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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 11:31 AM
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blue brake caliber paint?

Anyone ever paint their brakes blue? I have gold rims and blue lugs (black car), and questioning whether to keep the caliber's red or paint them.
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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I have blue calipers...............let me go find the link to the pics.
This was in a thread about Racing Brake rotors, but it does show some pics of my blues.

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...45257#poststop

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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 11:46 AM
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i painted mine yesterday. duplicolor blue caliper paint that comes in a kit. very nice color. looks like winning blue to me.
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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here's some quick pictures i just took. i'm upgrading the rotors and pads today, so that's why there's blue all over
Attached Thumbnails blue brake caliber paint?-dsc01434.jpg   blue brake caliber paint?-dsc01435.jpg   blue brake caliber paint?-dsc01436.jpg  
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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Wow...............yours are definetely lighter than mine. Did you remember to paint the dustshields black, I can't really tell?
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 12:27 PM
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awesome pics, thanks guys
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 12:53 PM
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If you like the darker blue(and personaly on black I think it would be better), all I did was go to Autozone and got the blue and the black high temp stuff. I think it was Duplicolor and if I get out to the garage today I will look to make sure, but I think it's all they had. I was gonna powdercoat, but just too much effort. oh......and my radiator cap, oil cap, and washer cap now match the calipers and they are all holding up very, very well.
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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nope, i haven't painted the shields... but the rotors are off and there's no time like the present. thanks for the reminder.


and the pics were in direct sunlight. they look a tad darker in person, but still a little light.
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 01:56 PM
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If you have it...............do those shields in black. You will be happy you did.
I have different rotors so I didn't have to do so, but also think about doing around the hub. Although............I just re-looked at your pics, and the hubs look like they have been done in the past.....they look pretty black.

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