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Old May 13, 2011 | 08:47 PM
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caliper color opinion?

So I'm replacing the rotors on my car and thought that I might take the chance to paint my calipers. My car is orange, and I was thinking that a lime green might look nice with it. The rims are stock. I don't want to look rice. Anyone with an orange car paint their brakes?
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Old May 13, 2011 | 08:51 PM
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Orange and lime green is a no go. Just paint em black
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:16 PM
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red is always the best option
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:19 PM
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I think red looks like **** on stock Calipers, Black makes them look clean (i painted mine black)

id go black, unless you want to be noticed, then maybe Purple, Line green would be too bright, IMO
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:31 PM
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G2usa makes custom caliper paint to the paint code of your car
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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my car is orange and i did mine orange. looks clean i think
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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Just painted my front 2 red have to do the other 2 another day but I think they look good red
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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orange.
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:49 PM
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I was against red for awile thinking stock shouldn't go there. Then I got some new rotors and went red, they look good and I can always change it later. As a rule I always repaint my calipers every spring when I change over to my summer tires.
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:51 PM
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If you don't want to look rice, go with black or silver.
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Old May 13, 2011 | 09:52 PM
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Mine are like a sky blue(original owner, not my doing) and I hate them. At least my steelies are covering them, for now. I like the lime green idea, well, I like lime green, so maybe that's a biased opinion.

Maybe a subtle aluminum-ish color?
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Old May 13, 2011 | 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by tyler41390
Just painted my front 2 red have to do the other 2 another day but I think they look good red
told you red looks good
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Old May 13, 2011 | 10:15 PM
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The green idea came about because it compliments the orange - that and I saw green paint for sale. I guess it would be more of a candy apple green, rather than a lime green. Black or red seem like a safer choice though, but I could always just repaint them.
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Old May 13, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Rocky87
told you red looks good
yea it does only got front 2 done though had to beat the rain that was coming prolly do the back tomorrow if it dont rain
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Old May 14, 2011 | 11:44 AM
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G2usa makes custom caliper paint to the paint code of your car
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