Niro

I have a nordic green rx8 and I'm trying to decide what color to paint my calipers. I like red but I don't know how that will look with NG...what do you guys think??

Jaguar_MBA

1st choice Gold.....
2nd choice Blue.....

Red & green car = Christmas Colors
Green car and Yellow....maybe but not certain I just don't think Green and Yellow go well together.

Styjan

I think silver calipers would look nice w/ green.

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

Silver or a metallic black would probably look good.

VooDoo

Silver...

kmg1186

silverrr

Mazdax605

Copper or Bronze may look good as well.I have been think of what color would look good on my Nordic green as well.Is painting these calipers a fairly easy operation?Do you have to disconnect them from the lines to do it or can you just unbolt them from their perches?

Niro

I dunno how easy it is...I was thinking of telling the guys at pep boys to paint it for me when I go for the oil change.

VooDoo

GOOD LORD NOOOOOOOO! Duplicolor has a kit. Do it in your driveway...

truemagellen

goood lord nooooooooo I'd never get my oil changed at pep boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


as for caliper color

Purple Purple Purple...did I say purple? :p

XDEEDUBBX

Leave it alone! Painting calipers is toy! It falls into the civic category..sorry

Photic

totally run with chartreuse.

Niro

Yea but right now it looks like *** with the rusted rotors...people think I've had my two week old car for years with the way those rotors look...I HAVE to paint those damn things! Might as well do the calipers too.

truemagellen

you are kidding right xdeed?

cleaning the corrosion off and protecting the caliper from the elements can't hurt

but most importantly I don't think Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, and any car over 50K falls into the Civic category

Shazoom

Yellow is THE color for all things RX8

truemagellen

for evidence:

Go48

Silver, and paint the rusty rotors and hubs at the same time. Silver looks more OEM in my opinion which is what I like.

apotocki

I have a Nordic Green and painted mine SILVER. I also did the rotors at the same time.

As POPS said, SILVER maintains the OEM look while adding a bit of 'class' to the wheel area without looking too bold. It also goes well with strakes and the general scheme of the car.

Go buy the Duplicolor Kit and DIY!

sandia8

:p Rust - of course

foxman

Gold

rotten42

I'm with you on this one...I think a metallic silver would look best.

XDEEDUBBX

ok sorry, let me rephrase myself. I just don't think it looks good when painting calipers. My first car (1994 sentra SE-R), I painted the calipers on it. At first it looked cool but when i thought about it, it started to look kinda cheap. After that i painted them gloss black, which was much better. It's just my biased opinion.

Niro

Hey apotocki or anybody with NG and silver or black calipers...do you guys have pics you can post?

Thanks


Niro

rodrigo67

I got a black, but I was finally convinced by a NG with yellow calipers...

Very easy. The calipers are 2 piece with the top and bottom both held on by a bolt. Remove the bottom bolt and lossen the top one and that piece will swing right up and you'll have easy access to the whole thing. Remove the brake pads and paint away. Mine took all day using the duplicolor because I gave lots of time to dry.

check out this diy:

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-painting-brake-calipers-22567/

just don't rush and it'll come out fine...

mjcampb

Sorry 'bout the rusty discs, washed the car yesterday and haven't driven it yet to get the rust off. Anyway here are some pics, calipers are glossy black. They look better of course out in the sun. Forget what I used, think it was the brush on duplicote.