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Old 12-28-2005, 06:38 PM
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I have seen some really nice pics of vettes with painted calipers. I have a Navy Blue Vette but cant decide on what color would be best. Can you all give me some help and post some Navy Blue vette painted caliper pics.

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Old 12-28-2005, 07:14 PM
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I like the bright red. This is not the best pic but it's a general idea.

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They need to be red!
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With Navy Blue, torch red would be awesome.
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Here is my NBM with black calipers and brushed letters

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Thank you to everyone who helped. It looks like the red caliper is the most visible and most popular.


Old 12-28-2005, 08:26 PM
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You won't be disappointed w/red

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RED (Sorry about the pic Its the only one I have of the brakes)
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You won't be disappointed w/red

Old 12-29-2005, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
They need to be red!

Goes good with NBM

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I have to agree w/ most of the above. Red is the way to go.
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I went with cast iron gray. The interior is light gray, so I think it compliments it perfectly with out being to much. I also sprayed the rotor hats with high heat gloss back rotor paint.




Here is a close up.


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Mine will be yellow when I get off my a$$.
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You can't go wrong with red.
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You just cannot go wrong with the Torch Red calipers. Very Cool!
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I'm going to do mine in black as soon as the weather's warm enough to go out there and do it.

Red looks cool, but I want a more subtle look.

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Old 12-29-2005, 06:26 PM
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I'm going to do mine in black as soon as the weather's warm enough to go out there and do it.

Red looks cool, but I want a more subtle look.


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I had mine done NMB.

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I just pained my calipers red a couple weeks ago. Looks incredible!



Pardon the dust.

-Also note that .jpg compression makes reds look orange; so most of these brakes you see are actually more red than the picture will show!


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