I have a 2.2 and I am getting ready to paint the calipers...However I dont know what color I should paint them.

My car is Rally Yellow. I was thinking of doing the calipers yellow also but not sure if I should.

Also on the back breaks they are drum breaks...What do you think it would look like if I painted those as well..
Give me some ideas on color...

 

hmm.. red!

 

no red,, no blue,, no yellow,,, BRONZE it look great

dont know about the drums I have the same question if it will look good painted or if it will look to rice

 

I painted mine yellow, the drums i didnt touch though. I think it looks good. Maybe our next meet up if we both go you could get a good look.

 

Yeah we definatly need to get another Hooters meet set up for next weekend maybe or something like that...I like the idea of red or blue.....Probably go blue because it is the complement of Yellow...

 

Here's an idea






I know this isn't rally yellow...but just an idea of what else you could do

 

On a yellow car. Go black. Painting them black will look better than stock.

 

yeah but remember I have a 2.2 and still the stock tires...I am saving up to get new tires so Black would blend to much with the rims...

 

with the yellow, i would go with a black caliper, or a polished one. sonemone on this site has his polished and it looks really good. also since the drums are kinda rusty, i would probably paint them black as to just hide them until you can get the conversion kit.

 

yellow calipars= visible break dust!
id go black aswell.

 

I think I have decided to go Blue on this...Next question is what brand and kit to get....The drums are not rusted yet since this is still very new so I dont know if I will paint the drums also or not...

 

I just did all 4 of my calipers up in black. It looks real good. The OEM silver is gay. For the rear drum... DON'T DO A COLOR. Do black. The rear drum will eventually get rusty and look terrible. If you cover it now, it should stay nicer longer.

 

Would it be a problem if I did the back drum in a color and then later down the road if it got rusty then painted over it or will the rust still show through??

 

Naw. With any color, it won't rust. Or at least not alot. But in factory trim it almost definately will. You could do the drum in any color you want. But I think anything but black or MAYBE silver would just look rediculous. That's just my opinion though...

 

yup I just painted all four of mine black...Looks very good.

 

OK now back to the question of what kind of paint to buy...I have seen different kits and such...but what is the best for the best price??

 

I got the Duplicolor one. It's like 15 bnucks maybe? I'm pretty sure I did all 4 with it easily. I did the same thing to my Honda when I had it too. i'm gonna re-touch-up the Cobalt soon, and I'm gonna do the Monte too. That kit gives you everything but sandpaper. But since your car is still pretty new, there shouldn't be much, if any, rust.

 

silver!

 

Go yellow or red.

I am gona go with yellow.

 

If it rusted through the paint once, it will just do it again.

You will have to repaint them every 6 months to keep them looking good.

 

yellow or red would work

 

leave them how they are.

 

Well Guys I just got done painting the calipers and had some fun doung it...I left the drums alone...I painted them RED...It looks pretty good...Sorry I cant get any pics because we sold our Dig camera....I used Duplicolor that I got from O'Reily's it was 18 bucks after taxes and put 3 coats and them....Plenty of paint left over to do 5 more cars...