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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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Brake Caliper Color

Alright guys, I need some advice.. What color should I paint my brake caliper's or should i just leave them stock.. I have no idea what color to go with the rims and also I am not to sure what goes with Sunburst Orange.

Could go black.. but i dono.. need some ideas.

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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 12:56 PM
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yellow or red IMO!! I have a silver balt with red calipers
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by A-Town
yellow or red IMO!! I have a silver balt with red calipers
Yellow or Red would be terrible for his Sunburst Orange 'balt, I'd say the only color that would work would be stock or black, black would look best IMO
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BLKblurr06
Yellow or Red would be terrible for his Sunburst Orange 'balt, I'd say the only color that would work would be stock or black, black would look best IMO
Second thought, black would be best! It will look better w/ ur rims.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:07 PM
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ya I was thinking black as well..
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:34 PM
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black would blend with the wheels. I say paint them sunburst orange
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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sunburst ftw... stock is palin, black would blend in and i dont think you would be satisfied, red and yellow would just look like **** on orange.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Yeah, I'm not sure how good black would look on black rims... Definitely don't leave them stock though. Paint them sunburst orange if you can get that in high temp paint, but if not, go with black.

Polished calipers might look good too... It would go with the silver lip around your rims.
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 01:40 PM
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Just do silver, make them look like stock again! FTMFW!
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 02:05 PM
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The thing that sucks with SBO cars is that you have to spray the color on there. There is nothing high temperature available in a brush on that matches SBO. Trust me I've looked for almost a year now. Really your only high temperature option for an orange color is Duplicolors Metal cast line. It's supposed to be an anodized color but if you keep adding coats it looks remarkably close to SBO. I've done a lot of things in my engine compartment with it and it matches pretty close.

Of course you can get SBO from your dealer in spray but it's not high temp paint, although there are some guys here that have used it and claimed to have no problems. I would be really leary about that though because I used it originally on my fuel rail cover and got some bubbling after a long trip.

Us SBO guys are kind of screwed when it comes to caliper paint. I've been debating this for a while. lol
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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get some color match paint and do them same as the car!! Thats the only option you have!! In my opinion!
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Old Mar 24, 2007 | 03:47 PM
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Here's a picture of BlilBT's polished calipers if you're interested.

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