What color should I paint my.....

[AceInHole]

brake calipers....

The Q45 calipers I have are rusting since I attempted to polish them, then ran out of time, and now with no coating, they're rusting, which isn't good. Need to throw some paint on them bisches!!

I'm wondering if they make any good shades of pink for brake calipers. That would scream badass on a black car with silver trim.....

Or maybe gold???

I don't really care. Just wondering what would be insanely stupid to paint my calipers. If something good pops up, I just might do it (if only I can find a nice pink).

[Jeff240sx]

I think Yellow.. like some Competition Yellow Engine paint would work wonders on a black car.
-Jeff

[kuruptR]

black

[pruto]

bling bling rust color! ;)

seriously, Silver or a conservative dark or light shade would look nice on your car. Depends on what the rest of your car's color scheme is, =p. brembo gold would look great too.

i went for red, but thats only because i love the combination of back and red.

:)

[Bbandit]

purple.. gives your car a little bit of gaynage :D

[CoasTek240]

either polish them, like you did your valve cover. or paint them black. either way apply many clear coats.

[240Stilo]

Man you guys are looking to make his car look good. He wants it to look ridiculous. Try a neon color with poka dots.;)

[Dousan_PG]

Originally posted by AceInHole

Or maybe gold???

I don't really care. Just wondering what would be insanely stupid to paint my calipers. If something good pops up, I just might do it (if only I can find a nice pink).


1) Pink (yes rockin)
2) gold (very classy)
3) black (looks like a stock setup)


definately NOT

red, yellow or orange.

[Stee Flo]

anyone got any painted caliper pics, it might help.

[pruto]

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~paulli/DSCN0737.jpg

for large, close up pic:
http://www-scf.usc.edu/~paulli/blackandred/pictures/DSCN0523.jpg
dirty

i like red! =) c'mon, you need a little color on a car...

[Steeles]

yeah reds not that bad... besides it'll match my kazama arms when I get them in :)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid28/pa452d072bc6df6fece158022feb76245/fd68ab62.jpg

course I did see some painted gold ones that looked darn good... ohh maybe a bronze or something... green to match my Uras TC rods

[95silvia]

BLUE......Everyone is already RED.......:D

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid59/pb6d004a195029e4ff3d9dc8e212a355d/fc58c34f.jpg

I painted my calipers well over a year ago, i just used some greased lighting to clean em up. They got some blemishes but not too bad for calipers painted over a year ago.....one of these days, i should touch em up...

RINKU

[West]

Black or Polished.

Anyone have a writeup on whats needed to polish your Alumi Calipers? What kind of clear coat should you use? Actually, I remember a thread on this, ill try the search :eek:

[AceInHole]

Hmm... bronze might be nice, kind of like the brembo's?? The brembo's seem more bronzish than gold.....

I'm gonna head out and see if I can't find pink caliper paint or pink high temp paint at least. I'm pretty set on pink. A baby blue like my oil filter might work too.

As for the polka dots, I don't think it would work since there isn't enough visible surface on the calipers......

I just got a suggestion from one of my FWD friends:
White

That might be interesting...... never seen white calipers before :p

[sykikchimp]

remember, the lighter the color, the more your gonna have to clean them. White won't be white for long..


Maybe a pastel green.. :) that way they look gay, but not girlie.

or light brown.. nobody does brown.

[AceInHole]

Originally posted by sykikchimp
remember, the lighter the color, the more your gonna have to clean them. White won't be white for long..


Maybe a pastel green.. :) that way they look gay, but not girlie.

or light brown.. nobody does brown.

green might work.

and about the cleaning crap, i'm banking on that :P pretty much lets me be pink or green or whatever whenever i feel like it (and clean em)

[BeatJunky]

Multi-Color...

Taste the Rainbow :D

[Rennen]

Oh you should def go Bengal's colors:

http://proshop.bengals.com/istar.asp?a=5&id=301BG%21RID%2D1&index=0

seriously, some bright orange with black tiger stripes would look badass behind anyone's wheels. Its a safe bet that no one has tried it before, or will after. And nothing says first round draft pick next year like that color scheme.

-Matt

[Dunkee]

Here's green on Signal's S15. Could barely see it though, sorry :(

[Steeles]

Originally posted by Dunkee
Here's green on Signal's S15. Could barely see it though, sorry :(

you mean those 6 piston Project Mu? heres a better pic

[Phlip]

Get color changing paint, you know the flip flop stuff.

[hookedup240]

i painted mine white, they match my whole color scheme good. I painted them with the G2 kit, you have to mix a solution in with the paint and it makes like a clearcoat.

http://images.cardomain.com/member_img_a/335000-335999/335369_7_full.jpg

[Dunkee]

Originally posted by Steeles
you mean those 6 piston Project Mu? heres a better pic
Awesome pic! Had to save that one.

[Steeles]

I got a few more floating around here of the car from Nopi last year :) I need to put them up I got liek zillions of pics I need to put up somewhere. maybe next week when I get caught up on paperwork I'll make a random imagestation gallery with some of the pg (like rating not the godzira) stuff I have around here

[driftk2000]

Project mu's green is kinda like their trademark.
You wanted insanely stupid right?? What about a highly refective yellow like the ones they draw street lines with

[misnomer]

Neon
Green


That's all I gotta say.

[AceInHole]

Originally posted by driftk2000
Project mu's green is kinda like their trademark.
You wanted insanely stupid right?? What about a highly refective yellow like the ones they draw street lines with
Well, the metallic gold would be as close to that as I could get..... high temp paint colors aren't very easy to find in cool colors though.

[driftk2000]

Originally posted by AceInHole
Well, the metallic gold would be as close to that as I could get..... high temp paint colors aren't very easy to find in cool colors though. Go GOLD!!!! bling them calipers..

[MorganS13]

i don't think reds that bad..
http://www.clearcorners.com/products/nissan/240sx1/R_hbsig/Image04.jpg

[WhiteNissanS13]

put it on a spinning platform and spray a whole bunch of different colors at it. it'll be cool and unique.

[Anubis]

How about silver.

[silnv]

I just painted my wheels major rice Aqua Purpleen Chromalusion, I think I have some left I'll sell it to ya if the price is right.:p