I got tired of having red calipers on my car and I woke up at 4AM on Sunday morning and painted them before it got too hot outside.

The red was a little too "sporty" for me. Also, they were impossible to keep clean.

I LOVE the way the black look......very understated.

Please refrain from telling me that I need rotors. The time for them will come eventually.

 

Looks good, mine are Blue and i love it.

 

sounds like lazy is the key word of the day

looks good.

very smooth looking for the pic up close. I bet you can hardly see them from 10 ft away

 

I dont know about you but red looks bad *** on my car and i thought it looked pretty good on yours too.

 

Wanna help me do mine??

 

Sure. Shoot me an e-mail. I've got red and black paint already. It's a three hour job tops. You buy the pizza.

 

Im down for that. My springs are gonna be red anyway, so I'll go with that most likely. I dont mind bein rize...

 

Alright!! Great choice for color, except in your last thread you said you were going with silver!! What changed your mind?

 

In all honesty, Pep Boys was all out of silver. Plus I figured black would be easier to keep clean. It all worked out....

 

I think you made the right choice. The black will be tastefully noticeable....and look cleaner longer. How did you prep the red..and how many coats of black? After the black, did you use a clear coat?

 

Simple Green and a nail brush took most of the gunk off of the red calipers.

No clear coat. Just the paint itself. I put on about two coats. Plus with black, I could actually spray without masking because it is much harder to notice overspray.

 

Sounds easy enough. I was planning on using a brush when I do mine black, but if you think the spray will work with a minimum of hassle, I'll try that!!

 

Have any pics of the blue calipers? My car is superblack and I am doing everything in blue. I am trying to keep the understated look.