Caliper paint color help

[taysgt]

I need help choosing a caliper color, My two theme colors are silver and black, but my rims have a lil gold cap on them, Iam planing on blacking out my car and getting tint, black eyebrow, and black overlays , so should I go with black, silver or gold calipers, I want them to stick out so Iam leaning with either gold or high gloss silver, and i want somthing unique any other ideas

[Big Joe]

I'd do black.

[tenspeed]

If you want them to be noticed, go with silver. It a bear to keep clean.

[taysgt]

If i did high gloss black and cleared them would they still stand out

[55will87]

Red calipers are always my favorite

[sudden_impulse]

You could paint them gloss black and use silver to put either "Pontiac" or "Grand Am" on them with a stencil of some sort. Not sure how hard it'd be, but I think it'd stick out that way.

[taysgt]

How about gloss black then highlight the part of the calipers that stick out

[westtexastiger]

Originally posted by sudden_impulse
You could paint them gloss black and use silver to put either "Pontiac" or "Grand Am" on them with a stencil of some sort. Not sure how hard it'd be, but I think it'd stick out that way.

Kick ass idea. I like that one.

[car audio dave]

do this, would fit your car nicely:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/2/web/482000-482999/482117_326_full.jpg

[taysgt]

i bought some black caliper paint tonight

[car audio dave]

cool.

i was actually referring to the corvette calipers. :lol: but black caliper paint is cool too.

[coupe]

Originally posted by 55will87
Red calipers are always my favorite


Me too, no matter the color of the car or *theme* red always looks great.

[Bouchie11982]

id do gold. gold and black are a nice theme

[XoticGA]

I can't stand red calipers on anything but a red car... I like them to match.. either the color of the car.. or the secondary color you've chosen

[Mirage85]

Originally posted by 55will87
Red calipers are always my favorite

I couldnt agree more, makes them really stand out.

[car audio dave]

red calipers only belong on a red car, or if they are aftermarket calipers that come in red. i dont see a point in doing red stock calipers if they dont match the car.

yes i know, im hipocritical since my stock grand am calipers were red, but i fixed that. i am doing red corvette calipers on my camaro soon, but the car is red.

[coupe]

Thats just it though, calipers are the one thing that dont have to match the car or the theme at all and still look amazingly awsome.

[Mirage85]

Originally posted by coupe
Thats just it though, calipers are the one thing that dont have to match the car or the theme at all and still look amazingly awsome.

Exactly, they are nice little accents that dont over power other features of the car.


Like my car for example... its black, and red calipers really make the car stand out as a whole. If they were black to match the body, it just wouldn't POP as much.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/2332000-2332999/2332463_32_full.jpg

[coupe]

Originally posted by Mirage85
Exactly, they are nice little accents that dont over power other features of the car.


Like my car for example... its black, and red calipers really make the car stand out as a whole. If they were black to match the body, it just wouldn't POP as much.

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/4/web/2332000-2332999/2332463_32_full.jpg


They wouldnt *pop* at all

[XoticGA]

so red would look good here?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/xoticneon/100-0010_IMG.jpg

[coupe]

Yes it would

[XoticGA]

:hmmm: I wish you wouldn't tempt me.. I have red caliper paint at home :lol:

[Mirage85]

Originally posted by XoticGA
:hmmm: I wish you wouldn't tempt me.. I have red caliper paint at home :lol:


DO IT!!!! If not red, then do Blue to match your blue accents. The good thing is, almost any color goes with black, especially if its only black and that one other color.

[XoticGA]

That what I was going to do originally.. but I hate not knowing if the blue is really going to match...

[coupe]

If you dont like it you can always repaint them a different color.

[carfreak666]

Here is mine.. gives you another view of a Black car with Read Calipers on stock wheels

[westtexastiger]

I like the thought of red calipers, but I don't know how they'd look on my Teal GA SE. I don't want people to think it's a "Christmas-colored" car.

[taysgt]

Yea still going with black and silver sorry not into the red

[westtexastiger]

Originally posted by taysgt
Yea still going with black and silver sorry not into the red

To each his own, I suppose. That color combo does sound cool to me, though. When you get it done, we'd love some pics to see how it turned out.

[VanishingImage]

Yea I think red is common color to use but because it makes the brakes stand out a little bit. I just got cross-drilled rotors but don't have any color. Ive got a white and blue scheme(all white on the exterior though) so Im going with red paint for the calipers. Black is good too though but if you want to stand a little bit black won't help,it'll just make the wheel area look darker unless you do something like Dave did and Put in Pontiac or Grand Am as accents