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Old 05-28-2010, 02:16 PM
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Default Brake calipers: Should I paint?

So I am going to do the brakes on my brothers mach when it gets out of the shop. It has black bullitts on it and I think it would look cool to paint the calipers light blue think it would look cool with Tokico HP blue shocks/struts. What do you guys think?
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Old 05-28-2010, 03:07 PM
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What color is the Mach?
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Old 05-28-2010, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by lizzyfan
What color is the Mach?
this paint it to match the car.
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Old 05-28-2010, 03:33 PM
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Azure blue, and he just had to put $3500 into it so I'm doing this for him and I'm trying to keep it fairly cheap. Matching the paint could get expensive, and I found a light blue brake caliper paint that looks pretty similar.
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OR you could paint it flat black to match the stripes and wing .... bah but you said he had black rims so nvm
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Old 05-28-2010, 03:37 PM
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Ya black rims otherwise I would say black with chrome rims. He had an 04' GT yellow that got totaled out with the black rims on it and yellow calipers and it looked awesome when you were driving next to it. I was thinking of using duplicolor caliper paint which is cheap and I have heard it works great.
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Old 05-28-2010, 08:19 PM
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it does work well.
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Old 05-31-2010, 06:58 PM
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Dont paint them, it will flake off eventually and look like crap...
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Originally Posted by Fstanggt96
Dont paint them, it will flake off eventually and look like crap...
+1... agreed
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^^^unless he stays on top of the paint^^^ I think painted calipers look great assuming the right color is used.
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