FragaL

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Thinking of painting my callipers as they look a bit naff so can someone recomend or photoshop some colours to paint them in.

Pic of car....

terzo204

Not you again.....

hall84

cant go wrong with red with white lettering!

lovely cat btw!

j

FragaL

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lol yup me again thinking of getting the paint out one nite this week hehe

Red with white writing sounds good although aint that a bit tricky! lol

Trap2Terrorist

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Here's a vote for red and white lettering from me....



You could try gold though.......

FragaL

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Think im deffo gonna go with the red at the mo, although wouldnt mind someone doing a photoshop of it?

Also any tips for doing the white writing, do you paint all red then go over with white carefully?

Silver Scooby Sport

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Red certainly adds a little colour




This is about the best shot I have of the rear...



I've just got to get around to painting Subaru white now

joey_turbo

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sweet motor. I was thinking red with black writing would look better on yours.

FragaL

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Ok im sold, Red it is Now black or white writing :/

Here's a couple more pics of the car anyways, Ninja system been fitted since pics....

Silver Scooby Sport

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That did not take much selling

I'm going for white lettering when I get around to it as my fog light covers are all white lettering like yours... should match really well.

Very smart looking motor by the way

Trap2Terrorist

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Personally I'd go with red writing.

I painted the caliper red first, two coats all over and 3 in some places. Then when dried I painted the letters using a small piece of cloth twisted to a point. It took a few attempts and some re-application of red to smarten up some of the messy letters.

Looks fine from a few feet away but it is obvious that it's a DIY job if you look closely, well worth doing though

It took ~2 hours per caliper plus drying time between coats. About half a day each inc drying time.

joey_turbo

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This motor gets sweeter.
How comes all the fluid caps are red ? Mine are yellow, reds much nicer

joey_turbo

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I used a touch up pen to detail the writing. Not sure how long it will last uinder braking.

FragaL

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They were primered and painted mate Although not done by me hehe but does look better than the yellow IMO.

shaun.b

YOU CAN GET THE SUBARU DECALS OFF E-BAY, STAND TEMPS UPTO 300F SO THEY SAY IVE GOT SOME JUST NEED NICE WEATHER TO PAINT CALIPERS

Bufty Boy

Personally id go with what the concours boys use and thats gold hammerite smooth. Then finish detailing the letters in black.

Daniel-S

Lovely car

Scoobyslammed

MY98 STi type R... Another vote for the red and white...

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Scooby-doo97

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Very nice mate Did you take em off to paint or leave them on? And how did you do the Subaru lettering?

Cheers!

Elmer Fudpucker

Red will look the naffest,Black will look the cleanest......so easy

you won't want to draw attention to the rears



while the fronts will look 'classy' by comparison to red,I think

FragaL

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Looks nice mate, you may have convinced me! Can I ask where the flaps came from?

Elmer Fudpucker

Glad you approve Fragal,I'm usually right about these matters

but I'm afraid those pics are few years old now and the mudflaps were home made...

frayz

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Nice quality flaps are available from Performance creations on ebay mate for around £55 with all stainless brackets etc.

Elmers brakes did look classy mate. I think the red's too in yer face and would spoil your subtle, pretty car

C8 DHC 04WRX

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for the lettering on my calipers i used a white radiator enamel touch up - you even get a tiny brush in the lid then! did them a couple of months ago + paint not faded/cracked.

bob r

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another vote for black calipers with white lettering. red are naff and are far to " max powerish " red will cheapen the look imo.

Scoobyslammed

Painted them on the car... Subaru lettering off someone on here, had some stickers left over... and the Brembo stickers were off E-bay...

I'd possibly paint standard subaru 4 pots black, as they are alittle small and naff... but, I think the red suits the Brembo's... and stands out nicely... and looks better than the Gold they were...

DannyBoy007

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I painted my old ones with smooth gold hammerite and used a small gloss diy roller to roll over the subaru lettering in black, worked really well. no cracking and lasted for atleast a year before I sold them on.

FragaL

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Ok I have come to a decission.... Black with White lettering it is

Gonna get me some flaps soon too i think, although not sure where to buy. I had a great set from Scott Lowe on my old bugeye although they cost £150 and i didnt really wanna spend that much but dont want a "cheaper" looking pair.

Oh, and i've ordered a P1 splitter for the front to finish it off

Legacyman200

For my blue...red with white lettering...


for your black..yes black with white lettering is great...

Bye

Olivier

joey_turbo

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damn, wish I'd thought of that.