I have seriously been thinking of painting my calipers. While red looks okay, I think yellow on my silver would look cool, or maybe some other color (maybe gold). But, before I do it, I was hoping someone had some pics of their car (or a good photoshop), preferably Sunlight Silver. I've seen only one with yellow so far on this forum and it's green, and a couple blues with blues calipers. Thanks in advance.

 

Yellow with Yellow, some pics in the post below.

https://www.rx8club.com/showpost.php...2&postcount=24

 

I would paint them blue

 

I like the yellow on yellow. Those rims look good...unique idea. People would love you here. Just slap a magnetic Tigerhawk on the hood and you could be the official car of the Iowa Hawkeyes.

 

I myself am ready to paint my calipers, going Blue or Yellow on my Blue RX-8, I'd love to see pics.

 

I'd say go with yellow...seeing as that's the color I'm likely to go with. I think it would look great on a blue 8.

 

Anyone????? Beuller????

 

I'm painting my calipers BLACK on my Titanium this weekend. I have 7% tint so I want to go for the black-on-grey look.

 

Ive seen very nice silver painted calipers on a sinlight silver car. WOW was it nice. I dont know what kind of silver it was, but man it was nice.

 

I personally am fond of silver. Nice and clean look. Duplicolor brake caliper paint kit in silver found at your local auto store. ***yeah, yeah, I know... clear corners...***

 

I like the gold with darker colored cars.....I did mine in gold and they turned out really nice.....I dont think any other color would go well with black cherry.

 

Michael ... blue on blue is great! I'm not so sure about the yellow on blue though.

Here's what mine looks like. I used a high temperature enamel paint (Metallic Sapphire). It's actually the stuff that you would use to paint model cars (Testors) but you have to make sure that it's the paint that can withstand firing in a kiln. The second pic gives a more accurate representation of what it actually looks like.

 

Honestly, I don't know why everyone gets a boner for clear corners. I'm not planning on changing mine. I like the stock ones better. I guess the clear ones just make me think of all the civics (the ones where the stereo is worth more than the car) I've seen with "euro style" tail lights and cheap clear corners that don't fit right...Not that the ones for the 8 are cheap by any means.

The more and more I think about it, the more I think I will just boldly go where it seems no one else has gone and just paint the calipers yellow. I thought about silver, but I want more contrast. I'll probably get the G2 kit.

 

The reason I like clear corners is because it keeps the coloring scheme consistent (mine is grey / black / white...orange just looks out of place), and it's less eye-catching. If you glance at a car with stock corners, your eyes are almost *drawn* towards the orange...ewwwww IMO.

 

I've seen yellow on silver...you won't be a pioneer

 

Dammit. Are there any pics on the forum? I did a search, but no dice.
And about the clear corners...I'm pickin up what you're layin down, but I suppose I prefer the way they look on my car (silver).

 

Anyone have pics of a Titanium with silver or blue painted calipers? I wanna do mine and I can't decide which would look better.

 

I say do the callipers in silver and then mask out an RX-8 logo and paint it glossy black.

That'd be hot :D. I want to do that to my Winning Blue (silver w/ blue logo though).

 

I used G2 black and "mazda" hi-temp decal right on top.

 

Black looks very nice... I did silver on my other can but with all the brake dust it tends to get duller and not look as nice over time...

 

Why would anyone paint their calipers other than Red?

Everyone knows Red is Hot and it make your car go faster.

Actually, a nice Green on the Green Mazda would look nice.