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Old 08-11-2017, 07:40 AM
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Since new, I've wanted to change my calipers to something with a little more POP as the black factory calipers seemed to get lost. IMHO, the big C7 brakes are one of the most beautiful features of the C7 and need to be seen. Toyed with lots of different colors but ultimately decided to go with polar white from Prismatic powders. PW was an almost perfect match to AW. Here are the results. Very happy with the outcome to say the least. The coater I used was out of state and was great to work with.










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on the calipers, good looking car!
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Wow looks fantastic
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Very nice and unique. Did they clear over the Corvette lettering? Also, did you have down time or was it a core swap?
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Have you Cleaned your Caliper Today? I do often.So will you...
Looks Good.Different
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Looks good, keep them clean!
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That looks amazing! Hope you changed pads too. They aren't gonna stay white for long if not.
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Looks great! Unique
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WooHoo!!!

They really look good, Jesse!!

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Hey, the white looks great. Very unique. Now keeping them white will be a little fun but that is what we do. About never seen a dirty Corvette.
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Thanks for the props. Yes I did have them clear over the logos to seal them. The letters are actually powder as well. I am also running Z26 pads. Would not have tried this with factory brembo pads! I'm also ceramic coating them. They've been on for over a week of daily driving with one wash and look flawless so I'm optimistic it will be ok. Doesn't hurt that I pull the wheels regularly to clean in there too. As for the core swap, I was able to make a deal with a close by fellow member who had purchased a set of red calipers for his car and decided to trade his in on another car. The powder guy I used is in TN. Turn around was about a week. The whole thing went very smoothly and the calipers looked like a work of art when I got them back. Per my request, he even did the crossover lines in matte black for a nice added custom touch.

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Looks great!
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looks great, don't think I have seen a car to date that has WHITE calipers!! very cool
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Originally Posted by sal14m
looks great, don't think I have seen a car to date that has WHITE calipers!! very cool
I did a caliper image search when thinking it over and found one C6 ZR1 that had them and I was like "YES"!
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Here's detail shots showing the black bolts and lines.






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Those look really sharp, nicely done!
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Originally Posted by LoganExplosion
That looks amazing! Hope you changed pads too. They aren't gonna stay white for long if not.

This. Times 1000
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Very nice.
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I own an AW Vette and would never have thought of doing the caliper in white.
They look FABULOUS.
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