View Full Version : Whats a good color to paint calibers


jish54
08-05-2008, 11:31 AM
Just bought a VR sport RX8 and i was wonderin whats a good color to paint the brake calibers does anyone have any sweet pics of VR's with nice calibers?

4 years to Supercharge
08-05-2008, 11:46 AM
Personally if I had a red I would stick to a neutral color. Black - Silver depending on how much you want the calipers to show.

I have seen numerous reds that had red calipers but the downside to that is red is so hard to match and then the red doesn't accent nicely because there is so much red.

G2 paint holds up quite well from what I have heard the G2 is better than the Duplicolor. I have blue G2 on my silver and it has held up quite nice.

Jedi54
08-05-2008, 11:47 AM
go with black and get a red stencil to put RX-8 on there. That would look AWESOME!

check out polak graphics for those decals / stencils. The owner dshiznit is a member here.

NgoRX8
08-05-2008, 12:31 PM
what's caliber? lol

a red bbk would do nicely on a VR.

paulmasoner
08-05-2008, 01:14 PM
black ftmfw

perks11
08-05-2008, 01:21 PM
what's caliber? lol

a red bbk would do nicely on a VR.

I wondered who would say this, i have a velocity red, and color matched the paint at a local paint shop, and it looks awsome.

kersh4w
08-05-2008, 01:25 PM
hot pink.

NgoRX8
08-05-2008, 01:26 PM
I wondered who would say this

yea, haha. i don't usually say it, but i was bored...:eyetwitch

midlifer
08-05-2008, 08:48 PM
I did mine silver for my VR.

Bob

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/midlifer/Car/DSCF0853.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/midlifer/Car/DSCF0850.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/midlifer/Car/DSCF0872.jpg

Ryan2008
08-05-2008, 08:54 PM
I did mine silver for my VR.

Bob

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/midlifer/Car/DSCF0853.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/midlifer/Car/DSCF0850.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i94/midlifer/Car/DSCF0872.jpg

That looks real real nice. Makes me want to paint mine on my VR. I only have 3/4 of one right now though :(

midlifer
08-05-2008, 08:57 PM
That doesn't sound good. What happened?

Razz1
08-05-2008, 09:02 PM
Actually Red looks like crap on VR.

You can't get them to match. The color is so far off you look like a goon with a riced out 8.

Go Black

BRGREEN8
08-05-2008, 09:11 PM
+1 with razz's post.

Rotr8
08-05-2008, 09:18 PM
I have red on my TiGrey and they look like ass from now on its silver or black,,, black FTW...

invasion08
08-05-2008, 09:18 PM
Its calipers.

Rotr8
08-05-2008, 09:25 PM
^^^ lol good catch no one picked up on that,,, invasion FTMFW...

pdxhak
08-05-2008, 11:17 PM
^^^ lol good catch no one picked up on that,,, invasion FTMFW...

http://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php?p=2582990&postcount=4

nuke0907
08-06-2008, 06:11 AM
what's caliber? lol

a red bbk would do nicely on a VR.

Calibers are ugly. just take a look.

http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/7/1/T/ag_2007_Dodge_Caliber_se.jpg

PBlue
08-06-2008, 07:38 AM
Black is pretty classic.
you can do something wild though, if you want. but dont overdo it.
every car is allowed one "piece of flair"
if you have two or more, it is rice. a black car w. red calipers is fine.
a white car. blue calipers is fine.
a blue car w. yellow or green is pretty neat too...
just dont then get stripes to match the calipers, then match the strakes, then some stickers, a bigger wing, wheels covered in rivets, a hood scoop, some carbon magnet vents, vortex fins, also more stickers....
sigh...

Lil_Gato
08-06-2008, 10:30 AM
I just had my calipers painted yellow... I wanted something that stuck out alot!