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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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I'm thinking of painting my calipers yellow and was wondering if anyone had pics of a black coupe with yellow calipers?? I wouldn't mind seeing any vette thats not yellow with yellow calipers. Thanks in advance.
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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But I think they would look awesome..
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But I think they would look awesome..


Do it and post your pics...more will do it.
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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I think that there is a law that says that they have to be red!
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I think that there is a law that says that they have to be red!

Yellow calipers would look good on a Mil Yellow car, but not so sure on a black car. Can't go wrong with red.
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jrose7004
I think that there is a law that says that they have to be red!
well im not one to wanna go too off the charts on calipers...i seem to like mine red also but the pics above w/yellows do look sweet on a yellow car...
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Heres mine I just got powdercoated.
Haven't had time to install yet but they came out great.
Did the brackets in Black as well.
Corvette_Pilot (mike) did them for me.


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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 06:49 PM
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wow, I really like that. Could I really be the first one with a black coupe to do this in yellow??
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 08:32 PM
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I'm in favor of anything but red, but I would think yellow should be reserved for Millenium Yellow only.
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Originally Posted by d.medic
I'm thinking of painting my calipers yellow and was wondering if anyone had pics of a black coupe with yellow calipers?? I wouldn't mind seeing any vette thats not yellow with yellow calipers. Thanks in advance.
SILVER/YELLOW
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I like the silver yellow. I think I'm going ahead with this. I'll post pics.
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Originally Posted by TPR492
Heres mine I just got powdercoated.

Sweet!
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I say go for the yellow and be the first one and post some pictures
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