Caliper colour

[Aoraki]

Hi all,

I'm considering painting the calipers on my motor before they have chance to get too grubby (7k miles at the mo) using suitable paint and technique.

Now the BIG one, what colour should I go for? The cars in Cubanite Silver and I had considered going for red.

Avialable colours include:- white red silver, black, gold, yellow :bannana: and BR green and optionally leave well alone.

What do the masses out there think?

 

[Howard]

Champagne / Gold, like Brembo ....

 

[wobbly]

Champagne / Gold, like Brembo ....

Not with Cubanite,

Go for Black.

 

[ibrar]

purple

 

[wobbly]

purple

Bright as ever Ibrar

 

[Aoraki]

Thanks for the ideas so far, I'll sleep on it and make a call tomorrow, cheers........

 

[nigel cross]

Black

 

[A-AvantGarde]

Black, we're a conservative lot aren't we

If you've got drilled & grooved discs you could possibly get away with red calipers.

 

[peppernick]

If you're painting over stock sliding calipers, I suggest black or silver.

Red or any louder colours shout BBK wannabe.

 

[Nibbo]

Size matters!
If you have puny little brakes then use black as you dont want to draw attention to them.
However if they are great big macho brakes then maybe silver.

 

[television]

Keep them silver and use EBC pads, that way they all stay clean and nice

 

[R2D2]

I've just done mine black. Photo in gallery.

 

[crockers]

Do you have standard brakes? Or are they sport? i.e. drilled with mercedes logo on front brakes?


As for colour ...why not do each side different...no one sees both together......

 

[Shude]

Champagne / Gold, like Brembo ....

Bronze is the colour you want, like Howard said. Not gold though, there is a subtle difference.

Of course if you do paint them gold then after a month they'll look bronze anyway

 

[jaymanek]

Yellow.... lol only joking... my vote goes to Red.. they would look a subtle flare depending on how much of them you would see through the wheel.

 

[maddog]

I think red is a bit Halfords myself . You will find brembos in a variety of colours anyway but i like the gold , black is user friendly though.

 

[stevesey]

purple

I'm think of deep blue/purple for standard calipers - different, slightly understated and, most importantly, not too halfords.

 

[Aoraki]

Thanks to all who gave input.

Black they will be! Mainly after looking at R2D2's motor, cracking car you have there sir

 

[R2D2]

Thank you kindly! Black looks cool and doesn't show the dirt so much.