Calipers... Red? Black? What?
08-13-2008, 11:07 AM
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Ok, time to go on with mods... 
But this time they're going to be little cheaper.
So I got my wheels recently.
More pics here:
New wheels
I'd appreciate your opinion here again.
I have thought about painting my calipers. What colour?
At this point I'm thinking red. Black? Silver?
How about those red rings (time attacks?) for wheels?
I thought red calipers + red rings would match together nicely.
Tinting the windows is on a list. I know lowering would make it look better, but that is not on a list right now.
Rear lights? I will not buy a new set of smoked ones. I could mod them myself, if a good DIY is available. Maybe.
Suggest me something small that makes a nice highlight!
It is a real joy to discuss about these thing with you people
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But this time they're going to be little cheaper.
So I got my wheels recently.
More pics here:
New wheels
I'd appreciate your opinion here again.
I have thought about painting my calipers. What colour?
At this point I'm thinking red. Black? Silver?
How about those red rings (time attacks?) for wheels?
I thought red calipers + red rings would match together nicely.
Tinting the windows is on a list. I know lowering would make it look better, but that is not on a list right now.
Rear lights? I will not buy a new set of smoked ones. I could mod them myself, if a good DIY is available. Maybe.
Suggest me something small that makes a nice highlight!
It is a real joy to discuss about these thing with you people
!
08-13-2008, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by ImSort0fABigDeal' post='645902' date='Aug 13 2008, 10:21 PM
I have red calipers now, But I think I am going to paint them black
08-13-2008, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by ImSort0fABigDeal' post='645902' date='Aug 13 2008, 12:21 PM
I have red calipers now, But I think I am going to paint them black
08-13-2008, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ImSort0fABigDeal' post='645902' date='Aug 13 2008, 12:21 PM
I have red calipers now, But I think I am going to paint them black
I can hear Mick now!! 
08-13-2008, 01:32 PM
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I think red calipers look best and would make a nice contrast to your wheels. I didn't paint mine, but rather installed Cal Covers from BavAuto.com. You can get them from the Cal Cover website as well. There are pics in My Albums.
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Its different... I like it.
Don't TA the wheels just leave it as is, as for the calipers I would paint it black if anything, keep it as clean as posible.
Don't TA the wheels just leave it as is, as for the calipers I would paint it black if anything, keep it as clean as posible.
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With everything else being black on your car I don't know about red for the calipers. Do you really want to primary thing that someone's eyes are drawn to being the brakes? Even painted it isn't like stock calipers look sexy or anything! I think it's better to have someone notice your wheels, not look through them and see the calipers. So I'd go with black or silver.
I have mine silver -- you don't really notice them at all (but you would notice if they looked crappy like they did before the paint).
I have mine silver -- you don't really notice them at all (but you would notice if they looked crappy like they did before the paint).