davidwanj

painted my caliper blue last night....it appear to be the wrong color, baby blue looks kinda gay

well, I'll paint it again someday, for now here is how a blue caliper looks like for those who wonder

HolyCross05

haha that does look pretty gay

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

oooohhhh, that does look "off". What brand paint did you use?
Just out of curiosity: why didn't you stop after one caliper? Did you not test a small area first?

XDEEDUBBX

yea, that is pretty gay..maybe you should have waited to post these pix when you have the final product done.

davidwanj

I didn't post to impress anyone, just a warning to all

and to answer jedi....well...one blue is even more gay

XDEEDUBBX

Yea thanks for the warning! hahaha

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

1 caliper = gay+1
4 calipers = gay + 4

Thanks for the warning...

firephoenix

why not try pastel pink or lemony green? mua hahahaha

baseballgenius80

Yeah, even Rosie O'Donnell would say that looks gay. Ellen DeGeneres...what's your opinion?

dtorre

that unique creation sticker looks pretty gay too

XDEEDUBBX

yea it does..haha

slavearm

Wow... I hate to bash... but the calipers and sticker are pretty Fruity.

llzjayarzll

ill try to not be gay like everyone else so ill say that it looks ALRIGHTE ... yea i spelled it with an e. thats right. eat it.

Michael

Mine are also blue, but a bit darker. I'll try and snap some pics but it's storming outside at the moment.

'87 Turbo II

That car says "I take it in the ***". Well it's an Rx-8, so probably just "I pound others in the ***." But still not good either way. Go dark blue and take off the sticker.

NgoRX8

iTrader: (1)

if i saw that it looked nasty on one caliper, i woulda taken sandpaper to it.

Detrich

i'd try to re-do it so the color's a better match. but, i don't think it looks as bad as people here are saying...

L8APEX

the crazy angle picture technique in the third shot, really doesn't have the same effect when taken in the garage.

I am not to keen on the painted stock calipers, especially when the brake pad itself gets painted. To me, if you have colored calipers, they need to look good, I don't want to draw attention to stock calipers, that are not too pleasing to the eye.

DOMINION

Yeah I think that rx-8 looks gay too

Pletchrx8

davidwanj:

When you consider doing your re-painting of the calipers, you may want to consider Duplicolor's anodized blue (a very close color match to the WB paint). I painted mine in October 2005 and the paint has held up well. Here is a link to my prior post showing the calipers on my white 8.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-painting-brake-calipers-17533/page5/

Regards

speeddemon32

didnt read all the post, so sorry if I am repeating... l

looks like it is ford blue... does not go well with your winning blue at all! try another accent color,do you have any other colors you are putting into your car. (like my yellow car has accent colors of blue)

also, one small suguestion... or for me its a much bigger sugestion.

please dont paint the brake pads. it really looks cheesy. looks like you pulled the wheel off and started painting. at least take the time to pull the caliper off and paint JUSt the caliper, or even just the caliper and bracket. but leave the pads black.

I personally painted my calipers with VHT yellow (which matches very well), and painted the brackets flat black. it's up to you. just my .02





EDIT:
just saw the pics from the guy above... that looks awsome! I would do that.

Nick

Also, you have a much higher chance of them looking gay if you use a flash when you take the picture. It will brighten the brighter colors and eliminate any shadows inside the wheel, so you won't really see what it looks like when you are looking at it. When you fix it, take the next picture without the flash and you might get less "that looks gay" comments.

BlueFrenzy

Ehhh ... not the best color choice. Repaint it ... try modelling enamel paint. Inexpensive, easy to use and good durability