Im thinking of painting my calipers and leaving the stock rims. What does everyone think? Should I do it and if so what color should I paint the calipers.

 

I say paint them glossy black or silver. I like red also, but you will get flamed for that. When I get my upgraded rotors, I am painting them. Not sure what color tho.

 

IMO i think its ok to paint them silver or black with stock wheels, body, brakes, etc.

but, any other color with stock equipment is rice! i mean...our stock brakes suck - they are dinky! to paint them a color like red - which screams "hey look at me, i'm dinky little cheap stock brakes" = a true example of 100% rice!

got a body kit, phat upgraded brakes, etc, etc...then you can do whatever you want! upgraded brakes have the right to stand out - the right to say "look at me"!

just make sure the car/brakes deserve painted calipers!

 

Agree with fishouse...

 

I personally like silver the best.

 

i'll be doing mine in silver once it gets warmer out...which, at this rate, may be never...

 

I'm with fishhouse. The only reason I painted mine black was to get rid of the nasty rust/copper color...

 

I just got my black paint in from the GD on G2 brake paint kit..this GD may still be going on-check the GD forum, it's a good deal...

 

cant wait to paint mine glossy black!

 

Damn!! You guys really hate red don't ya!! lol

That's okay.... I like my red.

 

I did the silver G2 kit. I think it looks really good. I have a lot of pics on my website.

 

Mine are black and they look good. If I ever get a big brake kit, I might consider a flashier color.

 

no...i DON'T hate red. i would paint mine red IF my car deserved it! if i had upgraded brakes or something.

but yes i think...red on stock brakes/stock max looks weird and rice.

 

I think I will go with silver or black this summer after I install slotted rotors. I just wanted to check with everyone so I dont make anything look like ricey.

 

i am gonna paint mine red...in the spring

 

yeah me too. Its just too damn cold to do any installs in the NE region

 

I like my red calipers. Dont notice them a lot with my stock wheels, but I think it looks nice. But black or silver would be cool too.


See, ya barely notice on the car, but it looks kinda cool if ya pick up on it

 

Whats the nest type of paint to use? Any special kind?

 

what about doing the 300zx tt calipers in the front?

 

omg I LOVE PEARL Maximas!!! haha yeah dude, i like the red on stock rims. One of the reasons why I chose red. Dont care if its ricey, we have a maxima, not a 1983 Civic with a 4 feet high rear spoiler.

 

glossy black!

 

I agree about silver or black on stock calipers and brighter on BBK's or different calipers. Here's close ups of mine.

G2 silver stock calipers behind my 17" Konig Tantrums-sorry, this one is an old pic of before the drop



Red 300ZX TT with Matt93SE BBK and 18" Volks- powdercoated candy cherry red

 

you got the silver exterior color, i would suggest painting them silver..
im gonna paint them body color, black, when i do my brakes next week or so

 

quick question what color would you guys paint the stock se rims of off a 2k and what color the calipers. the car is the icelandic or glacier pearl w/e its called. just in case i have the ae headlights, cf rear lights and my red and orange turn markers are smoked.. all input is appreciated.

 

in all honesty i was going to do the red on the stock rims.... i think it looks good besides how can it be rice we got the muscle to back it up..

 

Wait, you're going to paint your WHEELS red???

 

no silly i am going to paint the calipers red.

 

good good... your post was a lil confusing, maybe I'm just reading it wrong?? well anyways, check my homepage for more pics of my glacier pearl with red calipers. I like the look