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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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Caliper Color

Hey guys,

Just a quick question. Thinking about painting my calipers, but not sure of what color would look good for my brembo's. Any ideas? My car is Imperial Blue

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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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id do the same color as your car the imperial blue or red would look good to
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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imperial blue or white.
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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I believe the calipers now are black, but they look identical to the IBM color now.

Any other suggestions?
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:55 PM
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I was gonna do mine red, bronze, or IBM
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 08:58 PM
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hot pink.

No but red would look good, and i was thinking white too for some reason. i dunnow hy but when blue flashed in my head white did too. Bronze would look great as well, i wanted bronze on my yellow car, but it would look better on a darker car
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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Color matched, Black or Red.

I wouldn't do white... too hard to keep clean.
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:29 PM
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White would be brown in a week.... I'm gonna do red with mine!
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:31 PM
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VHT makes a gold caliper paint.. i don't know what kind of bronze i could do. Gold would look pretty good too i believe.
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 1badBlueberrySC
White would be brown in a week.... I'm gonna do red with mine!
that would look good on white. Im just tired of red brake calipers. everyone and there mother has red calipers. But they would look good on your sedan
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:34 PM
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I was thinking of gold/ bronze too with a red decal on it
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:36 PM
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im doing mine a bright green paint on my black SS, also painting the inside of the emblems the same color so that **** looks hot
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Old Apr 26, 2010 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 1badBlueberrySC
I was thinking of gold/ bronze too with a red decal on it
...omfg yes do it! I will love you
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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yellow!
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 09:28 AM
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I just did red on mine last weekend i think it would look the best on a blue one too
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 09:43 AM
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I wish I had pic of my car. But blue on blue looks hot.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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I looked at my calipers and they're definitely Imperial Blue from stock. I'm thinking about getting some of the VHT Gold Caliper paint, and do them gold, then ad a navy Brembo sticker.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Gestapo007
...omfg yes do it! I will love you
x2!!
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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Originally Posted by murrant22
I looked at my calipers and they're definitely Imperial Blue from stock. I'm thinking about getting some of the VHT Gold Caliper paint, and do them gold, then ad a navy Brembo sticker.
no they are not they are gray like everyone elses dude!!
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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They aren't imperial blue from factory. They are a greyish color.
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Old Apr 27, 2010 | 10:25 PM
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mine came pikachu yellow from the factory....
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 09:38 AM
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Sand them & polished aluminum, I did mine almost 4 years ago & they still look great!
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 01:08 PM
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Anyone with pics of Gold/Bronze calipers? I wanna do them on my Black SS
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 02:00 PM
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got gold on my black ss. sexy w/ yellow fogs/drls




https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/appearance-48/1st-time-pics-just-washed%7E-222714/ - full thread
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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Blackk. Keep it clean.
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