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Old Apr 7, 2006 | 08:56 AM
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Blue calipers on a Ti?

Okay, okay. I know this subject has been beat to death. However, despite searching, I haven't found a picture of a Ti with blue calipers. I'll either go with red w/ Polak's white RX-8 stencil, or blue w/white... if I can see that it looks decent.

I want to use the G2 paint system, and I'm not sure yet about the blue they offer (see below). Anyone think it would look good against the grey? Anyone have pics of this combination? Thanks in advance!
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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 02:47 AM
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blue on TI? idk bro i cant really see the "match" with Grey / blue.

maybe a darker color?
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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 02:59 AM
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Blue might be ok, I used to see a school with grey and blue as their school colors and it looked good to me. I'd suggest white but that'd get dirty so fast...
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Old Apr 8, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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i think it would look good. certainly different from all the other red calipers out there...
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:08 PM
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Please don't. Certain colors just don't belong together.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:11 PM
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I don't think it'll match, but you can go for it if you want.
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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I have black with white letters on my Tit grey... But I also use a purple color tape on my lights on track days and it looks pretty good. Soooooo, I am thinking a light purple or at least a purplish blue. Not sea blue though...
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Old Apr 10, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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Why not just stick blue painters tape over your caliper and see if you like the contrast or not?
http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg....9_1890_7480428

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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jisoo26
Blue might be ok, I used to see a school with grey and blue as their school colors and it looked good to me. I'd suggest white but that'd get dirty so fast...
i would love to have white on my Titanium, but fear on how dirty it would be and just a pain to try to keep clean
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 05:11 PM
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but im not sure about having blue on the calipers. take a pic and have it photoshop. See if you like it.

And if you are still unsure about you can set up a vote on it
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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not sure why everyone is saying blue doesn't match with grey.

detroit lions, dallas cowboys, washington wizards, kansas state?
they all match okay...
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Old Apr 18, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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Yeah, of course blue goes with gray, as Dinhx8 pointed out. I just wasn't sold on the shade of blue from the G2 kit. Also doesn't have the "flash" that red or yellow offer, but it would a nice understated look if the blue was dark enough.
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Old Apr 19, 2006 | 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Dinhx8
not sure why everyone is saying blue doesn't match with grey.
Didn't we Americans have a big war over this about 150 years ago?

Just out of curiousity I did a cheap photoshop of that color on a Ti gray. Its hard to get the exact color off the brake kit photo because of the lighting and reflections, but anyways it might be a bit of an idea.
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Old Apr 19, 2006 | 10:18 AM
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^ looks pretty cool, though i do agree that particular shade of blue isn't the best- maybe slightly lighter or slightly darker...
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Old Apr 19, 2006 | 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue87Sport
Didn't we Americans have a big war over this about 150 years ago?
LOL You're right. I think my school band played a Civil War tribute piece called "The Blue & the Grey".

Originally Posted by Blue87Sport
Just out of curiousity I did a cheap photoshop of that color on a Ti gray. Its hard to get the exact color off the brake kit photo because of the lighting and reflections, but anyways it might be a bit of an idea.
Hey, that's not bad! Thanks for putting that together.
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Old Apr 19, 2006 | 10:43 AM
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i hate the whole idea of painting calipers. I feel that it cheapens the look of the car. Very popular with the honda boys in the mid 1990's.. "If" I would paint them, it would have to match the factory color.
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