Painted Caliper Color

[elias1974]

Okay,
simple question, I wanted to take advantage this weekend of the nice weather and remove the rust from my rotors and calipers. Also, I wanted to paint the calipers on Black Mica '02 P5.
I originally was going to paint them red, as alot of darker color cars we have seen, but then saw this pic http://www.********.com/pictures/anno-4.jpg
Thats when I was feeling the metallic look.

Any event here are the colors I am considering,

Red
Silver
Gun Metal (pewter)
Other?


Also, anyone know of brand 1200 degrees that has a good array of colors?
(suggestions on exact colors and or metallic, gloss or semi, or flat)

 

[Vulcanon]

well do you have a color scheme for your car? it will look very clean if you choose 2 colors to work with...my car is blue and the highlights are yellow. If you haven't got a second color in your engine bay for example....I would say red

 

[Natey]

Red means stop.

 

[elias1974]

I was originally going with red because Mazda started us on that path having painted the Strut bar Red already, and the interior dash lights are red. Then I though maybe be a little different and go with GunMetal... but not sure how it would look if it may not show up at all. Maybe someone with the skills and a few moments to lend could photoshop me a that wheel from above or better yest, a stock wheel witha few diferent colors.... man that would save alot of time actually....
thanks in advance for replies and time.. !

 

[L8R]

um... i say gm or silver. i notice white cars have white calipers, red with red, etc. black with black... wouldnt stand out. i think silver would be best. or u can go sti style and paint um gold hehe - chris

 

[Protege52003]

I painted my calipers a couple weeks ago. Went red and am happy with my results. They look better in person though.

Yeah, I have to work with the rust problem soon, too.

-R

 

[iLisa]

mine are red.. and I love 'em..

 

[IRISH22]

go with gun metal. these are on a midnight blue P5. not too bright and flashy, not too dull. its just enough for people to notice. also put a coat of clear too.

 

[IRISH22]

sorry so dirty. how the hell do i get the pic smaller??

 

[pingdum]

sorry so dirty. how the hell do i get the pic smaller??

Do you have any image editing software?

 

[1Canuck2]

Anything silver or gun metal is not enough of a change, it could almost be stock...

I have the laser blue P5 and would like to do mine in red. Take the lead from the strut bar, although my AEM intake is blue. I am also going to do a red grounding kit and spark wires as well. I like the red coolant catch can but can't really justify the cost since I am in Canada and shipping and duties will kill me.

I have always liked the look of Razor's engine bay and will thus steal (uh be inspired by) his lead.

Any suggestions for paint brands? I am looking for something that is not custom order and obviosuly not too expensive, but durable enough and won't fade. I want it all, don't I?

 

[elias1974]

thanks for results and feedback...
i was at autozone and saw a few brands of 1200 - 1500 degree paint...
I read on one of these threads that someone used duplicolor paint?

 

[rednecks_r_us]

I used the DUPONT dupli color metal cast spray paint on my calipers, lugnuts, radiator cap, air intale brackets, battery tie down bracket and the overflow tank bracket

It is almost a perfect match to my laser blue.

There is a yellow and red available in this anodized spray paint.

Click on the www button below to see pictures.

 

[Natey]

I used Dulplicolor too. No complaints at all. There are a couple of chips, but I painted them almost a year ago, and I live on a dirt road.(dunno)
I'll probably slap another coat on them next weekend.

 

[Badvmc]

Yellow on a Midnight Blue P5. Look's good Baby!!!Yeah!!!!(2thumbs)

 

[bryan_giovana]

I used VHT caliper paint from Autozone. It only cost about $4.00 a can.
I painted my yellow to match my car and I did my wheels graphite with Duplicolor.

 

[bryan_giovana]

painted calipers.....YELLOW!

Here's what yellow looks like. I agree with the other guys about how they look better in person.

 

[DevilsSi1481]

depends on the color of your car i think.

 

[DeanSweet]

I used Red G2.
Came out nicely.
http://home.earthlink.net/~dntsweet/images/caliper_rim.jpg

 

[elias1974]

red seems like a good choice, the yellow one came out nice on that yellow p5, the rotoers were nice and clean, gotta do mine like that this weekend...

thx again