hobbsy 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I nearly painted my calipers at the weekend as they look grubby against my wheels, until I saw the photo on the caliper paint packaging which looked a little bit chavvy. What do you lot reckon, was gonna do them red, now im thinking gold or silver if at all? The car is mystic blue btw. Link to post Share on other sites
stu h 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 dunno what to do woth mine -probably just do them in black to tidy them up Link to post Share on other sites
Geastb 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I have a black car and did mine gold - they need re-doing now - i'm going to go for red this time! Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I did mine because they looked tatty... if you dont want them to stand out use silver or black Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 its personal taste really but my opinion (if yuo want it!) is that calipers should only be shown off if they're worth showing off about....so brembos or porka calipers, yeah make them bright colours...but standard vr6 single pots should be kept black. Link to post Share on other sites
Bahnstormer 0 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 3 coats of grey Smoothrite each coat applied before the one before is dry.Looks great ! Link to post Share on other sites
six appeal 53 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I've always had mine silver, just a bugger keeping them that way! Link to post Share on other sites
cliveyp 0 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 i was gonna go with silver on mine when i got round to it. Nice and subtle IMO Link to post Share on other sites
Seademon 0 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 My I did mine silver looks cool with my colour car and the wheels - gave them a good going over with a wire brush and painted them with a glossy silver hammerite - they dont get too dirty, just have to take the wheels off every couple of months to keep em looking fresh! Link to post Share on other sites
Max VR6 0 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 Ive done my standard calipers blue all round, they look like standard R32 brakes now 8) Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 was thinking about chrome for mine, but nah, just end up cleaning them every week. just going to go black now. much easier. Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 chroming calipers! lmao - thats pretty cool actually. go on, i dare you Link to post Share on other sites
stu h 0 Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 i wonder who'll be first in with that one.......*cough* binliner*cough* Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 Link to post Share on other sites
stu h 0 Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 8) shiny Link to post Share on other sites
acf8181 0 Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 chrome platings nice and easy to clean ain't it? not sure how well it would cope with extreme temps tho. Link to post Share on other sites
VRmonster 1 Posted April 21, 2005 Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 my car isnt really going to be cut out fro chromed running gear unfortunately. i dont look after my cars too well so would just end up dirty all the time and a waste of money. would be a nice showpiece tho. lol. Link to post Share on other sites
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