Painting the calipers

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

I was wondering if it would even be noticable if painted my calipers, and if so, what color should i paint them?



I see no point in painting them silver, since the back ones are already silver anyway, and they would only really be visible if they were a color that stands out, but i have a black/silver theme going, with no other colors..

tell me your opinon

[UDLOSE98]

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with those rims, yea I dont think they would even stand out much.

[kristen]

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can't go wrong with red

[SilverRS96]

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i went with red...when i had those wheels on u really couldnt notice them too much...but when ur drivin u can c em

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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alright, thanks guys, i was thinking about red too, but not sure if it would look bad since i dont' have any other red accents any more.

How hard is it to paint them? How much time should i allow for painting and drying etc.?

[SilverRS96]

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easy to paint them...itll take a afternoon to do...mask everythin off that u dont want painted...for me it was easier since i was doin brakes at the same time that i just painted everythin cuz i was takin my rotors and pads off anyways

[supercharged34]

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im sorry that this is off topic but where did you get those clear headlight covers?

[crushedout]

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I have a black bird with chrome wheels and chrome fillers and I bought the red duplicolor caliper paint kit. I'm getting ready to replace the rotors and calipers and just going to paint new calipers before the install. I'm going to put red accents in the engine bay to have something for the red to go with, not that you could see the engine while driving lol.

[T-Mill]

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I recently changed my opinion on this after seeing a few black camaros in person... go with red... looks really good, but you will only notice them when stopped if the rim happens to stop at a good spot, but looks good when driving.

[01PewterDropTop]

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Polished would go good with black!! but if not do what everyone else does and get a 5 dollor can od spray paint and hit it up maby red.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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Clear headlight covers: http://www.lmperformance.com/4636/16.html

Mine actually aren't clear though, they are carbon fiber. in the right light they look smoke, but still let light through pretty well.

i actually got mine off the for sale section of this board. :-D

[car-show-crazy-firebird]

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If you want your calipers to really stand out go with red. I like the polished look, but that would probably take forever to polish, and then keeping them polished and clean would be a full time duty. Personally, I painted my calipers silver and my caliper brackets gloss black(I like the subtle look)

[supercharged34]

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Clear headlight covers: http://www.lmperformance.com/4636/16.html

Mine actually aren't clear though, they are carbon fiber. in the right light they look smoke, but still let light through pretty well.

i actually got mine off the for sale section of this board. :-D

thank ya