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Blue
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Gray
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What color Caliper Paint on my White 2000 SE?

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Old Jul 29, 2004 | 11:16 PM
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What color Caliper Paint on my White 2000 SE?

What color Caliper Paint on my White 2000 SE?

I have the cross drilled rotors and new rims so you can see the calipers more now.
Old Jul 29, 2004 | 11:18 PM
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With white, there are many colors that will look good. Ive seen a lot of red. You can also go silver, black, yellow, or blue. But I would recommend red to stand out a bit more.
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 07:30 AM
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i painted mine red and they shouted RICE!!!!

now they are black with clear coat.. silver would also look sweet..i say stay away from flashy yellow, green, and red
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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I like the look of red a lot. I disagree with whoever said that it looks amature and the bronze looks professional. The red does look professional as a lot of the high permormance brake systems have red calipers. Its up to you , its what you like.
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 08:51 AM
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BLACK, dear god please BLACK and not RED. RICE = RED Calipers + White Maxima. If you have an upgraded brake kit, then and only then, does red look good. But on stock calipers, just paint them black.
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 08:53 AM
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Dont get any of the bright colors. It will just draw attention away from the rest of your car.

I think that black would look killer!
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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i did black with silver pads... enamel engine paint silver and black
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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I voted Black, silver would be nice too.

No Red or Yellow !! It's a maxima not a Ferrari.
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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at the moment mine are red, as soon as i do my brakes they are going to black.
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by MaxMaMaSE
I voted Black, silver would be nice too.

No Red or Yellow !! It's a maxima not a Ferrari.
or a porshe.....red looks RICEY on our OEM bunk ar$e rotors...
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 06:34 PM
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I'm leaning towards silver to match the rims
Old Jul 30, 2004 | 06:36 PM
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I vote Black. IMO black is real clean looks nice!
Old Jul 31, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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i voted black , but i was actually looking for orange!
Old Jul 31, 2004 | 12:39 PM
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red or bronze....
Old Jul 31, 2004 | 08:33 PM
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i painted mine metallic gray and it looks a hell of a lot better than the stock look. it basically looks metallic black when you look at it
Old Jul 31, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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Just put the transmission sensor on a switch today (well my shop did)
Transmission cooler next week
Old Aug 5, 2004 | 10:38 AM
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Did you decide yet?

I painted mine red yesterday and wanted to get pics up. It was very easy to do. I just taped newspaper around the rotors and sprayed away. Very happy with the results. The pics aren't the best, I should have moved the wheels slightly so the calipers could have been seen more.

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Old Aug 5, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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I would love to see a pic of them in white on a White max. I bet it would look really clean.
Old Aug 5, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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I was thinking white at first but it would be so hard to keep clean ... I think i'm going with silver
Old Aug 5, 2004 | 10:05 PM
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I dont think it would be too bad to keep clean. When I do mine, I'll post pics.
Old Aug 5, 2004 | 10:15 PM
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Why isn't purple an option? hehe
Old Aug 19, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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Why silver. Paint it black. Easy to clean and looks nice. The calipers are already silver.
Old Aug 19, 2004 | 11:17 AM
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Black, clean is a good look.....
Old Aug 19, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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^+1 the dirtier the merrier
Old Aug 19, 2004 | 04:21 PM
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go with silver... I have a white too. I'm painting mine Silver...
Old Nov 7, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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I finally got around to getting them painted White
I'll have pix soon. They look good.
Old Nov 7, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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How about G2 gold....
Old Nov 7, 2005 | 07:10 PM
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im gonna do either blk,silver, or might try bronze
Old Nov 7, 2005 | 07:26 PM
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White

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Old Nov 7, 2005 | 07:29 PM
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Wow, that white looks great, man!!!
Old Nov 7, 2005 | 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Metal Maxima
Wow, that white looks great, man!!!
Thanks!!! I wanted to be different. Will see how hard they are to keep clean
Old Nov 7, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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I thought we were done with the "what color should I" posts...

BE ORIGINAL! Make up your OWN mind!
Old Nov 8, 2005 | 06:02 AM
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i voted red, thats what mine are right now, but im really diggen the gold. very 350z-ish.
Old Nov 8, 2005 | 06:10 AM
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Nothing is better than Gold... nothing
Old Nov 8, 2005 | 07:12 AM
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i painted my calipers red, makes my factory brakes stand out too much = kinda rice. im going to repaint them black.
Old Nov 8, 2005 | 01:56 PM
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Silver, anything else is too flashy.
Old Nov 8, 2005 | 07:23 PM
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Originally Posted by zioes_00se
Nothing is better than Gold... nothing
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Old Nov 9, 2005 | 08:34 PM
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DonGfun, we have the same rims.. looking good

My max is black though, and the calipers are black too.

Get a drop man, the front looks like a 4x4

Keep it up man
Old Nov 9, 2005 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by godlyone
DonGfun, we have the same rims.. looking good

My max is black though, and the calipers are black too.

Get a drop man, the front looks like a 4x4

Keep it up man
But then I can't take speed bumps at 30 mph
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