people toss that word around to describe everything they don't like- seems childish. But I do agree on not bringing attention to stock brakes
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SILVER. I hate the look of someone bringing attention to their stock brakes. Seems r!cey to me.

Werd. If you had upgraded brakes, sure, but why try to attract attention to the stock micro-machine brakes?
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Change stock pads and calipers and do them BLUE, like mine. Hmmm, but mine's all black exterior. Anywho, I like to be different, and am the only guy in the area with blue calipers, love em.
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Change stock pads and calipers and do them BLUE, like mine. Hmmm, but mine's all black exterior. Anywho, I like to be different, and am the only guy in the area with blue calipers, love em.
I'm with this guy. I think blue calipers would look pretty good on a silver car. Otherwise, I'll have to chalk up another vote for silver calipers. For some reason red seems too cliche
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flyinlow, dont you hate it when you sell a car and the new buyer gets all the credit for its look?
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i'd say silver, nice n clean!
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I'd go red, I just did a ghetto high temp spray paint, but im goin baer soon




BTW great color
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Originally posted by therckid
flyinlow, dont you hate it when you sell a <A TITLE="Click for more information about car" STYLE="text-decoration: none; border-bottom: medium solid green;" HREF="http://search.targetwords.com/u.search?x=5977|1||||cars|AA1VDw">car</A> and the new buyer gets all the credit for its look?
not at all. He doesnt pass anything off as his own, that he hasnt done. Atleast he is a good guy. Makes me glad I didnt sell it to jsut anyone. Plus he sends me update pics and stuff. Coudlnt have sold the car to a better guy

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I'm voting for silver. I think red would stand out too much, and the beauty of that particular T/A is that everything is understated but works as a complete package.

PS: Vortech, did you photoshop the holes in your rotors??!! :nono: lol
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I don't take credit for anything I don't do. When people ask I tell the truth. I give Rob all the credit on the way the car looks. Thats why I liked it so much. He did a great job and and all cedit goes too him.
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Originally posted by 305RSlc
I'll have to chalk up another vote for silver calipers. For some reason red seems too cliche
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Red is cliche cause it looks f'n hot. It'll match your rear sidemarkers. Red has my vote.

I think painting stock calipers is fine. They're not the best brakes by any means, but it's not like we're driving Yugos here. It's a sports car.

Has anyone done green? (muwahahahaha)
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Has anyone done green? (muwahahahaha)
EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! I am sure the local R I C E crowd has probably gone into that domain of putridness.
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Originally posted by CaysE
Red is cliche cause it looks f'n hot. It'll match your rear sidemarkers. Red has my vote.

I think painting stock calipers is fine. They're not the best brakes by any means, but it's not like we're driving Yugos here. It's a sports car.

Has anyone done green? (muwahahahaha)
So you are saying spray bombing the tiny little calipers and rear drums looks "f'n hot"? Barf. To me it looks "f'n cheap".

If your car can't pull of looking like a "sports car" without spray bombing the brakes, something else is wrong. Sometimes less really is more.
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Originally posted by MetalliCamaroRS
I agree with Dante, somewhat. I wouldn't use the word 'gay' to describe it because I hate when people toss that word around to describe everything they don't like- seems childish. But I do agree on not bringing attention to stock brakes
By using the word "ghey", I was poking fun at its use on msg boards in general. Just havin' fun! I dont really use that word in everyday conversation.
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I say silver. That car is too nice to have red calipers draw all the attention. To me the perfect car is one whose mods are done in a subtle way that forces you to look for them, not a car whose mods jump out at you, all screaming for attention.
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Originally posted by ES87iroc
So you are saying spray bombing the tiny little calipers and rear drums looks "f'n hot"? Barf. To me it looks "f'n cheap".

If your car can't pull of looking like a "sports car" without spray bombing the brakes, something else is wrong. Sometimes less really is more.
I said "red is cliche cause it looks f'n hot," not "spray-bombing looks hot." My comment was specifically in reference to color choice. When I look at the red calipers on the Z06 in the parking lot where I work, yes I think it's "f'in hot." I also said nothing about drums. I ALSO said nothing about pulling off the look of a sports car. I said it IS a sports car, so I see nothing wrong with painting the stock calipers. That was MY opinion.

We all appreciate your opinion as well, but don't go rearranging my words in the process.
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I did mine silver when I painted them (looks a hell of a lot better than "rust"). Specifically I used VHT's Cast Aluminum paint on the calipers and drums. Looks great.
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silver... or polish them.

clean and classy like your car.

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Kandied91z a very valued opinion. Thanks alot! I think I am going to paint them silver. That was my original plan but I wanted to see what others thought. I think the silver will blend in more and not draw as much attention. More subtle!
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