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Old 10-05-2004, 12:07 PM
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What color caliper for Sterling mist?

I'm sick of the rusty look of the calipers. I have custom rims and it shows the whole brake system. What color did you guys paint it? Please post pics.
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Old 10-05-2004, 12:47 PM
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I think black would go best, im plannig to do the same thing. People should post pics.
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Old 10-05-2004, 12:56 PM
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Painted

I went with Red, Its the original color of a high performance brake caliper. I was going to do silver but though when it gets dirty it would look the same as the OEM color. the last picture is of the New X Drilled Rotors and Metal Axis Pads.





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Old 10-05-2004, 01:04 PM
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I didn't think red would look nice but it does on yours!

I thikn my first choice is black, then red. Anyone have painted Silver on their calipers?
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I would go for black or silver. I'm not too much into attracting undue attention to my car. Unless you have some really huge after-market calipers and brakes, I would stick with black (looks clean longer) or silver (looks like raw aluminum). I used a spray can of silver high temp BBQ grill paint. Works great and is cheeeep.
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Old 10-05-2004, 01:22 PM
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I'd vote for black myself. I'm changing pads and rotors this weekend and while i'm at it am going to paint the calipers black.
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My car is blue but I'm going with red caliper paint... I've seen some blue Max's with it and other black/dark cars with red calipers and I really like the look. I'll post pics when I get it done, the paint is being shipped to me as we speak....
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Old 10-05-2004, 05:38 PM
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im doing black on mine. the paint is on the way
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Old 10-05-2004, 05:40 PM
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Unless you have a BBk, i say red looks a little ricey. I used to have mine red, but changed to ford black, and clear coat
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Old 10-05-2004, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by soonerfan
im doing black on mine. the paint is on the way
where did you buy your paint?
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Old 10-05-2004, 10:35 PM
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i used dark grey, sort of gunmetal color on mine. w/ 5 spoke 17" gunmetal rims, u see a lot of the rotor/caliper. anyway, dark grey looks clean to me. it doesnt stick out, but makes it look very clean... imo.... it does kinda look like regular color. but if u think about it, the regular color is really fugly... its like off green and looks like crap....
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I am not a fan of red calipers. I only like red Brembos on Porsche's and Ferrari's.
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Old 10-06-2004, 04:15 AM
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Black. I'll be painting mine black soon. Hides the brake dust better
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Originally Posted by AnDyMaN
but if u think about it, the regular color is really fugly... its like off green and looks like crap....
Yeah, its birdpoop green..... it matches exactly most of the time my car gets crapped on by birds....
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Here are mine. I thin kthe red looks awesome, I have gotten a few compliments on them.



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Old 10-06-2004, 11:17 AM
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caliper color

I went both black and silver.
Black for the main part of the caliper where the piston is, and then the guard I did in silver. I will have to take some pics then try to post them for you.
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I don't do paint. see sig
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Old 10-06-2004, 11:30 AM
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my friend did his car silver with polished alluminum rims, looked pretty good. i did red with my max
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mine are blue now, i have blue accents throughout the car, but i really dont like it, so i think im gonna repaint silver
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