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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:50 AM
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what color should my caliper's be

metry gray rx8, debadge, black oem 5 spoke wheels, 20% tint

i think i have a choice from red black blue orange and yellow.

what do you guys think and why?

i'm goin for a stealthy look, but then again red calipers look nice
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:54 AM
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black
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 03:04 AM
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Definitely do not do red. Then you look like wanna be stoptechs. Just stick with black for stock brake calipers.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 06:05 AM
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Red looks AWESOME together with dark rims... If you don't want them to be as flashy as red ones, definitely go black.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 07:03 AM
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I like red, but I agree, it's a bit flashy. Black's a good choice for your "stealth" look
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 07:26 AM
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If your really going for some kind of sleeper stealth look, you should have kept your cool 40th wheels and not debadged. Then if you have any real performance upgrades, you could surprise people. <--Not an endorsement of stupid street racing, BTW. But maybe you mean something different by "stealth"? What kind of "look" are you going for, exactly?
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:39 AM
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Somehow red does not strike me as stealthy.

Of the colors you list, black would be best. But black behind black wheels seems a little redundant - like using the same word twice in the same sentence. Can you do gray, to match the car's body color?

Ken
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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who cares, get a CAI intake
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ferg
who cares, get a CAI intake
What color should he paint that?
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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lol pink
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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Question:
Originally Posted by always.anthony
what color should my caliper's be


Answer:
what ever color you want them to be.


although: if you wanted stealth, why are ORANGE and RED even options?!
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 06:58 PM
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i needed black wheels, i'm trading them for powder coated oem 5 spoke ones, i'll keep those till i save like 700 dollars then i'll get black ultraleggera's.
very expensive to get 40th's wheels powder coated, and i don't want to deal with a bad paint job done by my self.

all black car, with clack wheels, looks very very "stealthy", throw on red calipers it's still stealthy while still looking sporty.

no cai for me, just k&n drop in.

all badges off cept for the 40th ones...for now...should i debadge those?

its a minor detail, the calipers, so they could be lime green and still not stand out.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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you could do silver or alluminum. I don't think that was one of the colors you posted earlier, but I know you can buy that color in caliper paint.

if not, go black

edit: I have mine in duplicolor blue, there's an album I made so if you want to see what it looks like check it out
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:15 PM
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Paint them each a different color
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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^lol that would be some gangster *** rainbow bright right derrrr

Black and if your going to paint them do not, DO NOT paint your pads too lol that just looks like a 12 year old did them well you sat back and drank beer.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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^lol that would be some gangster *** rainbow bright right derrrr

Black and if your going to paint them do not, DO NOT paint your pads too lol that just looks like a 12 year old did them well you sat back and drank beer.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ferg
who cares, get a CAI intake
Would you use your PIN number at an ATM machine to get money for that CAI intake?
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 12:25 AM
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Gold :-D
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 12:54 AM
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oh i didnt catch that haha

black, red,or silver.

narrowed it down to 3.

red matches interior, looks nice, but looks ricey in the manner of imitating.
black goes well with the theme but is redundant
silver idk but was a good suggestion, but i want no chrome on the car, so i think i'll have to pass on silver idk.
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Descent
Would you use your PIN number at an ATM machine to get money for that CAI intake?
sure lol,
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 10:10 PM
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just got my new rims, will post pics soon, about to pass out.

its really hard. i have the 40th, so red interior. i don'tknow what to do ah im tired.

but the rims look good, i'm staggered now because i couldn't afford new tires.

pics very soon, and now i need lug nut, and air pressure thingy ideas too
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