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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 12:56 PM
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Painting the inner rotor and calipers. Ideas/thoughts on color?

So, I've finally had enough of looking at the rust on both. I'm thinking of painting them black or silver but wanted to get some more opinions on how I should paint them and also what color. My RX8 is a 2005 Shinka (see pics). First pic is the car and the second shows how bad the rust has gotten on the inner part of the roto and calipers. Anyway, thanks for any feedback/thoughts!
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 01:17 PM
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black. The less they stand out the less ridiculous it looks when you are running OEM calipers.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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Hi, mines LY, and I'll be painting them black.
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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Check the DIY forum for how to paint calipers. It's cheap and easy, and looks great in the end
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 01:55 PM
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blue for the caliper
silver or black for rotor
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Old Aug 30, 2013 | 02:13 PM
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op my 8 is black and i painted my dust shields, calipers+brackets, and rotor hats black and purple. that combo would look good on your bcm
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 01:25 PM
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Thanks for the thoughts/advice!
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 04:45 PM
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On that body and wheel colour I would go silver for both. Nice and clean, without clashing with the body. Purple is hard to match and other colours will stand out too much, IMO.
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Old Aug 31, 2013 | 07:11 PM
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G2 will match your paint code, but I'm going with black (on Nordic Green) because, as Paimon said, it cleans up the equipment without creating an ostentatious look. It looks like it could have come from the factory like that.
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Old Sep 1, 2013 | 08:23 PM
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If i paint mine, it'll be red.
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