PistolPete-RX8

I want to paint my calipers on my black 8. I'm leaning towards painting them red because it will match my interior. I'll prob. also get the heat resistant decals to put on. Should I paint them red or should I use another color? I've done this on many cars before and always like the results. I usually use high heat engine paint. Should I buy caliper paint? Isn't this a powder coat type finish? If you have any pics please post them so I can check it out.

Thanks,
Pete

Kel Rx8

i think red or blk
i did mine but might take the caliper out and powder coat them this fall/winter.
i always use engine paint-it can be found at pep boys & auto zone.it has a big block engine
on the cover, i have maybe done 10 sets of calipers with this stuff.on my car i finished
it off with polakgraphics i got some mazdaspeed decals.i painted the calipers and then put the decals on no problems all the letters are there and it doesn look like its dripping.

Kel Rx8

oh yeah check out polakgraphics for some nice pixs

shelleys_man_06

How about gold like the G35C's Brembos.

mysql101

red works well because of the tail lights being red.

mysql101

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PistolPete-RX8

I think I'm most def. going to paint them red. I just need to find the right shade of red. When I had my 300ZX I had an orangy red that I wasn't crazy about. I want something deeper for this car. I've always used engine paint in the past but saw caliper-specific paint somewhere and it was suppossed to have the same look as powdercoating. I think I might try this stuff.

takahashi

Yellow?

Just kidding. How about the MazdaSpeed blue colour on their brake pads?

mspeed11

gold not brimbo gold but top-secrit gold:D . . . . . . .mmmmmm

cgrx

I've seen those - I'm not quite sure what I think about them.....

Cobalt_RX

I was thinking about red, but with mine being green I think I would be supporting X-mas a little to much, so now I'm thinking about going with orange.

shelleys_man_06

You of all people should know I love GOOOOOOOOOOLD!

irish8

I'm going gold on my 8. Like the Brembo's. Good taste Shelley's.....I think the gold on the black exterior will look classy. Heck, I did'nt buy the car to be the same as everyone else. But you know.....red looks good also.

I'll post pic's once done......

- Irish

Soundave

Hey Pete, if you want to see how red looks with a black 8, just check out this thread and scroll a few posts down. I was happy with the results.

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-exterior-appearance-body-kits-27/caliper-painting-week-40014/

devoid

Here is a picture of Black with white writing: http://devoid.mine.nu/pictures/20040925%20-%20RX-8/

The link will be worthless tonight...but in the meantime take a look.
(I'll be changing over to my custom photo gallery tonight)

GrRx8MaZdA

Here are some Gold on a Black...Looking f***ing great my opinion :D

RotorManiac

Silver is the way to go
I'll post pics later...

shelleys_man_06

That's freakin' sweet. Hooray for my 2,001th post!

Megatron_98

Hello everyone great looking 8's, I have been looking at all the post about painting calipers, some people use kits some not but does anyone know if there is a blue paint out that will work. I haven't seen blue done and on my blue 8 I think that would look best since they are already silver/grey, that would bring them out if they were blue. thanks

GrRx8MaZdA

shelleys_man_06 DO u think gold calipers with red mazdaspeed logo or black calipers with white logo or red calipers with white logo would be best for a Velocity Red 8???I am kinda stuck and i don't know which colors to buy to do the job......

shelleys_man_06

Gold and red will do the trick. They always do.

devoid

As I previously mentioned...the website design changed...so my previous post link no longer works, however, you can check out the pictures by:
Going to: devoid.mine.nu
and clicking photos, and looking at albums for 25 and 27 of this month.

Cheers!
PS - the calipers are black with white RX-8 writing

frankcastle123

dude you should paint them in black with the rx8 stencil in silver if you want to see how it looks just look at my black rx8 in the picture section, first page. defenetly looks bad *** and if you really take a closer look at the red calipers they look fake and the red will look like crap in a matter of weeks because of the amount of brake dust that the rx8 producess...