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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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I was messing around this weekend, wanting a different look than I have seen. I did not want red calipers with AO. But, I did want a subtle red. Posting pics for everyone to see. I did it in a way that is completely reversible.
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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I like it.
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 09:42 PM
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Im trying to learn how to post pics. I used photobucket but you have to click on the pick in the post to get full size.What am I doing wrong???? I want to get to full size on the post without clicking.
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 09:44 PM
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What are the nipples for...?
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 09:46 PM
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That is different. Not bad.
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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What are the nipples for...?
I painted some brass bushings off a printing press. silicoln glued them on to get a small area of red. It is now a Heidelburg Corvette.
Ill remove them when I want to change. AO is a tuff color to paint the calipers. Stock color is almost the best look IMO.
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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 10:00 PM
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In photobucket, when you move your cursor over one of your pictures you should get a pull down menu with different links. Copy and paste the very bottom link. That will give you full size pictures.
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AO isn't that hard to paint. I got some single stage paint from a local body shop, and sprayed them in my garage.





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Either way is real nice but I would go with the full AO look on my car, which is AO. Nice wheels (both styles) and SC by the way Atomic Vette.
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Originally Posted by Swiftrider08
In photobucket, when you move your cursor over one of your pictures you should get a pull down menu with different links. Copy and paste the very bottom link. That will give you full size pictures.
Thanks, I will try again!
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I like it, very interesting and original. Not a fan of orange and red though....lol...

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Old Jul 26, 2009 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by blacktop373737
Hi,
I was messing around this weekend, wanting a different look than I have seen. I did not want red calipers with AO. But, I did want a subtle red. Posting pics for everyone to see. I did it in a way that is completely reversible.
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brake pads with nipples ?
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Interesting, but IMO just say no to nipples.

I like the all AO calipers like Atomic-Vette. I'd do silver letters with a black wheel and black letters with a silver wheel.
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 07:35 AM
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Not bad, hard to really judge from the pictures.
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