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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 06:00 PM
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Looking for metallic Prismatic Powder coat product to match 2016 C7 base model gray caliber color. Top swatch is Cadillac Grey PMB 6377, bottom Stealth Charcoal PMB 6547.
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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 06:03 PM
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I prefer the top one, bottom one looks blue to me.
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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 06:19 PM
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Really looking for the color # that actually matches the caliper.
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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 06:52 PM
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go with the top one bottom does look blue from the pic's. Robert
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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 07:15 PM
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Neither...sorry. Bottom is to blue, or looks blue and top is to dark. Can you get a closer match, maybe from a different vendor?
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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 08:34 PM
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Powder coat over chrome is nip and tuck because you have to remove the chrome. Which can damage the wheel. My experience !
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The 2 swatches are just examples that bound light and dark. Attention powder coaters What product matches the actual caliper color? Powdercoaing black Z51 front calipers to match original base model color for replacement/upgrade (and yes they fit). GM doesn't make the Z51 calipers in gray. . Not doing wheels.
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Old Apr 2, 2018 | 03:52 AM
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Why would you match the caliper to wheel color? shouldn't wheel be different color to have contrast? with that said, I'm voting for deeper color on top for wheels.



If both wheel or caliper were SAME color, this wouldn't look this good. my .02
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To me, the top one will provide a better matching color.
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Old Apr 2, 2018 | 09:18 AM
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The good thing is the calipers will generally be in the dark wheel wells with no direct contrast to each other. A perfect match is obviously ideal, but a VERY close match will be imperceptible. Keep looking at products from different companies. That bottom one is almost there, despite the blue in it.
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Old Apr 2, 2018 | 11:17 AM
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I'm not trying to match calipers to wheel. I'm trying to powdercoat black Z51 calipers to match the grey metallic of the original base calipers shown here with a darker and lighter swatch for comparison. Neither of the swatch colors is "close enough".
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