I have a nordic green 8 and am thinking about painting the calipers. I want to get some chrome rims soon, any ideas on a color for the calipers?

 

Gloss black would look good

 

I was trying to think of something a with a little more eye appeal, you know something thats going to get me MORE attention. Thanks though

 

Red ?


I'm not sure what would look good with the green..

 

Mine are green

 

Green is a difficult color. I would try silver, chrome, or gunmetal (although it's not as eye-catching). You should put in a photoshop request for a nordic green 8 with chrome wheels and varying caliper colors. That should make the decision easier. Hope that helps.

Kenneth

 

How do I go about putting a request in to photoshop? I've got a few ideas I'd like to check out. Thanks

 

I would think a Sliver would go best with a black "Rx-8" done into the paint. Check out my stencils at

www.polakgraphics.com/caliperstencils.html

And this thread:

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=20636

 

I think if you go with anything other than black, silver, gunmetal, or maybe gold (this one is iffy) it's going to look garish. However, I think chrome wheels are garish and don't belong on sportscars so we obviously have very different taste...

Nice work with the graphics Polak, they look good.

 

I think bronze, like the Brembos might work.

 

Actually, Bronze Volks would look sweet on the Nordic :D

 

why not just get real brembos? I agree with Ike on this one, chrome rims are tacky. Painted calipers, tacky as well. Sorry but thats just my opinion. Get the real deal

 

I'm seriously considering painting my calipers dark purple. It think it would look really nice on the green. And unlike some, I think the chrome rims are gorgeous on the car. If I ever have money again, I'm looking into getting a set.

 

Wow, purple? Definitely get someone to photoshop that before you do something drastic!

 

I'd go black or, if you can find a good match, green.

Hey, you can always try yellow. Might be cool...

-Eric

 

When I get a chance I'm gonna do black w/ silver "RX-8." Pretty much what Polak stated only inverted.

-JiM

 

Im going with silver on my calipers.....Same color as I painted my rotors.

 

I've got all the materials to do exactly that on my Titanium 8. PoLak delivered the stencils via USPS in less than 36 hours. Now I've got to find the time to do the job. Will post pictures when I'm done but it may be a few weeks.

Craig

 

Cobalt,

Check out this thread:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...ight=photoshop

This thread is probably more in line with what you want:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...light=calipers

The first thread is a bunch of crazy photoshops, they are funny so you should check them out.

Post a picture of a green RX8 and ask someone to change the caliper colors to the ones you want. You don't necessarily have to post your own picture of a green 8, but it's just curteous so that whoever does the photoshop for you doesn't have to search for one. I thought of gold calipers also, but it seems a little far out there. However, I think the right hue and saturation of gold could be what you're looking for. I'm not very experienced with photo-editing but I may give it a shot for you later if I have time.

Kenneth

 

OK Cobalt, this is the best I could do. It should give you an idea of what someone who is good with photoshop could do. I tried the other colors (purple included) but I was no good with them. It's a pic of Elara's RX-8 so I hope she doesn't mind.

 

Gold, I think a darker gold would be better, but I had trouble with the darker colors.


EDIT:: I forgot you wanted chrome wheels so if you can find a high definition picture of a nordic green 8 with chrome wheels, that would help make a much better photoshop.

 

Those turned out pretty good. I'll search for a high def picture of a Nordic 8 with chrome, probably not going to be easy to find but I'll try. Thanks

 

See, I told you yellow might be nice. :D

-Eric

 

I bought some red engine paint. I think I"m going to apply it by brush, like I read in a diff forum. That way looks a lot easier. I also bought some NXT so I'll start working on that.

 

Cobalt,

I don't know if you read this in one of the other threads, but's it's also a good idea to paint the area where the rust gathers near the rotors. I plan to do all of this next week when I go home for spring break. My 8 is silver so I'm going to paint the rusted area and my calipers silver or black. Most likely, I'll pain the rusted area silver, the calipers black, and then stencil the RX-8 logo onto the calipers and maybe even on the rusted part in silver and black respectively. I haven't decided yet, but I think it's a good idea.
Anyway, good luck.

-Kenneth