Painting calipers
Oct 4, 2007 | 01:30 PM
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Painting calipers
Hi guys
Thinking of spraying my brake calipers but dont know which colour to go for? was thinking of silver/white, What colour do you think would suit my car?
Could somebody please photoshop my calipers in a few different colours in the pics below. thanks
from a distance
Oct 4, 2007 | 06:28 PM
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So what colour do you think i should do them guys?
Oct 4, 2007 | 08:09 PM
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Oct 4, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Red with white lettering.
Black with white lettering,
Dark blue with white lettering.
Red's best though.
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Oct 5, 2007 | 12:23 AM
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Red with white lettering
Not a great photo... but hope it helps
Oct 5, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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i do like the look of those red calipers
Oct 5, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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They even look OK on a red car
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Oct 5, 2007 | 09:47 AM
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nice
my son just did the calipers red on paint, what you think??
Oct 5, 2007 | 10:01 AM
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I always paint them red on my cars.
Oct 5, 2007 | 10:25 AM
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Oct 5, 2007 | 11:19 AM
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Red it is then?
Off you go and buy some Smoothrite red, some Smoothrite white, a small brush, (try a model shop, B&Q etc charge silly prices), and some Hammerite thinners.
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Oct 5, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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What about Black with white lettering?
Lovin it!
Oct 5, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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they are already black so i want to go for something different
Oct 5, 2007 | 01:59 PM
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I'm going to do mine this month, black with white wrighting.
Are you taking them off the car to do or leaving them on?
Oct 5, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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well i want to take them off but dont have a clue how to
Oct 5, 2007 | 03:28 PM
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If you take them off you will have to re-bleed the system. Its it the best way though im afraid especially when your doing the writing
Oct 5, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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well in that case i will just leave them on when painting them, much easier
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Do them red with white lettering!!
To do the lettering and not mess up the red caliper uv just done get a little square of mdf or soft wood and dipp it into the white paint and 'dab' the block of wood onto the lettering on the caliper and itll work a treat
Oct 5, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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From: Cambs
sounds good, thanks for the tip mate
Oct 8, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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Oct 10, 2007 | 08:31 PM
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nice
Oct 17, 2007 | 09:42 PM
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Update? How fiddly was it to do?
Oct 18, 2007 | 08:33 AM
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