painting calipers

[cilyjr]

I did mine black at first just to get rid of the rust. Then I thought it needed a touch of color. The red on silver works great as a theme that continues into the engine bay.

are those rockblockers on your fogs? because i had some questions about those i posted here http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123640353

 

[anarchistchiken]

HAHAHA, Tasty you sir have a good eye. I have been saying for a while that I think that is at least one of the ugliest cars ever.

 

[Falango]

i painted mine red and the rotor hubs black. i cleaned off everything with a dremel wire brush attachment and then put down two coats of engine primer followed by 3 coats of hi-temp paint. i actually sprayed the paint into a cup and then brushed it on with a soft paintbrush.

I brushed mine on too, didn't want to take the time to mask off my whole wheel well. Went on well, took a while to scrub the calipers down clean, but two coats was thick and has worked well so far.

 

[2003newlyack]

I brushed mine on black, looks good and your right black is less noticeable, not much brake dust shows either.

 

[Red5_02]

I brushed mine with a foam brush. Just sprayed into a cup and went from there. Two coats of high heat as a primer and then two coats of rustoleum to match the red on the car.

I say silver for the calipers.

 

[gapeachsp5]

silver is clean. pic is of my boyfriend's silver rx8 with silver calipers/rotor hubs.

 

[iLisa]

I've always thought silver cars look good with gold calipers, especially behind black wheels

got some pics of that?? (wink)

 

[thrasher]

got some pics of that?? (wink)

G35 Coupes with the Brembo upgrade is like that. Silver car with gold calipers definately look good.

 

[cilyjr]

i have decided to do silver because i want the wheel (especialy while driving) to look clean but i don't want to do flashy (maybe after i boost that will change).
but i believe that will tidy things up. thanks all for your votes

 

[65racecoupe]

Paint them to blend in, not to stand out. Black black black.

I need to take a pic of my set up. I have black rear calipers and black wilwood front calipers on slotted rotors, looks really clean.

 

[rednecks_r_us]

here is red on Loren's old silver P5
http://www.cardomain.com/id/Dawick777

 

[altspace]

See...to me that is too much red. Not to mention the fact the brake pad was painted as well (spray method?). That is why I went with red/black combo. It's more subtle.

 

[JDM-P5]

Red...FTW!!1!

 

[LostSoulx316]

i have a black car but dont no what would look better blue or gold

 

[Protege52003]

i have a black car but dont no what would look better blue or gold

RED!

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123630986

silver woud look nice, too!

-R

 

[altspace]

Paint any color you want. It'll be better than flaking metallic rust that's for sure.

 

[cilyjr]

i agree. since the spokes on rims are getting thinner and thinner, it just makes the whole package look better if you paint in there

 

[cilyjr]

all done i went with silver for the caliper and black for the brackets i will post pics tomorrow

 

[CoupWCU]

I was personally thinking of doing mine in a copper type color...

 

[G-Papi]

Copper sounds interesting. It seems a matter of taste since there's no "proper" color for calipers (aside from rust and dust).

Whatever compliments your overall color scheme would be great. I'd like to do a copper, but then I've got this &^#@ chrome trim on a black car, and in my mind, there would be too many trim and highlight colors.