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Old 02-04-2018, 10:08 PM
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Question in your option what looks the best ? The car is Red Crystal. Which color calipers look the best ? Anybody Just would love to hear your option Guys / Gals ?
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Your can look into caliper covers. Looks good and easy to put on.
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For a red car, body matched calipers look great, IMO. Actually, most colored cars look good with this.

I would ditch the nose wart, ASAP (yes, I know that was unsolicited, but still good advice). There are plenty of other front plate holders that are less bad, if you have to have one (I do).

Top Flight is among the better of them.
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With that color, you have a few options only. Black, color-matched, or silver would be about the only colors that would look good.
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Originally Posted by owc6
I would ditch the nose wart, ASAP (yes, I know that was unsolicited, but still good advice). There are plenty of other front plate holders that are less bad, if you have to have one (I do).

Top Flight is among the better of them.


Top Flight with a color-matched frame would look good.
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I was thinking matched color would be best. Yours looks great !!!
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I was thinking matched color would be best. Yours looks great !!!
I agree just haven't had time to remove that darn thing
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Body color would look the best, paint the caliper brackets also.
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Gold with the CRM and chrome wheels.

Probably burnished gold the like the Brembos on motorcycle.

I've considered it for mine but prefer stock. I can't see another color that will look right.
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I am curious of what the OP decided?
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Originally Posted by owc6
For a red car, body matched calipers look great, IMO. Actually, most colored cars look good with this.

I would ditch the nose wart, ASAP (yes, I know that was unsolicited, but still good advice).
Listen to this! best advice in this thread. remove the front license bracket as soon as you can.

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With that color, you have a few options only. Black, color-matched, or silver would be about the only colors that would look good.
I agree with one of these 3 choices. The other colors that I've seen: white, blue, yellow, green, orange, would not work in my opinion.

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Gold with the CRM and chrome wheels.

Probably burnished gold the like the Brembos on motorcycle.
For the love of God, do not paint them gold.
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Body color
gold
silver with body lettering
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Originally Posted by HBsurfer
I'll trade you... These will look great on yours,get rid of those ugly red ones just ship them to me I'll pay shipping both ways.
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Originally Posted by Corvette_Ed
With that color, you have a few options only. Black, color-matched, or silver would be about the only colors that would look good.


My choices too.
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Mine are silver. I think it's about the overall look, not the calipers as a focal point.
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I would do it a matching body color.



You can get the color mixed up and then you are all set. If not I would clean them up and leave them. The standard Red would not look good nor the yellow or blue.
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Originally Posted by jaredtxrx
Body color
gold
silver with body lettering
The OEM are almost silver in bare aluminum. Body colors have no contrast and they seldom match the body (which clashes).

Burnished gold offers contrast and class.

I've also got CRM with the chrome wheels. I will very likely keep it OEM, the OEM calipers are burnished silver in color (bare aluminum) it doesn't clash with the chrome and offers decent contrast to body. If I were to change, it would be burnished gold, probably not shiny.

I'd like to see a photo or CRM C6 with gold calipers.
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