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Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:54 am
by Donkey99
Originally set on having the front and rears painted sprint blue to match the bodywork but now starting to think about Lamborghni pearl orange. Opinions?

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:04 am
by Shoppinit
My opinion? Tacky. The rears especially will look ridiculous if they are standard.

Gloss black with RS logo FTW.

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 10:08 am
by Tile Diver
This is what I went for, Lambo Orange, think they look pretty good, the original black is lost in the wheel, they deserve more than black I think!!! I'm no boy racer but its too nice a caliper not to be seen!! :bigblink:

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:27 am
by lswing
Black...there's a fellow on Fleabay that sells the brake decals. So many cheap cars have colored calipers these days, "sweet mod bro".

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:34 am
by audi_driver79
Like he said! Black with decal, understated and classic! :rocker:

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:05 am
by Donkey99
Horses for courses and arguments for keeping authenticity and also for individualism. I think black is almost invisible behind the wheels on my car and having them professionally painted sprint blue with new RS decals doesn't shout prat in my mind. I'll post the end result and we'll see :)

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:09 am
by Donkey99
Like this

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:11 am
by Donkey99
Fitted

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:50 am
by chunky79
IMO it won't work.

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:07 am
by mavada
Much depends on the colour of the rims and car, oem for me, as many other bits and pieces...

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:28 am
by Donkey99
Why don't you think it'll work?

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:03 pm
by mavada
...if it works for you, great. Thats what matters. :thumbs:

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 7:46 am
by chunky79
Sprint blue is a fantastic colour, just the the calipers will take away from that. As Mav says, if you like it, go for it.
Why do you want to change the colour? Guessing cause you want to? If so, do what you want and enjoy it.

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:01 am
by Donkey99
Thinking metallic grey instead, like the ceramic kits...

Re: Brake caliper repaint, what colour?

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:16 am
by chunky79
Footers has silver on his black beauty, looks good. Sprint blue is a difficult colour to blend with.