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I'm looking into painting my calipers red. I am not sure how the standard red caliper paint would match my Crystal red C6 2012 though.
Has anyone done that? How's it look? Or can I get Crystal red caliper paint somewhere?
Thanks. That's kinda what I thought too. Not sure I want to pay for powder coating. May need to just save up for that. Never thought about silver. Nor seen that done before. Hmmm
I got everything painted today. Looks amazing! And perfect color match from http://www.g2usa.com/
I put some chapstick on the letters before painting and after the paint job was complete and dried, the paint on the letters just wiped off (only had to use a tiny bit of sandpaper to complete the job on the letters.
I ended up using an even smaller brush than what came with the kit.
I thought that my left-over paint could be used for later, but even in the closed jar, it turned like hard jello overnight. In hind-sight I would only mix 3/4 of the jar and use that up first.
Mag Red - wanted something different than the body color, was kicking a sort of yellow, but not sure with red....probably will end up with a gunmetal grey type color or black....
All of those sound good. I personally like them to stand out some. In some applications, I even like the yellow contrast color.
Good luck with your decision. Whatever it is, it's always better than stock.
Originally Posted by oh1vette
Mag Red - wanted something different than the body color, was kicking a sort of yellow, but not sure with red....probably will end up with a gunmetal grey type color or black....
I decided to go with yellow (G2 kit) on my previous gray RX-8. Now that I have a silver C5 I'm also stuck trying to decide what to do. Here's some pix of my 8 if that helps you at all.
Has anyone gone thru the trouble of taking the calipers completely off to paint them? When I did my RX-8 I left them on (removed the pads) but this time I was thinking it would be nice to have them off to really clean them well first and be able to paint them on my work bench vs sitting on the ground.
Here is my Crystal Red calipers that I removed from my 3LT-Z51-M7 and painted with G2 caliper paint but instead of brushing I sprayed them , and the Corvette decals came from Tower Decals. When I ordered the car I ordered it with red calipers and didn't realized how bad they clashed with the crystal red. So I painted them.
Here is my Crystal Red calipers that I removed from my 3LT-Z51-M7 and painted with G2 caliper paint but instead of brushing I sprayed them , and the Corvette decals came from Tower Decals. When I ordered the car I ordered it with red calipers and didn't realized how bad they clashed with the crystal red. So I painted them.
Where did you get the white paint to put on the corvette letters? Is it heat resistant also? Did you take the entire caliper off the car, and bleed your brakes? Looks great!
This is what I posted above in this thread about the white letters. No need to remove the calipers, onlyl the wheels.:
I got everything painted today. Looks amazing! And perfect color match from http://www.g2usa.com/
I put some chapstick on the letters before painting and after the paint job was complete and dried, the paint on the letters just wiped off (only had to use a tiny bit of sandpaper to complete the job on the letters.
I ended up using an even smaller brush than what came with the kit.
I thought that my left-over paint could be used for later, but even in the closed jar, it turned like hard jello overnight. In hind-sight I would only mix 3/4 of the jar and use that up first.
Here is my Crystal Red calipers that I removed from my 3LT-Z51-M7 and painted with G2 caliper paint but instead of brushing I sprayed them , and the Corvette decals came from Tower Decals. When I ordered the car I ordered it with red calipers and didn't realized how bad they clashed with the crystal red. So I painted them.
I know it’s an old thread but is that a color match from G2 or the red from g2? Thanks
07-12-2015, 10:47 AM
Crystal red caliper paint
