Alright guys,
I want to paint my calipers but not sure what colour, I painted them red on my old silver car last time, so I was thinking a different colour this time. I dont really want black either. I had a look and there was a choice of green, gold, yellow, blue, silver What would look best you reckon?
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Silver Car.. What Brake Caliper Colour Should I Go For?
Started by astrabritz, Jul 30 2010 03:47 PM
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 04:47 PM
always do mine gold no matter what colour car , not too in your face boyracerish ,clean looking
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 04:55 PM
I was thinking gold too, cheers for the pic mate
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Posted 30 July 2010 - 10:09 PM
Mine are always gold too...
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 07:55 AM
My car is Titan Silver and I did mine in black with shiney new clips, I really like the Gold with the Black but I'm not so sure with Silver.
It might just be me getting old lol, but in my opinion;
Red, is for Brembo's,
Green, is for Skoda VRS's,
Gold, depends on coachwork colour,
Yellow, not for me,
Blue, not for me either,
Silver, mmm, maybe.
It might just be me getting old lol, but in my opinion;
Red, is for Brembo's,
Green, is for Skoda VRS's,
Gold, depends on coachwork colour,
Yellow, not for me,
Blue, not for me either,
Silver, mmm, maybe.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 09:06 AM
Black or Silver are always tasteful. The last owner painted mine blue, which I might change when I get a chance.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 11:03 AM
Always silver for me....im not really into any other colours just like the clean newish look.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 11:09 AM
Red or Silver mate.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:01 PM
Ok, I went down halfords today and the only colour they had was blue. Can I use hammerite smooth on the calipers? as theres alot more colours to choose from, As i would rather paint it on with a paint brush then use a spray can because I can see my self getting it over the disk, pads, strut, springs, plastic inner wheel trim etc etc.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:04 PM
its all i use never bought caliper paint yet
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:11 PM
its all i use never bought caliper paint yet
Same as. Hammerite FTW!
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 04:18 PM
Hammerite Smooth here too, black on the calipers and silver on the hubs.
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 06:49 PM
Ok brilliant, I just purchased some silver hammerite smooth in the end. hopefully do it tommorow if its not raining!
Thanks guys
Thanks guys
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 07:49 PM
Dont forget before and after pics. 
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Posted 31 July 2010 - 08:48 PM
Dont forget before and after pics.
Yeah ok, Is there a auto biography section on this site? Or anywhere else on site that people create progress threads of there car from scratch and update everytime they do a new mod etc? I cant seem to find anything as it gives me idea's
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 08:31 AM
ive just done mine Black. do the disc's at same time. looks ten times better then. il try get sum pics of mine later.
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 01:48 PM
No need to thank me
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 02:33 PM
I would go silver black but then BMW do performance parts which all come in yellow, so that could look pretty good.
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Posted 01 August 2010 - 03:31 PM
Either black (subtle) or red (more noticeable), depending how much you want to stand out. Wouldn't go for any other colours than these two.
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