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Painting Calipers?

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Old 11-19-2008, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by SaddleUp
I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one....the gt500 has Brembo's on it and I still like my pink calipers better


And to the OP's question....it is not hard at all to paint your brake calipers. I disassembled the brake calipers and pad from the the rotors so I wouldn't get paint all over the place. I used brush-on caliper paint and didn't have any brush strokes either. I do have a few pink dots on my garage floor now....
adds a lil character to the garage, i have red spots on mine too. They look great!

I think most agree that after painting they look 100x better than the stock gray/silver blah. Red and black always look good

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Old 11-19-2008, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 05 Mustang
Saddle, I never could have imagined pink calipers on a mustang, but after seeing them time & time again on your car, I think they really look good!
Thank you!
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Old 11-19-2008, 02:24 PM
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I think red is a great accent on a black car and black just makes then disappear, which is ok if thats what you want.

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Old 11-19-2008, 02:57 PM
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well it sounds like red is the way to go. i never planned on doing black since then they just disappear. so it was between red and yellow (since it wiuld be different and unique and possibly still look good with the wheels i have) Unless of course yellow would stick out too much and not look as good. Any opnions on yellow vs. red?

Btw, could someone photoshop my calipers with both red and yellow so i could see what they look like? Thx.
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Old 11-19-2008, 03:06 PM
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I still say if you're going to scrutinize the details to this degree, then you should REALLY get rid of the ORANGE turn signals.. the red calipers will match the red markers on rear though!

It's beoming a pet peeve of mine when I see S197s with orange turn signals clashing with the car's color even in MAGAZINES!
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:04 PM
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I say black. Mine were red then I repainted them black. I replaced the clear corners with smoked when I repainted the calipers even though with the flash from the camera you can't tell.
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by iROK24/7
It's beoming a pet peeve of mine when I see S197s with orange turn signals clashing with the car's color even in MAGAZINES!

Hehe....I think these "orange" signals seem to go with the flow...
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Old 11-19-2008, 04:22 PM
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LOL!

Saddle, of COURSE when they MATCH the color of the CAR..! I'm talkin' bout non-ORANGE cars! I know you were kiddin'..hee hee!
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Old 11-19-2008, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by iROK24/7
I still say if you're going to scrutinize the details to this degree, then you should REALLY get rid of the ORANGE turn signals.. the red calipers will match the red markers on rear though!

It's beoming a pet peeve of mine when I see S197s with orange turn signals clashing with the car's color even in MAGAZINES!
+100000000000

I think one of the edgiest things you can do to a stang, especially a dark-colored one, is switch in clear or smoked turn markers.
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Old 11-19-2008, 05:18 PM
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red always stands out and looks good.
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