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Old 13-05-2005, 12:18 PM   #1
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I'm getting new brakes put on, and wanna know what colour i should paint the calipers.

They are red at the moment, but it's out of these:

- Red
- Black
- Blue

My car is silver, so i was leaning towards black or a blue type of colour. My interior colour, is/will be a Black/White/Burgandy colour scheme, so i don't think red will fit too well. Plus i take it as a try hard brembo thing.
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Old 13-05-2005, 12:22 PM   #2
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I'm getting new brakes put on, and wanna know what colour i should paint the calipers.

They are red at the moment, but it's out of these:

- Red
- Black
- Blue

My car is silver, so i was leaning towards black or a blue type of colour. My interior colour, is/will be a Black/White/Burgandy colour scheme, so i don't think red will fit too well. Plus i take it as a try hard brembo thing.
Throw the cans of paint in the air and see which one lands first

Nah, just get a photochop done of the colours and see what appeals.
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Old 13-05-2005, 12:25 PM   #3
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could go "queer guy for the straight guy" and get fuchia! :
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Old 13-05-2005, 12:39 PM   #7
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The casper range of make-overs. Own tools not required. Muhaha!!!
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:08 PM   #8
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The casper range of make-overs. Own tools not required. Muhaha!!!
LOL, I havent even painted my brakes. If I do it will be black.
I doubt I ever will though, I cant see how it will make my car faster
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Old 13-05-2005, 01:39 PM   #9
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How about silver? Or a dark metallic grey (eg meteorite)? It would look classy without being overly obvious. You do not need to paint brakes with special paint even though some will tell you that you need high temp paint - you don't. If you're brakes ever get that hot, then the paint peeling is the last thing you will need to worry about - stopping being the first thing that will be on your mind!

So you could go any colour in the Holts duplicolour paint can range. One large can will do all four calipers twice. A coat of alloy wheel clear coat will help keep them nice and clean - you could use normal clear coat, but the alloy wheel clear coat is supposed to be more resistant to brake dust stains etc.

BTW - my brakes are red on the blue XR, and Blue on the black wagon.
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Thanks guys, thanks JC for that... keep the suggestions comming.

I'm thinking i might follow Sylox, and go blueprint maybe.
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Thanks guys, thanks JC for that... keep the suggestions comming.

I'm thinking i might follow Sylox, and go blueprint maybe.
Cant beat the look of the premium calipers painted in blueprint:hihi:

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Cant beat the look of the premium calipers painted in blueprint:hihi:

Exactly, they look the goods Sylox. Definately similar to how i'll be painting the calipers on my new car. ;)
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Theres a caliper specific paint you could buy, comes in a kit form with a caliper cleaning agent & an epoxy type paint.
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Out of the three, go blue.. every man and his dog has got red, plus the blue will go real nice with the silver.
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Again Blue is the go....it will go faster and the brake dust will fly off hehe
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davway... whats the prob with red brakes? i reckon they look sick!
I painted mine fire engine RED.
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davway... whats the prob with red brakes?
no problem with red brakes at all, if they left the factory like that. red from the factory means Performance Calipers. painting them red yourself doesnt.
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and so does another 500000 people. be different and then you will stand out.
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no problem with red brakes at all, if they left the factory like that. red from the factory means Performance Calipers. painting them red yourself doesnt.
what about black calipers? (as seen on the premium brake package optional on BA) or blue calipers? (standard on GT, F6 and Pursuit)
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what about black calipers? (as seen on the premium brake package optional on BA) )
Hi GlennXRT ( or others ),
Can you remember if the rear calipers were also black or was it just the front ?, i have just landed a BA with the upgraded brakes and yes they have the black up front with the white ford logo in them which looks ok, but the rears are unpainted, and was wondering if this was normal, no real problems with that as i will piaint them to match.
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i agree with the metallic black - that'd be sick!
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Go a nice royal blue Lindsay, like the FPV blue.
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Old 13-05-2005, 04:11 PM   #24
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red brake calipers should be banned if they didnt come like that from the factory. so sick of seeing them on every car.
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black or leave them.. painted calipers are yesterdays news imho... Everyone has done it, it has lost the 'impact' the red brembos had...
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blue or black will match silver the best. I've done the brakes on both our cars red, but on the AU it doesn't really suit so i'll be doing them gloss black soon.
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Mine are painted VHT Blue. What ever that is. The tickford wings are white and the "T" is red.
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Mine are painted VHT Blue. What ever that is.
I rekon it would prolly be blue _2:

Got new calipers in yesterday, so I will be painting them OFF the car this time.. Not red, haven't decided on colour just yet.

As stated in this post...

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no problem with red brakes at all, if they left the factory like that. red from the factory means Performance Calipers. painting them red yourself doesnt.and so does another 500000 people. be different and then you will stand out.
So really my current red scheme setup with the single spot just don't cut it any more.. Unless I was driving a Mini.. actually I think the Cooper S actually has bigger brakes.. :
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Mine are painted VHT Blue. What ever that is. The tickford wings are white and the "T" is red.
The vht means very high temperature i think! I've got a can of their black lying around.

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