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Old 04 October 2007, 01:30 PM
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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



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Old 04 October 2007, 06:28 PM
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So what colour do you think i should do them guys?
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Old 04 October 2007, 08:09 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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Red with white lettering



Not a great photo... but hope it helps
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i do like the look of those red calipers
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They even look OK on a red car

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nice my son just did the calipers red on paint, what you think??

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I always paint them red on my cars.
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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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What about Black with white lettering?



Lovin it!
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they are already black so i want to go for something different
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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?
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well i want to take them off but dont have a clue how to
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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
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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
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sounds good, thanks for the tip mate
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Update? How fiddly was it to do?
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