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Old Dec 22, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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Anybody paint their calipers black? If so, any pics?
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Black with silver brackets
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Not to hijack your post, but I have a '99 blue coupe, and am considering painting the calipers to match - where do you get the paint that will match the car color, but will also stand up to the high heat?

again - sorry for the hijack!
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From what I'm hearing, it's Rustoleum paint that works the best and the paint does not have to be any special kind of high temp stuff. Apparently the calipers don't actually get that hot.
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Check this out:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...inted+calipers

this one has black calipers it gold lettering
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...inted+calipers

My calipers:
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The black actually looks pretty good. Better than I thought it would.
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That looks really good

Add that to the Mods to Do List
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