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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 07:45 PM
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Anybody with a Magnetic Red Vette paint their calipers. Same as body color or ???????
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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I also went with yellow. I painted mine for now but will get them powder coated from Mike next year or two depending how my paint holds up. I also added stainless pad covers and chrome rotor hats.


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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:32 PM
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Ok,who's the girl in the avatar Jim?
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Ok,who's the girl in the avatar Jim?
No idea, but how fun would that be?
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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No comment. Haha
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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Yellow with black brackets or black/black.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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hey DFOR mine is mag red and had calipers powdercoated mag red
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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Red would be my first choice, but yellow with black letters would look very good also.
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Old Jun 23, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by doughboyofkcmo
hey DFOR mine is mag red and had calipers powdercoated mag red
Hey doughboy, your car is gorgeous. I am not worthy. Pic does not show up in the post. Any chance you could e-mail me a close-up of the wheel.

Thanks.

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Yellow if you can get a good match...otherwise black all the way.
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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Just make sure you paint them MY. There is nothing that looks worse than a MY Vette and sun burst yellow calipers. Also do the letters in black with a paint pen and 4 coats of clear. No need to go hith high heat paint. For paint go to www.automotivetouchup.com

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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 02:16 PM
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Go yellow ... Black might look kinda Hertzesqe.
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Originally Posted by TheBigDog
Just make sure you paint them MY. There is nothing that looks worse than a MY Vette and sun burst yellow calipers. Also do the letters in black with a paint pen and 4 coats of clear. No need to go hith high heat paint. For paint go to www.automotivetouchup.com

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Scratch this and powdercoat them.
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If my car were yellow, I would do black or yellow.

I did black. Subtle but classy.

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The wife got tired of seeing so many red calipers on other cars. She asked me to change hers from red to yellow.
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Yellow is a tough one....I'd probably end up going yellow with polish/chrome rims and red with black rims
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Here is what I mean with black rims

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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 11:24 PM
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Color-coding is good, doesn't have to be red. Try HUGGER ORANGE! j/k that might be out of place
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Cozmo
If my car were yellow, I would do black or yellow.

I did black. Subtle but classy.

you make me want to do that to my 03' MSGM car...looks amazing, one of the best I've seen!
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