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Red Calipers

Post by RossDagley » Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:31 am

I'm thinking of getting the calipers done in red (I bought a car from stock so couldn't spec red at ordering). What are my options realistically? I don't want to repaint myself as I did on the B7 as I'll never match the perfect finish of standard - will a refurb company be able to get it OEM quality? Anyone have any idea on costs?
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by Graeme4130 » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:06 pm

There's plenty of places that'll do it for you for around £150 all in.
However, I'd get Audi to take them off and refit them for you though, to save any issues with warranty as RS4's are reasonable well known to develop brake noise, and I can imagine 'incorrect reassembly' would be an easy way for them to get out of a warranty claim
I'd expect to pay around £150 labour to have them removed and refitted, and then around £75 for them to be painted properly with a decent heat proof paint
I expect you could source the decals on Ebay or somewhere online
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by MikeFish » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:16 pm

Or swap with somebody that has red ones. A lot (all?) of the limited edition cars come with red. If I bought one with red I'd swap them for a black set.
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by RossDagley » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:32 pm

MikeFish wrote:Or swap with somebody that has red ones. A lot (all?) of the limited edition cars come with red. If I bought one with red I'd swap them for a black set.
This is a good idea - I didn't know people might want to swap. Cheers all :)
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by RIV » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:33 pm

Ive seen some lovely red ones on a r8 with ramics, totally different red from the standard ones
Reckon they would look great with your body colour
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by RossDagley » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:37 pm

RIV wrote:Ive seen some lovely red ones on a r8 with ramics, totally different red from the standard ones
Reckon they would look great with your body colour
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by marc1 » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:39 pm

Think it will clash a little with the purple Ross. A silvery grey would work IMO.
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by RossDagley » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:43 pm

marc1 wrote:Think it will clash a little with the purple Ross. A silvery grey would work IMO.
Like the ceramic colour... yeah? ;) If only!
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by Vodkaking77 » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:17 pm

I have been debating getting the calipers wrapped in red with decals. There is a company local to me that does this sort of thing on Ferraris, lambo's etc.

Easy to remove as well.
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by Jezzer » Sat Aug 08, 2015 8:30 am

A nice image of mine if you need a reference
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by geoffdunk » Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:09 pm

I have to say red is what I like, it was a £400 extra and my wife couldn't see the point, hey ho.

Pardon the dirty wheels, this pic was before the detailing.
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by Jezzer » Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:17 pm

Does any Wife understand?
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by RossDagley » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:39 pm

Having seen some today I think it'll clash so I'm going to stay black. After all, once you've gone black...
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2009 Audi RS6 C6 - Phantom Black - 730ps MRC Tuned
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by marc1 » Sun Aug 09, 2015 8:07 pm

Told you it'd clash. :boohoo:
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Re: Red Calipers

Post by geoffdunk » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:14 pm

Better picture after a good clean.
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