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Old 17 March 2010, 08:53 AM
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ok so following on from having new discs+pads fitted i've painted my calipers Matt Black to match my alloys.
was just wanting peoples opinions on what colour i should go with on the Subaru lettering on the caliper??
my choices are RED to match the stripe on the alloy
or stick with WHITE??
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Old 17 March 2010, 09:11 AM
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RED!!!
Old 17 March 2010, 09:13 AM
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how about makign the subaru on them red and leaving the rest black as they are?
Old 17 March 2010, 09:50 AM
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red lettering would look great, good job so far.
Old 17 March 2010, 10:17 AM
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which matt black paint did you use
Old 17 March 2010, 11:38 AM
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Red
Old 17 March 2010, 11:46 AM
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red letters to match the wheels
Old 17 March 2010, 12:26 PM
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Cheers for your input guys
I opted to go with RED

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hope you like it,i admit not perfect but i'm happy
Old 17 March 2010, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by wayno
which matt black paint did you use
Hi Mate

I just used matt black paint in a spray can from halfords

Nick.
Old 17 March 2010, 12:29 PM
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that looks better
Old 18 March 2010, 01:46 PM
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Cheers
Old 18 March 2010, 01:52 PM
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Nice, any pics from further away.
Old 18 March 2010, 02:03 PM
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I'd have just left them all black. Nice to see something different though.
Old 18 March 2010, 03:16 PM
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I'm doing mine soon and plan to paint them, then go over the raised letters with needle files, then wet n dry, then autosol, done s set of alcon's on my last car like that and they looked great and stayed shiny a lot longer then I expected
Old 18 March 2010, 03:30 PM
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i liked em plain black
Old 18 March 2010, 08:18 PM
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I liked them plain black too. Still look great though.

I painted mine matt black also but used "High temp" paint as i feared normal paint would burn off.
Old 18 March 2010, 08:22 PM
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looks great imo the red letters really tie in the wheels.........
Old 18 March 2010, 08:37 PM
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red and black looks good with the wheels
Old 18 March 2010, 11:07 PM
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looks good
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